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Chemical Engineering Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2025 : Code MABUVK

Chemical Engineering is one of the cornerstones of engineering education (alongside Civil, Mechanical and Electrical). In broad terms, it is concerned with the application of knowledge from an understanding of how materials and chemicals interact or can be converted in some way to a more useful form as part of some processing, production or refining process.

Disclaimer

This unit set information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

This Major can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at Joondalup

Unit Set Coordinator

Dr Muhammad Rizwan AZHAR

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the chemical engineering discipline.
  2. Think critically, and apply established engineering methods and research skills to complex chemical engineering problem solving.
  3. Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage chemical engineering projects, with some intellectual independence.
  4. Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the chemical engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
  5. Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
  6. Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the chemical engineering discipline, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
  7. Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
  8. Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice.

Professional recognition

This Major has been Accredited by: Engineers Australia

This professional recognition only applies when you study this Major in one of the following courses:

Employment Opportunities

Chemical engineers work in a wide range of domains from mineral processing, mining, and oil and gas, through to industries associated with clothing, food, packaging, fertilisers, pharmaceuticals and many other manufacturing and biological processes. In Western Australia, many chemical engineers find career opportunities in the extensive mining, mineral processing and oil and gas industries that dominate the industrial profile of the state. Chemical engineers play a central role in both the production, refining and down stream processing in these important resource-based industries.

Major Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
ENM3218Fluid Mechanics15
ENS2115Process Engineering Fundamentals15
SCC2310Physical Chemistry15
ENS2160Thermodynamics15
ENS2116Process Systems Analysis15
ENS3553Signals and Systems15
SCC1111General Chemistry15
ENS5556Heat and Mass Transfer15
ENS3111Chemical Thermodynamics15
ENS3115Unit Operations and Process Design Fundamentals15
ENS3113Reaction Engineering15
ENS5240Industrial Control15
ENS5209Process Control15
ENS5270Engineering Process Design15
ENS5561Minerals and Solids Processing15

Note: Students should check that they have completed the prerequisites for units in this major.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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