Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology

School

Chemical Engineering School

Units

4

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Lecture 1 Hour/ Week
Workshop 2 Hours/ Week

Incompatible

CHEE4001 or MINE4201 or MINE7204

Prerequisite

CHEE3004 and CHEE3020 and (CHEE2020 or CHEE4060)

Restricted

BE(Hons)/ME students only.

Assessment methods

Feasibility study with reports, presentations, and meetings.

Course enquiries

A/Prof Tom Rufford (t.rufford@uq.edu.au)

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course is the capstone design project experience in the BE/ME program. Students will work in teams in a project to design a chemical, minerals, or biochemical processing facility. In this project, students integrate and apply key concepts from across the chemical engineering and specialist courses, including process control, equipment selection and sizing, hazards and risk analysis, environmental and social impacts, and project economic analysis.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Profile unavailable
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile