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S"llthinkingabout…..…..Chemical&BioprocessEngineering?

DrDermotMalonedermot.malone@ucd.ieDrPatriciaKieranpatricia.kieran@ucd.ie

UCDSchoolofChemical&BioprocessEngineering March29,2011

‘Make your mind up’ time…..

UCDSchoolofChemical&BioprocessEngineering 2/19

Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringatUCD 4‐year(8semester)degreeprogramme typically35‐40graduates accredited

EngineersIreland IChemE(MEnglevel)

ChemicalEngineering&BioprocessEngineering? OnecurriculumforStages2,3,4 OpportuniLestoemphasiseChemical/BioprocessthroughelecLves

strongemphasisondevelopmentof scien"fic,mathema"cal&engineeringcompetencies Engineeringproblem‐solvingskills effec"veteamwork⇒preparaLonforprofessionallife

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Stage2ModulesSemester1• CHEN20010InorganicandPhysicalChemistryforEngineers• CHEN20020Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringMeasurement• CHEN20040Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringLaboratory1• CHEN20030ChemicalEngineeringThermodynamics&KineLcs• MATH20240MathemaLcsforEngineers:CalculusofSeveralVariables• ElecLve

Semester2• CHEM20060OrganicChemistryforEngineers• CHEN20050BiotechnologyforEngineers• CHEN20060TransportPhenomena• CHEN20070ComputersinChemical&BioprocessEngineering• STAT20060MathemaLcsforEngineersV• ElecLve

co‐requisitemodules

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Stage2Laboratory/ProjectWork

Semester1

CHEN20040Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringLaboratory1

• Engineering&Chemistryexperiments• CompuLngSessions• Groupproject‐Problem‐basedlearning:Design,ConstrucLon&EvaluaLonofaHeatExchanger

MembersofthewinningteaminthePBLHXCRProject2008‐09

withtheirtubularHXCR(L‐R)Ma`hewPerron,PhillipRoche,

MeabhDoyle,JamesRobinson

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Stage2Laboratory/ProjectWork

Semester2

• CHEN20050BiotechnologyforEngineers

– Group‐basedposterpresentaLon

• CHEN20070ComputersinChemical&BioprocessEngineering

– EXCEL,Matlab,Visio,AutoCAD

CHEN20050WinningPoster2007‐08(CormacHanley,SarahHinchin,

JasonLo`,StephenO’Brien)

UCDSchoolofChemical&BioprocessEngineering 6/19

Stage2‐PatMcAdamScholarship

Mar"nMcAdamUCDBE(Chem)1982

• ScholarshipestablishedinmemoryofPatMcAdam,attherequestofMrMarLnMcAdam,tocelebrateandhonourthelifeandworkofhislatewife,Pat,amuch‐lovedteacher.

• €2,500.00

ClaireWaddellUCDBE(Chem)2009

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Stage3Modules

Semester1• CHEN30010Chemical&BioprocessReacLonEngineering• CHEN30030Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringThermodynamics• CHEN30050Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringLaboratory2• EEME30040ProfessionalEngineering(Finance)• MAPH30160MathemaLcsforEngineersVI• ElecLveforChemicalEngineeringStudents

In‐ProgrammeElec"ve• CHEN30040CommercialPharmaceuLcal&BioprocessingTechnology

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Stage3Modules

Semester2• CHEN30020UnitOperaLons• CHEN30130HeatTransferandFluidMechanics• CHEN30140ProcessInstrumentaLon&Control• CHEN30150Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringDesign• CHEN30160ComputaLonalMethodsinChemical&BioprocessEngineering• CHEN30120AppliedChemistry

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Stage3Laboratory/ProjectWork

Semester1• CHEN30050Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringLaboratory2

– Pair‐basedexperimentalwork– Laboratory/pilot‐scaleequipment– DisLllaLon,evaporaLon,drying….– ComplementsCHEN30020UnitOps

Semester2

• CHEN30150Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringDesign– Designofapieceofprocessequipment– Factorstoconsider:purpose,chemicaldesign,material,equipment,safety,cost

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Stage3Peer‐AssistedTutorials(PAT)

Semester2• CHEN30020UnitOpera"ons

– Group‐basedtutorials– Workonexam‐typequesLons– LedbyPeerTutors

• Stage4students

• CHEN30160Computa"onalMethodsPeerTutorssupporLngstudentteamsduring2‐hourcompuLngsessions

Stage 3 students, working withtheir Tutor during a PAT

March 2009

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Stage3–Internships• Stage3studentsstronglyencouragedtosecureSummerInternships

inindustry

• AssistedbySchool

– 2011:Veolia&Abbo`'MockInterviewsforStage2students

• CompaniesrecruiLngforSummer2011BMS (4)Centocor (Janssen)Eli Lilly (1)GenzymeGlaxoSmithKline (2)Jacobs

