1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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engineering activities and an understanding of the
responsibilities of engineers under the occupational health
and safety laws.
Content
Environment
Geographical:
global issues such as ozone depletion, atmospheric
warming, biodiversity, finite nature of resources and
recycling, renewable resources
local issues such as lowering levels of ozone-depleting
gases, energy generation, waste treatment and disposal
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~h~sical . . issues such as cycles of elements, transportation
mechanisms
social issues such as impact of population, quality of life.
Prevention and control techniques:
Assessment techniques - impact
Assessment, auditing, risk
Assessment legislation and regulations, management
methods
containment of genetically-engineered organisms.
Treatment techniques:
types and sources of waste, monitoring methods,
handling and transport of wastes, processing and
resource recovery, final disposal
case studies related to problems with gases, liquids and
solids in industries such as the chemical industry, food
industry, nuclear industry, pharmaceutical industry, and
in particular processes such as the combustion processes.
Cleaner production:
philosophy of cleaner production, management
approach - to cleaner production and case studies of the
implementation of cleaner production.
Occupational Health and Safety
The health, moral, social and legal responsibilities associated
with the practice of chemical engineering, and the
implications of relevant legislation.
Recommended reading
Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment and
Management of Contaminated Site, Australian and New Zealand
Environment and Conservation Council & National Health &
Medical Research Council, January, 1992.
SCE555 Bioprocess Engineering
10 credit points 4 hoursper week Hawthorn
3 Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: assignments 30%,
& examination 70%
0 bjectives
This subject will fully develop the connection between the
various engineering subjects in the course and the biological
subjects. The subject will develop the integrative skills that
will enable the graduate to modify practices of chemical
engineering to accommodate the specific requirements of
biological systems.
Content
A selection will be made from the following topics in order
to identify problems that occur at the interface of biology
and engineering, and to discuss the ways in which these
problems can be solved or contained. For each topic the
biological aspects and implications will be emphasised. Case
studies will be used where appropriate.
Design of bioreactors
Selection of materials (bio-sensitivity); preparation of
materials; nutrient supply; flow properties; mixing,
agitation, shear rates; gas inputs and outputs, foaming;
temperature control; sterilisation, contamination; inert
supports.
Mass transfer
Boundary layers; nutrient diffusion and transfer; shear rates
and mixing.
Heat transfer
Heat lability; sterilisation and pasteurisation; spray drying
and freeze drying; product stability.
Fluid mechanics
Non-Newtonian fluid flow; applications in viscous systems.
Separations of biological products
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Membrane technology; filtrations; centrifugation;
chromatography; affinity binding; crystalisation.
Recommended reading
Bailey, J.E., & Ollis, D.F., Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals,
2nd ed., New York, McGraw-Hill, 1986.
SEl 01 Science for Technology
10 credit points fi hoursper week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil, but must satish course entry requirements
Assessment: practical work, assignments and examination
A first year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Applied
Science (Multimedia Technology)
0 bjectives
To provide a basis for specialist scientific disciplines
through rigorous development of essential physics
principles.
To provide a coherent and balanced account of the
fundamentals of physics.
Content
Forces and energy kinematics, linear and circular dynamics,
gravitation, kinetic theory, hat.
Modern physics atomic structure, radioactivity, quantum
theory, special relativity.
Electricity and magnetism magnetic and electric fields,
Coulomb s Law. electromaenetic " induction-Lenz and
Faraday s laws, DC circuits.
Recommended Reading
Grianooli, D.C., Physics with Applications, 4th edn, Prentice Hall,
1995