1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

within engineering organisational structures.
To observe and appreciate significant trends in
employment work groups and industrial relations.
To understand and apply quality control and assurance
techniques.
Content
Work requirements are established by the employer in
consultation with Swinburne University.
Recommended reading
As suggested by the Swinburne academic supervisor to support
the students task environment.
SCE407 Chemical Engineering Laboratory 2
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: tutorials 30%, laboratory 70% Assessment:
tutorials 30%, laboratory work 70% Prerequisites: SCE207
Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Chemical
Ob jedives
To extend skills from Chemical Engineering Laboratory
1 - in order to be able to measure, control and optimise
macro processes and to augment most of the
experiments with automatic telemetry using modern
Drocess control and instrumentation.
To prepare professional reports for the operation of
pilot scale plant studies.
Content
Laboratory work will supplement material studied in other
subjects- extensions of Chem. Eng. Lab.1 labwork which
may include a selection of 'state-of-art' chemical
engineering processes - from ultra filtration, reverse
osmosis, UHT, spray drying, freeze drying.
Laboratory Work:
Students will be assigned tasks that further develop
laboratory skills and particularly skills of designing
experiments. Students will also devise strategies and
techniques to measure the relevant and significant
parameters necessary to monitor and control unit operations
- including the use of instrumentation, datatakers, PLCs and
computers for the process control operations.
SCE500 Biotechnology 1
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, laborato ry and field work Assessment:
examination 50%, assignment 30%, reports 20%
Prerequisites: SCE204 and SCE304 Biochemistry 1 & 2,
SCE402 Microbiology
Content
Microbial genetics and gene manipulation: structures, interrelationships
and functions of nucleic acids. Transcription
and translation. Genetic control mechanisms. Mutations.
Recombinant mechanisms in bacterial microbial genetics
and industrial fermentation processes.
Fermentation technology, nutrition and kinetics in batch
and continuous fermentations. Design of bioreactors.
Yeast technology: Fermentations involving Saccharomyces
cerevisiae in the production of alcohol, wines and beers.
Descriptions to include processing of starting material,
methods of fermentation, biochemical reactions and
enzymes.
Enzyme technology: Industrial enzymes: sources,
production and industrial uses of a range of selected
enzymes. Immobilised enzymes, cells, organelles and coenzymes
and their industrial and analytical uses.
Waste treatment and disposal, sewage treatment, biological
aspects of soil bioremediation, case studies. Processes and
organisms involved.
Downstream processing: Factors and problems involved in
scale-up to pilot plant and production stages.
Recommended reading
Moran, L A, et al, Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Neil Patterson
Publishers, Prentice Hall 1994
SCE50 1 Research Projed
10 credit points 4.5 hoursper week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, project meetings, laboratory work,
seminars, poster presentations Assessment: seminar lo%,
poster 30%, thesis 60%
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
Ob jedives
To develop collaborative and team work skills
To develop project management skills
To undertake a major project investigation and complete
the task satisfactorily within time and budget
To develop an understanding of the processes of
research
To develop advanced skills in literature review and
report writing
Content
Lectures: Topics covered will include: the philosophy of
research; research planning; research budgets; research
record keeping; research reporting.
Laboratory: major investigation by students working in
pairs. Types of investigation may include: laboratory
experiment to test an hypothesis, pilot plant modification
and recommissioning; operational plant improvement.
Projects will be undertaken under the supervision of an
individual staff member. Students will have regular project
review meetings with their supervisor: time and duration by
negotiation
Seminar: Students will give a short presentation in Week 3
of the semester on the aims and methods of their projects
Poster presentation: Students will present posters of their
projects in the final week of the semester
Project thesis: a major thesis (not exceeding 100 pages) is to
be submitted by each pair of students. The contribution of
each student is to be clearly indicated both in the authorship
of chapters of the thesis and in a statement of work
completed from each student.
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