Senior Design

At NC State, the senior design course is a two-semester sequence:

CHE 450: Applications of cost accounting, cost estimation for new equipment, manufacturing cost and measures of profitability. Use of computer simulation design and cost programs. Procedures for sizing unit operations commonly encountered in the chemical process industry. Heuristics for selection of separation processes and heat exchanger network synthesis.

CHE 451: Chemical process design and optimization. The interplay of economic and technical factors in process development, site selection, project design, and production management. Comprehensive design problems.

Shown below are some examples of course documents and helpful resources.

Course Documents

• Senior Design Day (includes project descriptions with posters and 2-minute videos for each project)
• Syllabus
• Course Schedule
• Advice to CHE 451 students from the previous class
• Expectations for project mentors and students
• One-slide project template for mentors
• Grading rubric for Team Contract (fall)
• Description of Team Contract Deliverable (fall)
• Grading Rubric for Project Motivation and Technical Literature Review (fall)
• Description of Project Motivation and Technical Literature Review (fall)
• Grading Rubric for Project Plan and Schedule (fall)
• Description of Project Plan and Schedule Deliverable (fall)
• Grading Rubric for Final Report (fall)
• Description of Final Report Deliverable (fall)
• Grading Rubric for Status Report (spring)
• Grading Rubric for Mid-semester Presentation (spring)
• Grading Rubric for Final Report (spring)
• Grading Rubric for Poster Session (spring)

Useful Web Sites

• http://www4.thomasregister.com/ – Thomas Register (database for equipment vendors)
• http://www.epa.gov/oppt/exposure/pubs/episuitedl.htm – EPI Suite for physical/chemical property and environmental fate estimation models
• http://solvdb.ncms.org – solvent data and selection
• http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ – databases on toxicology and hazardous chemicals
• http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/distil/distil0.htm – distillation tutorial
• http://www.uspto.gov/ – U.S. Patent Office
• http://www.aiche.org/ccps/ – AIChE Center for Process Safety
• http://www2.umdnj.edu/eohssweb/aiha/administrative/design.htm – laboratory safety issues
• http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/ – information on air permits in NC
• http://www.pmi.org/ – Project Management Institute