U. of Auckland Process Design Resources

University of Auckland: Process Engineering Design Resources

Client University of Auckland's "Chemical & Materials" engineering students

Location Auckland, New Zealand

Program Develop & deliver innovative resources and teaching approach

Duration 1983 - 1985

Scope Teach junior year & senior year undergraduates (class size 48)

Role Senior Lecturer in 3rd-year "Process Analysis and Synthesis"
and final year "Process Design" course and "Design Project"

Tasks Process Analysis and Synthesis

Developed & delivered materials from 10-years experience

Developed a categorized list of 1,000 published references in process design and taught students how to access them

Developed software in FORTRAN and BASIC for execution on six dedicated workstations in a purpose-created room

Process Design Project

Rather than all students doing the same project, each team was given their own industry sector process plant.

Examples of plants chosen were relevant to NZ's resources: e.g. aluminum from alumina. phosphate fertilizer, dairy milk processing, oil and gas processing, steel by electric furnace

Over the academic year, the teams each had to produce Process Flow Diagrams, Heat and Material Balance, size major equipment, propose control schema, do screening-level Hazard Analysis, present their project to Faculty

Had each team of four choose their own lead to coordinate their division of tasks. I met weekly with just the 12 leads, in order to make them accountable for gathering questions, but accompanying lectures and tests were for whole team.

Client	University of Auckland's "Chemical & Materials" engineering students
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Program	Develop & deliver innovative resources and teaching approach
Duration	1983 - 1985
Scope	Teach junior year & senior year undergraduates (class size 48)
Role	Senior Lecturer in 3rd-year "Process Analysis and Synthesis" and final year "Process Design" course and "Design Project"
Tasks	Process Analysis and Synthesis Developed & delivered materials from 10-years experience Developed a categorized list of 1,000 published references in process design and taught students how to access them Developed software in FORTRAN and BASIC for execution on six dedicated workstations in a purpose-created room Process Design Project Rather than all students doing the same project, each team was given their own industry sector process plant. Examples of plants chosen were relevant to NZ's resources: e.g. aluminum from alumina. phosphate fertilizer, dairy milk processing, oil and gas processing, steel by electric furnace Over the academic year, the teams each had to produce Process Flow Diagrams, Heat and Material Balance, size major equipment, propose control schema, do screening-level Hazard Analysis, present their project to Faculty Had each team of four choose their own lead to coordinate their division of tasks. I met weekly with just the 12 leads, in order to make them accountable for gathering questions, but accompanying lectures and tests were for whole team.