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Chemical Engineering

Diploma of Technology in Chemical Engineering

 

Graduating students with the qualification of competence nationally and internationally in Diploma in Chemical Engineering with a solid foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and are equipped with problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills and able to maintain their professional practices to pursue advanced diploma or bachelor's level programs.

 

 

Graduate of Diploma in Chemical Engineering are able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of basic knowledge of mathematics and science to Chemical Engineering principles and professional practice. 
  2. Apply engineering skills and making use of technical and modern tools in Chemical Engineering applications to identify, evaluate and solve Chemical Engineering related problems and managing industry-related tasks.
  3. Demonstrate the capability to communicate professionally and effectively. 
  4. Demonstrate self-motivation and lifelong learning skills and use substantial entrepreneurial skills .
  5. Demonstrate the ability to act professionally and ethically in the workplace.

 

  •  Secondary School to UTAS Entry Requirements (As per UTAS guidelines).
  •  Language Requirements (As per UTAS Bylaws and its latest Amendments).
  •  Level to Level CGPA requirements (As per the UTAS Bylaws and its latest Amendments).

 

  •  Production Technician
  •  Quality Control Technician
  •  Process Control Technician
  •  Purchasing Agent
  •  Assistant Production Engineerr
  •  Chemical Lab Technician
  •  Marketing Engineer
  •  Chemical Engineering Trainerr

Semester 1

 

The course aims to provide the underpinning knowledge in Engineering Drawing and enable the students to produce high quality engineering drawing using manual and computer aided drafting techniques.

The course aims to provide the fundamental underpinning knowledge in Physics mainly related to the topics on measurements, motion, energy, power, optics and sound.

The course aims to introduce the students to the basic concepts of engineering chemistry which form an integral part of those majoring in Engineering and an essential background for those majoring in other disciplines.

The course aims to equip the graduates with problem solving, programming skills and to apply real time programming approaches in all engineering disciplines through any latest computer programming languages like python.

The course aims to provide an understanding and awareness of workplace hazards, risks and industrial safety and to impart necessary skills and competence.

Semester 2

Prerequisite:FPMP0003

The course aims to equip and enhance the students with hands on structured experience on basic engineering practices adhering to safety regulations.

Prerequisite:PHYS1110
The course aims to provide the fundamental underpinning knowledge in Physics mainly related to the topics on electricity, electromagnetism, heat, thermodynamics and modern physics

The course aims to introduce students to renewable energy resources: availability, potential and suitability as a substitute for conventional energy resources for future energy demands.

Prerequisite:UNEN1102

Semester 1

Prerequisite:PHYS1110
This course aims to impart the basic concepts of thermodynamics, principle of conservation of energy applied to thermodynamic systems, laws of thermodynamics, volumetric and thermodynamic properties of pure fluids, and developing property relation equations (Solution thermodynamics), vapour-liquid equilibrium, chemical reaction equilibrium and industrial applications of thermodynamics.

Prerequisite:CHEM1120
This course aims to introduce students to the chemical engineering profession and to introduce concepts related to materials and energy balances. The course is designed to address the following topics: the chemical engineering profession, units and dimensions, unit operations and processes, material balances for single and multiple units with and without chemical reactions and energy balances with and without chemical reactions.

Prerequisite:PHYS1220
This course aims to provide the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, importance of fluid mechanics principles in chemical process industries, pressure measurement techniques in flow systems, mass, energy and momentum continuity equations, Bernoulli’s equation, pressure and energy losses in pipes, flow over spherical and non-spherical objects, fluid mechanics perspective of fluidized bed, packed bed, pumps, fans, blowers and compressors.

Prerequisite:CHEM1120
This course aims to provide the students with the understanding of the basic concepts and principles of industrial applications organic chemistry & apply these concepts in the study of the chemistry of hydrocarbons and simple mono-functional group compounds.

 

Prerequisite:MATH1200

Semester 2

Prerequisite:EGCH2110
This course aims to equip students with an understanding of reaction kinetics, chemical equilibria, and the principles of chemical reactor analysis and design. The mole balances; energy balances of batch reactor, continuous stirred tank reactor, plug flow reactor, and packed bed reactor will be discussed including conversion and reactor sizing, rate laws and stoichiometry, Isothermal reactor design, collection and analysis of rate data for single and multiple reactions, and steady state and non-isothermal design and introduce the students to catalysts, and catalytic reactor design.

Prerequisite:EGCH2130
This course aims to impart the students with the fundamental concepts of heat transfer in chemical process industries, examine the modes used in transferring the heat and acquire the problem-solving skills required for the effective heat transfer engineering practice in real-world applications.

Prerequisite:EGCH2140
This course aims to study the origin and chemistry of petroleum and petrochemicals and the physical and chemical processes to convert crude oil into desired products. The course introduces the cracking process used in petroleum and petrochemical industries. The chemical reactions, products, by-products of primary and secondary refinery processes are covered. This includes fractional distillation, catalytic cracking process and production of a high-grade gasoline including Fischer Tropsch process and testing the properties of petroleum and petrochemical products.

 

  • Uncs2215- Communication Skills
  • Unpr2217- Preparing for Work
  • Unwe2216- Working Ethics
  • Unis2206- Islamic Studies
  • Unoc2207- Oman Civilization and Man
  • Unct2210- Critical Thinking
  • Uncl2211- Chinese Language

     

Prerequisite:EGCH2110, EGCH2120
This course aims to enable students to apply engineering skills and making use of technical and modern tools in Chemical Engineering applications to create, evaluate and solve related problems and managing industry-related tasks in group and make search in advanced topics and state of art technology related to the project work.

 

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