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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Must have completed 8 credit points from S% coded units
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SLE320
Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
2 x 1 hour online workshop per week and 1 x 2 hour on-campus studio per week.
All students are required to attend and participate in project based activities for this unit at scheduled sessions during the trimester.
2 x 1 hour online seminar per week.
Students are required to engage in online learning for approximately 4 hours per week during the trimester. All students must attend and participate in team based learning activities for this unit at scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive week (typically week 6).
Transforming waste to valuable resources is the focus of this project based unit. Through industry-related projects students will evaluate and design systems for the management of municipal and industrial solid waste, hazardous waste and consider industrial liquid waste management. It is part of a series of units looking at pollution and waste management within the environmental engineering program. Students will develop a waste management plan and develop designs for a solid waste management system, such as a biogas landfill or composting system. Through this process of design and evaluation, students will learn leading practices, innovative technologies and engineering systems for avoiding and reusing waste and recovering valuable materials, nutrients and energy.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit.
At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
ULO2
Propose and critique process flow charts of waste management processes and technologies, including collection, separation, processing, transformation and disposal with consideration given to the waste management hierarchy.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Identify an appropriate site and design a solid waste or residual management system by reviewing factors such as waste classification, topography, odour transport and geology.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
ULO4
Develop an environmental management plan to consider potential impacts and monitor performance of a waste management system.
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Written technical report and peer assessment
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEV331 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period''s reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester''s prior year reading list as a guide only.
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