13307 (v.5) Cleaner Production Research Methods 607

Area:

Division of Resources and Environment

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 3 Hours Quarterly

Syllabus:

Research methodology - formulation of problem, design of study, review of the literature, identification of variables, hypothesis, collection and processing of data, validity and reliability, statistics and data handling. Project planning techniques, including logical framework approach, goal-oriented planning and constructive technology assessment. Technical report writing. Application of engineering tools for cleaner production and eco-efficiency including process flow sheeting, material and energy balances and PINCH technology. Application of quality management tools and techniques for cleaner production and eco-efficiency for environmental strategy development and for enhancing workers' participation. Application of research methods and project planning techniques for the design of a sector specific cleaner production and eco-efficiency project. Students are to attend a three hour lecture once every three weeks.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030300 Process and Resources Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y		Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y		Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External