The program consists mainly of course work, together with a research, development or advanced design project taking a minimum of 4 months' full- time study or its part-time equivalent for the Masters degree, and for the Graduate Diploma a minimum of 2 months. The course work will normally consist of GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES and TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES.
The particular combination of units will be chosen in consultation with the Co- ordinator.
ASSESSMENT
Double Units (48 hours)
Each unit will be individually assessed by a 3-hour paper or 2-hour examina- tions, by assignments, or by a combination of examinations and assignments.
Any variation on this procedure will be given to students in the first week of the semester concerned.
Single Units (24 hours)
As for double units, except that the examination will be of 2 hours' duration.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (GDS):
Single Units
400-803 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (ASPECTS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT) - A
(i) Present situation of developing countries
Kinds of developing country. Characteristics of poor developing countries:
geography and climate; natural resources and population; living stan- dards; agriculture, industry, and employment; trade; health, housing and education; the "dual" society; urbanisation; political and economic sys- tems in developing countries.
(ii) Development
Definitions and measures of development. Alternative theories of devel- opment. Economics of development, underdevelopment and depen- dency. Rural and industrial development patterns. Technology and development. The future: world resources, renewable and non-renew- able; population; food supply; pollution and environmental aspects of development; limits to growth.
(iii) Miscellaneous Aspects of development
National planning processes in developing countries. Science and technol- ogy policy. Development aid and financing.
400-804 APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Origins of appropriate technology; influence of technology on the growth of industrialised countries; technology and underdevelopment; appropriate and inappropriate technologies; hardware and software; appropriate technology in topics selected from food production, energy production, water and public health engineering, mining and manufacturing, building and housing, transport and communications, and community services.
400-805 ECONOMIC A S P E C T S OF ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - A
Principles of engineering economics; resource allocation in engineering design;
financial analysis using discounted cash flow techniques; systems analysis for decision-making; production functions and marginal analysis; linear program- ming, benefit cost analysis for project appraisal in developing countries;
mechanics of operation of financial aid agencies. Case studies.
Double Units
400-806 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
As for 400-803 Development Economics (Aspects of National Development) - A, plus 400-805 Economic Aspects of Engineering in Developing Countries - A.
400-802 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 1 (48 hours of classes)
Origins of appropriate technology; influence of technology on the growth of industrialized countries; technology and underdevelopment; appropriate and inappropriate technologies; hardware and software; appropriate technology in food production, energy production, water and public health engineering, mining and manufacturing, building and housing, transport and communica- tions, community services, and tertiary education.
TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES
(a) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Single Units
436-804 ENERGY FUNDAMENTALS
Thermodynamics and heat transfer; world resources and energy demand;
levels of extraction and efficiency of conversion and use; general survey of conversion systems; energy content of products and processes; energy con- servation; environmental aspects of energy use; economics of energy utilisation.
436-805 SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING
(i) Nature and availability of solar radiation; radiation estimations and mea- suring instruments.
(ii) Materials for solar energy utilisation; radiative properties and thermal transport properties.
(iii) Introduction to non-concentrating and concentrating collectors, design techniques and performance estimation.
(iv) Solar component and solar system operational characteristics.
(v) Practical applications of solar energy; special solar devices for developing countries, including solar desalination, solar photovoltaics, and solar water pumping.
411-802 WASTE UTILISATION FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION - A Wastes: nature, composition and availability. Briquetting. Combustion with energy recovery. Pyrolysis. Gasification. Biological processes. Social economic and environmental factors. Costs. Case Studies.
411-803 RENEWABLE S O U R C E S OF FUELS
Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass. Crop and forest residues. Crops for energy. Energetics of agricultural production. Capital and production costs.
Employment and decentralisation. Environmental impact.
400-807 WIND AND WATER S O U R C E S OF ENERGY
Wind energy; turbines; types, construction and control; efficiencies, costs.
Hydro-electric schemes; hydrological investigations; structures; conduits; tur- bines; governing and local control.
Transmission and reticulation of small-scale power supplies. Management of rural electrification schemes.
436-806 UTILISATION OF CONVENTIONAL FUELS
The conversion of fuel energy into heat and work. The design of burners, combustion chambers, furnaces. The elements of heat engines, and their efficiency. Waste heat rejection or utilisation. Fuel combustion products. Fuels in vehicles and efficiency.
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436-807 UTILISATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS
The special requirements of proposed alternative fuels in furnaces. The use of alternative fuels in transport; engine-fuels matching, and optimisation, alterna- tive engines, durability, vehicle fuel storage options, engine-vehicle matching.
Double Units
436-810 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 1 - ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS
(48 hours of classes)
Energy conversion and utilisation
(i) Background thermodynamics of energy systems; fundamental concepts of heat and mass transfer.
(ii) World resources and energy supply and demand; levels of energy extrac- tion; efficiency of conversion and use; general survey of conversion systems.
