CHEMICAL ENGINEERING in Leuven Peter Van Puyvelde programme director di t peter vanpuyvelde@cit kuleuven be
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content • presentation (English) master programme • presentation Erasmus Mundus programma EURHEO
rationale • chemical industry y in Belgium g is big g • mainly consists of multinationals (ExxonMobil, BASF, Bayer, y TOTAL, Monsanto, Borealis, Evonik, ...)) • chemical engineers work in an international environment • integration of foreign students (with conservation of quality, EURHEO, Erasmus-programmes) • upcoming exchange programmes with Université de Montréal, Univerisity of Delaware, Université de Nancy • internationalisation is ‘the’ trend for the next coming years
rationale • focus to recruit European students with bachelor degree from other universities of good standards • unique q aspects p of chemical engineering g g research in Leuven with respect to other European programmes → process intensification → chemical product design → microbial process technology → exergy route t to t sustainable t i bl chemistry h i t
new programme (120 ECTS) 9 ECTS g general educational courses ((GEC)) 9 ECTS current trends in chemical engineering 63 ECTS core courses process engineering
product engineering
planet engineering
9 ECTS comp. comp
9 ECTS comp. comp
9 ECTS comp. comp
6 ECTS choice
6 ECTS choice
6 ECTS choice
24 ECTS master thesis
common branch in mastercurriculum • to provide a strong chemical engineering background COMMON BRANCH (63 ECTS) Design of chemical production units Design of chemical production Transport phenomena: chemical engineering applications Applied Physical Chemistry C t lt h l Control technology i th h i l i d t in the chemical industry Analytical Chemistry part 2 Separation processes part 2 Hazardous materials and safety Biochemical process engineering Analysis of chemical processes y p Chemical reaction engineering part 2 Materials in the chemical industry Management challenges in the chemical industry Management challenges in the chemical industry Industrial chemical processes
ECTS 4+5=9 4 + 5 = 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 3 3 3 6
current trends in chemical engineering • unique courses offered in Leuven (research based education) → process intensification in the chemical industries (3 ECTS) → chemical product design (3 ECTS) → microbial process technology (3 ECTS) → exergy route towards sustainable chemistry (3 ECTS)
• students take 3 out of this 4 courses • 4th course can eventually be chosen within the option
content options (9 ECTS compulsory, 6 ECTS choice) •
process engineering p g g → advanced process control in the (bio-)chemical industries → powder technology → waste t water t treatment t t t technology t h l
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product engineering → applied rheology for product engineering → polymer processing → design and analysis of polymeric systems
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planet engineering → water technology → recycling and energetic valorization of reststreams → air pollution and control
master thesis + GEC • within option: 6 ECTS choice (can be one of the other courses, internships, other potentially interesting courses) • master thesis not necessarily connected with option choice (24 ECTS) • GEC as before → possibility to do Athens exchange → language class (e.g. Engels in de bedrijfsomgeving) → total quality management → innovation management g and strategy gy → industry and environment → ...
conclusion • chemical engineering in Leuven... → a solid engineering education → a modern d chemical h i l engineering i i education d ti → an internationally oriented education → a strongly research based education → strongly linked with the important chemical industry
EURHEO • prestigeous Erasmus Mundus programme • ‘Engineering ‘E i i Rh Rheology’ l ’ • importance of rheology in a scientifically based product f formulation l ti ((polymers, l cosmetics, ti paints, i t ffood d applications, ...) • participating universities (double degree) → K.U. Leuven (Belgium) → U.C. Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve la Neuve (Belgium) → Universidade do Minho (Portugal) → Universidad de Huelva (Spain) → Università degli studi della Calabria (Italy) → Univerza Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• scholarships h l hi available, il bl also l ffor EU citizins iti i
EURHEO • master programme (120 ECTS)
EURHEO • year 1: regular curriculum in host university • year 2, first semester: common branch modules taught g in Universidade do Minho ((Portugal) g ) • students choose 3 out of 4 common branch modules → material ate a sc science e ce (5 ECTS) C S) → experimental techniques (5 ECTS) → constitutive modelling and computational rheology (5 ECTS) → rheology in material science (5 ECTS)
• year 2 2, second semester: other university than year 1 → master thesis project (30 ECTS) → 15 ECTS Advanced Topical Modules (e (e-learning learning over internet)
nieuw vanaf 2011-2012 • mogelijkheid tot inschrijven voor de Engelstalige en Nederlandstalige versie van het programma • enkel Engelstalige g g opleiding p g zal g geïmplementeerd p worden als hoorcolleges • Nederlandse versie zal op papier blijven bestaan (decretaal vereist) maar zal aangeboden worden voor zij die het willen met andere werkvormen (begeleidingssessies aangepast cursusmateriaal (begeleidingssessies, (ingesproken commentaar bij slides, stukken opgenomen lessen lessen, ...))
nieuw vanaf 2011-2012 • we hopen dat jullie allemaal kiezen voor de Engelstalige opleiding → meerwaarde van het internationale diploma → meerwaarde naar vaardigheden in het Engels → verantwoordelijkheid nemen en fier zijn op het ‘anders’ zijn van de Leuvense chemical engineering opleiding
• ... maar we begrijpen de drempelvrees → onze taak t k om onze beloftes b l ft van kkwaliteitsvolle lit it ll ondersteuning d t i waar te maken → uiteraard nog g steeds de mogelijkheid g j om ‘hulp’ p te krijgen jg in het Nederlands
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[email protected] Room 01.43 department of chemical engineering EURHEO -> prof. Paula Moldenaers
