MABY5360 Design and Optimisation Projects Emneplan

This course will allow students to apply fundamental and advanced hydraulic and process engineering principles in real-life style projects. Students will analyse the influence of design and operating conditions on complex smart water infrastructure and process functionalities. The focus will be on students developing an integral systems approach to design selected water systems.

The course content includes:  Environmental legislation and influencing factors; Control of water discharges and gas emissions; Environmental risks assessments; Technical and economic appraisals of a process in which safety and environmental impacts form integral parts of screening alternative solutions; Literature review of alternative solutions; Safety and operability of water system; Unit specification and flow sheets; Engineering drawings; Executive summary; Detailed unit design.

The students will work on a project of their own choice related to a design project.

The students will make use of suitable software for the individual projects.

The exam consist of two parts:

Part 1) Project report approx 60 pages prepared in student groups (2-3 students), weighted 80%.

Part 2) Oral examination and presentation in student groups (2-3 students) and examination of the project report, weighted 20%.

All assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) in order for the student to pass the course.;

Assessment parts: 1);can be appealed, 2) cannot be appealed

On successful completion of this course the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The student will have

• advanced comprehension of sustainability and environmental risk in relation to water system design;
• advanced comprehension of project management in team and individual based settings;
• advanced knowledge of applying combined hydraulic and process engineering methods.

Skills:

The student

• has creative and critical skills, and is able to select amongst alternatives and make decisions in areas impacted with uncertainty;
• can communicate effectively results of their work in the form of written reports and oral presentations with strict page and time limits, respectively;
• has hands-on experience in creating model implementations of complex bioprocesses;
• can implement and apply computational tools for scenario analysis to evaluate cost-benefits and to infer effective design and operational solutions;
• can apply software for integrated control of environmental pollution;
• can analyse water systems in terms of capital investment and operating costs.

General competence:  

The student

• has deep insight into preliminary and rigorous process and unit design;
• Is able to draw engineering drawings, process flowsheets, control and P&I diagrams of the water system;
• Is able to solve complex water system problems by combining statistics, process and hydrology modelling tools.

The teaching will consist of a combination of:

• Scoping lectures & trainings.
• Coursework assignments.
• Trainings on project reporting and execution held by consulting engineers invited from industry; scoping lecture on current needs held by practitioners invited from municipalities/operators/regulator.
• Training on practical use of tools and software for data management, computer simulation and statistical assessment.

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1. A final written group (max. 2-3 members) report on the overall process design and operation, (max. 3000 words); counting 50% of the grade.
2. A final individual report (max. 2000 words) on the rigorous design of a selected element of the overall process; counting 50% of the grade.

In the event of failed or valid absence of exam, the postponed exam will be given as either an oral or written examination.

Part one and part two can be appealed.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The student:

• has sufficiently advanced knowledge of large complex project life cycle (From feasibility to closure) and the complexities involved with managing such projects to be able to develop and propose innovative solutions to potential project problems.
• is capable of identifying and analyzing project risks and possibilities in addition to developing suitable responses to potential risks.
• has advanced insight into the contracting and procurement process for road and railway projects.
• has specialised knowledge of the positive and negative impacts of such projects on the society and environment and utilize appropriate methodologies to measure, model and calculate such impacts and estimate the costs associated with these impacts to obtain a sustainable project outcome.
• has clear understanding of the benefit management process to ensure the realization of intended benefits of road and railway projects.

Skills:

The student is capable of:

• analytically criticizing and justifying the various project concepts and objectives to the wider stakeholder group.
• demonstrating clear understanding of the governance framework, aligning the project objectives with the higher level strategic corporate objectives.
• explaining relevant regulatory requirements and policies under which the project operates.
• handling the complex cultural aspects of the project supply network.
• demonstrating excellent managerial capabilities aimed at effectively managing project performance
• demonstrating understanding of the importance of leadership qualities and organizational culture awareness in large complex project settings.
• generating and managing high performance teams.

General competence:

The student is capable of:

• using scholarly articles and published case studies to keep up with latest developments in the field.
• working in teams and managing their own and their team's workload.
• presenting results in a scholarly, professional manner with the help of written reports and oral presentations.
• communicating internally within the organization and externally with the society and participating in evidence-based public debate on the project outcomes and potential benefits.
• use of relevant tools for project management (JIRA, Miro, MS Project, Primavera, etc.)

The teaching will largely consist of lectures and group activities. Students will also be given a project assignment in which they are to work in groups to analyze a case project and apply the learnings from the course to address the issues involved in the case project. Voluntary exercises related to the project assignment will be given in connection with each lecture.

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