Course teacher(s)
Frédéric DEBASTE (Coordinator) and Tom VAN ASSCHEECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
Complexity of projects (economic evaluation from feasibility to construction).
Product strategy.
Project management (specificity, aspects, characteristics, typical causes of failure, context, charter, risk management, planning & scheduling, communication, organization, responsibilities, estimates, budget, monitoring, closure).
Balance sheet and income statement.
Cost structure and profitability (IRR, ROI, NPV).
Situational leadership.
Negotiation.
Instrumentation
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Overview of the industrial realities of a global project (chemical plant), by placing the engineering of a project in its global context, with its technical (including instrumentation), human, cultural, legal and economic aspects.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Courses and exercices are done in a integrated way.
A group practical project of plant design closes the course.
Contribution to the teaching profile
This teaching unit contributes to the following competences:
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In-depth knowledge and understanding of integrated structural design methods in the framework of a global design strategy
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In-depth knowledge and understanding of the advanced methods and theories to schematize and model complex problems or processes
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Reformulate complex engineering problems in order to solve them (simplifying assumptions, reducing complexity)
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Work in an industrial environment with attention to safety, quality assurance, communication and reporting
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Think critically about and evaluate projects, systems and processes, particularly when based on incomplete, contradictory and/or redundant information
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A critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others
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Consciousness of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of his/her work and strives for sustainable solutions to engineering problems including safety and quality assurance aspects
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The flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context
Other information
Contacts
fdebaste@ulb.ac.be
tel: +32-2-650.67.56
fax: +32-2-650.29.10
UB5.159
http://tips.ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
Oral exam in group in which each group present the results of the designed realized in the last part of the course
Language(s) of evaluation
- english