Availabilities:
Not offered in 2018
Unit aim
Specifically focuses on chemical and engineering solutions for dealing with waste now and in the future. Students will develop an understanding of the existing, new and emerging technologies available for resource recovery. From this understanding they will be challenged to develop innovative thinking to solve waste problems.
Unit content
Resource recovery
Solubility control of precipitates
Catalysis reactions
Nutrient recovery
Oil recovery
Waste encapsulation
Closing waste loops
Innovative use of systems and processes
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investigate chemical and engineering interactions to provide solutions to complex resource recovery problems | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
| 2 | Manage chemical and physical conditions to promote resource recovery for real world problems | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | Demonstrate their command of the multidisciplinary nature of understanding resource recovery | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 4 | Demonstrate understanding of processes used to treat and contain different types of waste | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
| 5 | Understand the principles of resource recovery | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2018 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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