(iii) Energy content of products and processes; energy conservation tech- niques; energy management, environmental aspects of energy use; eco- nomics of energy utilisation.
Fuel technology
(i) Origin and composition of solid fuels; concepts of ranking of fuels;
potential for fuel upgrading.
(ii) Production and properties of conventional liquid fuels; unconventional liquid fuels including alcohol fuels and plant oils.
(iii) Production and properties of gaseous fuels, use of conventional and unconventional gaseous fuels.
411-804 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 2 — E N E R G Y FROM WASTES AND BIOMASS
(48 hours of classes)
Wastes: nature, composition and availability, Briquetting. Combustion with energy recovery. Pyrolysis. Gasification. Biological processes. Social, eco- nomic and environmental factors. Costs. Case Studies.
Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass. Crop and forest residues. Crops for energy. Energetics of agricultural production. Capital and production costs.
Employment and decentralisation. Environmental impact.
436-808 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 3 — S O L A R SOURCES OF ENERGY (48 hours of classes)
(i) Nature and availability of solar radiation; radiation estimations and mea- suring instruments.
(fi) Materials for solar energy utilisation, radiative properties and thermal transport properties.
(iii) Introduction to non-concentrating and concentrating collectors, design techniques and performance estimation.
(iv) Solar component and solar system operational characteristics.
(v) Practical applications of solar energy, special solar devices for developing countries, including desalination, solar photovoltaics, and solar water pumping.
(vi) Wind energy; turbines; types, construction and control; efficiencies, costs. Hydroelectric schemes; hydrological investigations; structures, conduits; turbines; governing and local control.
(vii) Transmission and reticulation of small-scale power supplies. Management of rural electrification schemes.
436-809 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 4—CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CON- VENTIONAL FUELS
(48 hours of classes)
The conversion of fuel energy into heat and work. The design of burners, combustion chambers, furnaces. The elements of heat engines, and their efficiency. Waste heat rejection or utilisation. Fuel combustion products. Fuels in vehicles and efficiency.
The special requirements of proposed alternative fuels in furnaces. The use of alternative fuels in transport; engine-fuels matching, and optimisation, alterna- tive engines, durability, vehicle fuel storage options, engine-vehicle matching.
(b) CIVIL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Units may be selected from those described in the section of this Handbook referring to Civil and Agricultural Engineering courses at graduate level and final year undergraduate level.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Units may be selected from those described in the section of this Handbook referring to the Masters program in Environmental Engineering.
(d) SPECIAL UNITS
400-808 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING IN HOT CLIMATES
Health aspects of water supply and waste disposal in hot climates. Water supply for low-income communities: quality criteria; resource allocation; pat- terns of water usage; sources; extraction, storage and delivery methods;
treatment processes; economic aspects. Waste disposal for low-income com- munities in hot climates: introduction; processes not using reticulation; sys- tems involving reticulation, effluent and sludge disposal; agricultural wastes;
garbage disposal; economic aspects.
400-809 SPECIAL STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES - A A course of 24 hours of lectures, literature survey or its equivalent for students wishing to pursue special interests as appropriate for development technol- ogies. The detailed content of the course will be specified by the Course Co- ordinator after discussion with the student.
400-810 SPECIAL STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES - B A course of 48 hours of lectures or its equivalent for students wishing to pursue special interests in Heat Treatment of Metals and Mineral Dressing as appropri- ate for development technologies. The detailed content of the course will be specified by the Course Co-ordinator after discussion with the student.
400-801 RESEARCH P R O J E C T 1—DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 400-617 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES 421-802 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(AGRICULTURAL) 421-801 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(CIVIL) 411-801 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(CHEMICAL) 431-801 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(ELECTRICAL) 436-802 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(INDUSTRIAL) 436-801 RESEARCH P R O J E C T — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(MECHANICAL) 421-618 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
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421-617 RESEARCH P R O J E C T 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES (CIVIL) 411-617 R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(CHEMICAL) 431-617 RESEARCH P R O J E C T 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(ELECTRICAL) 436-618 RESEARCH P R O J E C T 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(INDUSTRIAL) 436-617 R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T 2 — D E V E L O P M E N T TECHNOLOGIES
(MECHANICAL) Students in the Graduate Diploma program will take one of the Research Project subjects. Masters' degree students will take one of the Research Project 2 subjects after completion of a Research Project subject (completion of both will be required for Masters' degree candidates).
421-628 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES 421-604 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES 411-606 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES 431-604 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES 436-613 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES 436-605 MASTER TECHNOLOGIES SPECIAL NOTE
The Faculty of Engineering has received approval to introduce a graduate Diploma in Development Technologies (Dip.Dev.Tech.), which will be a full-cost recovery program primarily for sponsored students.
It is intended that this Diploma should be the normal mode of entry to the Master's program in Development Technologies.
Further enquiries should be directed to the Assistant Registrar (Engineering).