Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Account for at least one of the following areas
  • Bio energy
  • Ceramics and photocatalysis
  • Chemicals in oil and gas industry
  • Environmental technology
  • Fossil fuels and enhanced oil recovery
  • Fungal Technology
  • Natural products
  • Polymer technology
  • Spectroscopy and data analysis

Skills

• Demonstrate skills in at least one of the following areas:
  • Execution of laboratory experiments
  • Application of physico-chemical models to chemical engineering products
  • Processes or process units, application of process simulators to chemical engineering related processes (e.g. separation, kinetics)
• Analysis of experimental data
• Write a project report following the standards of the field of study, include relevant original scientific literature, use the correct terminology and communicate the research-based foundation, problem and results of the project in writing, graphically and orally in a coherent way
• Assess and select relevant original scientific literature and current scientific methods, models and other tools used in the project and asses the problem of the project and results in relevant scientific contexts and social conditions

Competences

• Identify key aspects of the problem/process under investigation
• Select and combine experimental and theoretical methods, as appropriate, in order to solve complex problems in chemical engineering
• Critical review of the methods used and the results obtained on the project work
• Handle the planning, implementation and management of complex and unpredictable research and/or developmental tasks and take professional responsibility for implementing academic assignments and interdisciplinary collaborations
• Take responsibility for own professional development and specialization

Type of instruction

• Project work

Extent and expected workload

900 hours

Exam

Exams