CME3028 : Industrial Design Project (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Wenting Hu
- Lecturer: Professor Kamelia Boodhoo
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 25 |
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 25 |
| ECTS Credits: | 25.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To translate a business, safety or environmental need into a design solution.
Detailed design within the chemical and material processing industries, requires a combination of many of the core skills acquired during the first years of a degree programme. It represents a unique exercise in which students can apply and test their knowledge of process selection, conceptual design, equipment design, process safety and sustainability and economic analysis as part of a team, whilst working in industry. This is applied to a problem as defined by the company they are working for.
Outline Of Syllabus
Design of part of a process, whilst working in industry, to satisfy a given specification.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement/Study Abroad | Employer-based learning | 1 | 246:00 | 246:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 16:00 | 16:00 | Preparation of presentation on campus |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 4 | 2:00 | 8:00 | Tutorials |
| Placement/Study Abroad | DL on Placement | 1 | 198:00 | 198:00 | Investigation of design options, design of a major equipment, collection of design data for reports |
| Placement/Study Abroad | DL on Placement | 1 | 32:00 | 32:00 | Assessment preparation and completion, preparation of 2 Milestone Reports |
| Total | 500:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The large private study element in this module reflects the fact that the development of a design comes from many hours spent investigating design options either privately in an office or out on plant. The tutorial time is spent with design supervisors either in a one-to-one meeting or via e-mail, or receiving answers to specific questions and feedback on reports that have been submitted.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 25 | 2 | M | 15 | Milestone 3. Oral presentation to panel of academics and industry representatives. |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 1 | M | 25 | Milestone 1. Report on problem definition, feasibility study and process selection. Oral presentation and interview on report. |
| Report | 2 | M | 60 | Milestone 2. Report on engineering design of processing and ancillary equipment. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The assessment is a summative appraisal of a student’s understanding of chemical engineering and ability to apply knowledge and skills to an open-ended design problem addressing a typical client specification.
Milestone 1 - Oral presentation. Assessed report, problem definition, feasibility study and process selection. Report on problem definition, feasibility study and process selection (20 sides max. of A4 at 300 words per page plus appendices). Set week 1, Semester 1.
Milestone 2 - Report on engineering design of processing and ancillary equipment including, control, safety assessment, plant layout, P&I diagram etc. 80 sides max. of A4 at 300 words per page plus appendices).
Set week 1, Semester 2.
Milestone 3 - Presentation of the design to design group supervisors and industrialists. End of Semester 2.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- CME3028's Timetable