Merck (1 in Ireland, 1 in USA)PfizerRocheSchering-PloughUCD

• 9‐15monthplacementsChevron (UK) Reckitt Benckiser (UK)Boliden Tara Mines Pfizer, Cork

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PreparingfortheInternships

• CHEN30040CommercialPharmaceu"cal&BioprocessingTechnology

– Lecturesonbiological&engineeringaspectsofBioprocessing

– ProfessionalpreparaLon

• CVpreparaLon

• Interviewworkshop• Ethicsworkshops

• Technical&RecruitmentpresentaLonsfromcompanieswithintheChemical/(Bio)Pharma/Processsectors

• GroupprojectonaspecifiedbiopharmaceuLcal

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YearAbroad?

• SpendStage3atanotherUniversity?

• ErasmusProgramme

– ÉcoleNa"onaleSupérieureinSaint‐É"enne,France

– TechnicalUniversityofBerlin(TUBerlin)inGermany– Upto2studentsperannum

• UniversityExchangeProgrammes

– 2010‐11:UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara(2)

– Semester1,2010‐11:UniveresityofVirginia(1)

– 2011‐12:UniversityofCalifornia(3)

– OpentoALLEngineering&Architecturestudents

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Stage4Modules

Semester1

• CHEN40010EnvironmentalEngineering

• CHEN40150AdvancedSeparaLonProcesses

• CHEN40160AdvancedHeatTransferandFluidMechanics

• CHEN40170ProcessDesign,SafetyandEconomics• CHEN40180ChemicalEngineeringProcesses

• CHEN40210AdvancedExperimentalDesign

Prepara"onforDesignProject

Ledbyprofessionalengineer

Prepara"onforDesign&ResearchProjects• LiteraturereviewlinkedtoResearchProject• Sta"s"calExperimentalMethods• WorkshopsonGroup‐BasedProblem‐Solving

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Stage4Modules

Semester2• CHEN40190ChemicalEngineering

DesignProject(15credits)• CHEN40200ChemicalEngineering

ResearchProject(10credits)• ElecLve

In‐ProgrammeElec/ve• CHEN40430‘Peer‐AssistedTutoring

inChemicalEngineering’Stage 4 Peer Tutors

March 2009

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Stage4DesignProject

‘Capstone’Designproject

Stage4(semester2;12‐weekproject) 15‐credits(i.e.≅3‘normal’modules;halfofafullsemesterload)

Group‐based

RequiredforIChemEaccreditaLon processsynthesis,equipmentspecificaLon&design,safety&loss

prevenLon,economicassessment&environmentalimpact

…..Design a fermentation plant to produce 100tonnes per annum of Penicillin G…..

…..Design a plant to produce 50,000 tonnes perannum of electronic-grade N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP)…..

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Stage4ResearchProject

• Stage4(semester2;12‐weekproject)

• Individually,orinpairs

• Laboratory‐basedorPC‐based

• CloselylinkedtoSchoolresearchacLviLes

• EffectofoxygenlevelontheexvivogeneraLonoffullymaturehumanredbloodcells

• AssessmentofmixinginanaeratedsLrredtankreactor

• NanoparLclesforfuelcells• Mixingandmasstransferinexternalloopairlirreactor

• ThermalconducLvityofmethanehydratefromequilibriumMDsimulaLon

• KineLcsofFadingofDyes

• ResidenceLmedistribuLonsinconLnuoussLrredtankandplugflowreactors

• InvesLgaLonofIonicLiquidssystemsunderzeroande/mfieldcondiLons

• ApplicaLonofprobioLcbacteria(Lactobaccilluscasei)forproducLonofbiosurfactants

• ScaleupandeconomicanalysisofanovelbioplasLcproducLonprocess

• Problem‐basedlearningintheChemicalEngineeringcurriculum:

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LifearergraduaLon……?

• BEdegree

• AccreditedbyIChemEatMasterslevel

• WhataretheCurrentStage4studentsplanning?

– Abbo`(1)

– Shell(1)– Deloi`e(1)

– PhDresearchinChemicalEngineering(2‐3)

– Post‐graduatecoursesinBiopharmaceuLcalEngineering,Energy,ProcessControl,Teaching,Pharmacy,Maths,Business…

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Addi"onalInforma"on……

• Chemical&BioprocessEngineeringVideos

hjp://www.ucd.ie/chembioeng

• ProfileofarecentUCDChemicalEngineeringgraduate

hjp://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Op"ons_with_your_subject/Your_degree_in_chemical_engineering/Case_studies/p!eaLbgeb

• IChemE‘WhyNotChemEng?’

hjp://www.whynotchemeng.com

• Talktoourstaffandstudents!