ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT - 2023/4

Module Overview

The Engineering Systems sub-module introduces students to the systems approach for engineering design and analysis. It provides an introduction to the steps involved in chemical process design with detail on the preparation of graphical representations of processes i.e. BFDs, PFDs, and P&IDs. The design of pressure vessels is also covered.

The Engineering Management sub-module provides an introduction to company financing, operation, pricing and costing, accounting and reporting, marketing, project evaluation and project management in preparation for working in a professional engineering environment.

This sub-module also provides an introduction to the legal responsibilities of companies and employees to the health and safety of all in the workplace. It serves as an introduction to techniques used by engineers to evaluate and reduce levels of danger in the work place.

Module provider

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Module Leader

XING Lei (Chst Chm Eng)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 5

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

N/A

Module content

Indicative content includes:

Engineering Management

Organisation and Financing of Companies:

Types of company, elements of company law.
Sources of funding, classes and types of shares, share transactions, FT and other indices, dividends, yields, P/E ratios.
Introduction to Management Accounting:

Basic accounting concepts, interpretation of accounts, funds flow analysis, taxation. (CAI tutoring packages available)
The Company in Business:

Company structure, elements of product cost, manufacturing costs, general costs, fixed, variable and marginal costs, cost behaviour, marginal costing, break-even analysis, profit sensitivity analysis, budgetary control, variance analysis.
Project Evaluation:

Return on capital, payback time, discounting and net present value, comparison of alternatives, risk and uncertainty in investment.
Industrial Legislation:

Health and Safety at Work Act and associated Regulations e.g. COSHH, COMAH, PFEER, RIDDOR, DSEAR etc., employment and other industrial legislation
Systematic evaluation of hazard and risk:
Identification and quantification of hazards, fault trees, case studies and examples.
Project Management:

Co-ordination of activities; Types of Contracts
Engineering Systems

Introduction to Systems Engineering principles
Design communication:
Process descriptions
Structural/graphical representations of chemical process systems: block diagrams, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams
Process systems economics: types of costs and basic estimation methods
Optimisation: principle, basic methods and tools
Pressure Vessel Design

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the full range of learning outcomes though the balanced mixture of examination coupled with the carefully graded coursework tasks which reflect current industrial practice.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

Coursework 1: Engineering Systems 20%. Individual assignment related to PFD preparation (LO4, LO8)

Coursework 2: Engineering Management - 20%, students will develop a company of choice to include aspects of ownership and operational structures, financing, business strategy, with attention to industrial legislation, safety and sustainability, and then deliver this as an oral presentation with PowerPoint slides. (LO1 - LO4)

Examination: 60%, 4 hours (Open Book) online exam (LO1 - LO8 with a weighting of Engineering Management 60% and Engineering Systems 40%)

Formative assessment and Feedback

A formative assessment exercise will be provided to allow students to get the opportunity to answer exam type questions for both components of the module

Verbal feedback in tutorial classes and seminars Written feedback on coursework activities

Module aims

• The Engineering Management component of the module give the students an understanding of how engineering companies operate with respect to the law, financing, safety and project management.
• This sub-module also provides an introduction to the legal responsibilities of companies and employees to the health and safety of all in the workplace. It serves as an introduction to techniques used by engineers to evaluate and reduce levels of danger in the workplace
• The Engineering Systems sub-module introduces students to the systems approach for engineering design and analysis. It provides an introduction to the steps involved in chemical process design with detail on the preparation of graphical representations of processes i.e. BFDs, PFDs, and P&IDs. The design of pressure vessels is also covered.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Provide students with a sound understanding of the operation of companies and projects through a combination of lectures and real world examples.
Demonstrate the design of engineering systems through industrially relevant examples discussed in lectures and tutorials/seminars.
The learning and teaching methods include:

Lectures
Tutorials

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: ENG2128

Other information

The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is committed to developing graduates with strengths in Employability, Digital Capabilities, Global and Cultural Capabilities, Sustainability, and Resourcefulness and Resilience. This module is designed to allow students to develop knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the following areas 

Digital Capabilities: Through the module students will learn to navigate and utilise Virtual learning Environment (Surrey Learn), and digital tools such as VISIO for developing graphical representation of processes, excel for basic finance and accounting calculations and powerpoint to deliver presentations.  

Employability: Students will gain knowledge in the area company financing, operation, pricing and costing, accounting and reporting, marketing, project evaluation and project management in preparation for working in a professional engineering environment.  All of which are key transferrable skills sought by employers of all disciplines. 

Global and cultural capabilities: Students will work in small tutorial and lab groups with other students from different backgrounds to solve problems, build solutions and produce a business/company idea that covers business strategy, financing, sustainability/growth, and corporate social responsibility that have global relevance.

Sustainability: Students will develop knowledge regarding corporate social responsibilities and business sustainability and waste management within their business/company idea coursework.

Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.