Units
The individual subjects inside each degree: what’s taught, how it’s assessed, and when it runs.
4,303 units
| Code | Unit | Faculty | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHE30009 | Surface and Colloid Chemistry Introduce students to: Important areas of chemistry which have significant, current industrial and environmental application; Developing areas in chemistry with substantial, new research and development (value-adding) potential. | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| CHE30010 | Inorganic Chemistry During the unit, students will study structural chemistry, the d-block elements, symmetry, the nature of inorganic materials, and receive an introduction to materials chemistry and inorganic characterisation techniques. This will broaden th… | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| CHE3133 | Food engineering Graduates willing to develop a career in the food industry should have both theoretical and practical knowledge of various disciplines of food engineering. This include principles of food engineering (unit operations in food processing plan… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3161 | Chemistry and chemical thermodynamics This unit covers thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. Content will cover basic concepts and the use of: thermodynamic functions such as free energy, enthalpy, and entropy; estimation of properties of pure compounds and mixt… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3162 | Process control This unit provides a thorough introduction to process control and simulation. The unit begins with understanding disturbances, why disturbances need to be controlled and possible responses of various systems to a disturbance. The selection… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3163 | Sustainable processing This unit will explore cleaner production and sustainability concepts, the principles of process design and development and associated flow sheets, systematic approaches to waste minimisation in process and utility systems, the methodology… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3164 | Reaction engineering This unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor design, including: 1. Fundamentals of design of ideal reactors 2. Rate laws, collection and analysis of rate data, stoichiometry 3. Isothermal r… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3165 | Separation processes A comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of separation processes of interest to the chemical industry is covered. The fundamental principles of mass transfer are introduced and extended to include principles of interfacial mass transfe… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3166 | Process design This unit will develop four important inter-related themes associated with the detailed design of chemical equipment and processes. These themes are process safety, mechanical integrity, equipment selection, and process operability (includi… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3167 | Transport phenomena and numerical methods Fundamental principles of transport phenomena, Newton's law of viscosity, Fourier's law of heat conduction and Fick's law of diffusion. Transfer coefficients (viscosity, thermal conductivity and diffusivity). Newtonian and Non-Newtonian flu… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3171 | Sustainable bioprocessing In this unit you will examine the engineering principles required to transform biological discoveries into scalable, sustainable industrial processes. You will explore how living systems and biological catalysts can be harnessed to produce… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3172 | Nanotechnology and materials 1 This unit introduces the foundation concepts of nanotechnology and nanosynthesis methods, self-assembly of colloids and some characterisation techniques of materials. This unit also covers polymer synthesis and characterisation as well as a… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE3873 | Pilot plant project This unit offers you an opportunity to work on an open-ended industrial problem using an in-house pilot plant facility. The pilot plant primarily consists of a “reaction module” and “separation module” that can be integrated to produce a va… | Engineering | 3 |
| CHE4162 | Particle technology This unit provides a thorough introduction to particle technology. The unit begins with understanding particle characterisation, the fluid mechanics of single and multi-particle systems and particulate fluidisation. The physics underlying p… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4170 | Design project You will work in a team on the design and evaluation of a process plant for a specified duty. This is a capstone design unit drawing together the skills and knowledge previously developed in the areas of detailed design of chemical equipmen… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4171 | Biochemical engineering Quantitative and analytical skills required for biochemical and bioprocess engineering will be covered. The relationships between chemical engineering principles and approaches and biology will be explored. Knowledge about the operational c… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4172 | Sustainable catalysis and functional nanosystems This unit explores the design, synthesis, characterisation and application of sustainable catalytic materials to address contemporary energy and sustainability challenges. It examines how material composition, structure, interfaces and func… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4173 | Sustainable process integration This unit focuses on strategies for enhanced industrial ecology to drive sustainable resource use and minimise waste in process industries. Topics include heat integration, water integration and recycling of process streams to improve resou… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4803 | Carbon capture, storage and utilisation Carbon capture, storage, and utilisation (CCSU) are critical components of the global effort to combat climate change, making them essential study areas. As stewards of industrial processes and technology, engineers play a pivotal role in d… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4806 | Low-carbon technology This unit introduces a range of sustainable engineering practices aimed at minimising GHG emissions across various carbon-intensive industries. The unit emphasises technologies with low environmental impact that support decarbonisation tran… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE4807 | Carbon footprint and energy management The unit aims to provide you with comprehensive coverage of carbon management and the energy-efficient practices that guide the sustainability strategies and the attainment of a low-carbon future. Accurate measurement of carbon footprint ac… | Engineering | 4 |
| CHE5321 | Advanced bioprocess technology The unit explores how scalable commercially viable process-unit operations are harnessed by the biotechnology industry for the sustainable processing of biomolecules such as recombinant proteins, vaccines, enzymes, nucleic acids, biochemica… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5322 | Advanced biochemical engineering Your unit is central to the growing biotechnology industry within pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, waste materials, food and water, bioenergy and bioplastics sectors. It begins with an introduction to biological production systems, that… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5881 | Advanced reaction engineering The unit will develop a higher level understanding of reaction kinetics, catalysis and reactor design, including: • isothermal and non-isothermal reactor design - steady and unsteady states • runaway reactions, reactor safety and reactive h… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5882 | Biomass and biorefineries The unit covers biomass reaction engineering including kinetics, reaction/mass transfer limitations, selectivity, improving reaction rates, and homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The role of biotechnology including enzymatic reactions… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5883 | Nanostructured membranes for separation and energy production This unit covers the applications of nanostructured membranes in the field of chemical engineering, including the introduction of fabrication techniques, functionalization of nanostructured membranes and membrane properties. Emphasis is pla… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5884 | Process modelling and optimisation The unit will cover the purpose and methods of modelling chemical and biochemical processes. It includes the development of constitutive relations, model building, evaluation and sensitivity analysis. Numerical techniques will include the s… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHE5889 | Food engineering and processing This unit covers the application of engineering and scientific knowledge in the processing of food. In this unit, you will learn about the properties of food and how processing changes these properties to impart important sensory, safety, s… | Engineering | 5 |
| CHEM1014 | Environmental Issues in Chemical Perspective Many environmental subjects require understanding chemical principles, and this course will introduce you to the principles of chemistry within an environmental context. Every lecture of this course is structured to start with an environmen… | STEM College | — |
| CHEM1015 | Environmental Chemical Issues An integral part of Environmental Science is the underlying chemical and physical principles that determine the nature, composition, fate and movement of substances in various environments. This course is designed to: • introduce you to the… | STEM College | — |