Introduction
The Department was designed to build on current acclivities and to provide a nucleus for the University’s rapidly expanding industrially oriented research training and consultancy in Chemical Engineering. The curriculum for the B.Sc. Chemical Engineering has evolved over a number of years and is designed to prepare the students for design, operation, and supervision of Chemical, Biochemical and Polymer Plants. The course is updated regularly to incorporate the outcomes of local and global research in the field of Chemical Engineering. Emphasis is given to the use of computers by students in problem solving and design of equipment and plant. The course curriculum is same as already being followed in Chemical Engineering Department, Main Campus.
B.Sc. chemical engineering programs in the department is designed to provide its graduates a solid educational foundation on which they can build successful and sustainable careers in chemical engineering, chemical technology or a related field.
The objectives are:
- PEO-1: The graduate will apply the knowledge, principles, and skills in process industry, academia, and complementary fields to meet the stakeholder requirements.
- PEO-2: The graduates will achieve professional success by practicing ethical behavior, social responsibility, and diversity, both as individuals and in team environments with effective communication.
- PEO-3: The graduates will pursue innovative approaches and career growth through professional practice, graduate studies, and other training programs in engineering sciences and management.
- Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
- Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences.
- Design/Development of Solutions: An ability to design solutions for complex engineering problems and design systems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
- Investigation: An ability to investigate complex engineering problems in a methodical way including literature survey, design and conduct of experiments, analysis and interpretation of experimental data, and synthesis of information to derive valid conclusions.
- Modern Tool Usage: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling, to complex engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
- The Engineer and Society: An ability to apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solution to complex engineering problems.
- Environment and Sustainability: An ability to understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of, and need for, sustainable development.
- Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.
- Individual and Team Work: An ability to work effectively, as an individual or in a team, on multifaceted and /or multidisciplinary settings.
- Communication: An ability to communicate effectively, orally as well as in writing, on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
- Project Management: An ability to demonstrate management skills and apply engineering principles to one’s own work, as a member and/or leader in a team, to manage projects in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Lifelong Learning: An ability to recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in, independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
Curriculum of BSc Chemical Engineering is designed to fulfill the needs of local industry and the guidelines of the National Curriculum Review Committees (NCRC) of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan. As per the guidelines of the NCRC, the courses are categorized into two domains: Engineering and Non-Engineering. Engineering domain is further categorized into foundation, breadth and depth courses whereas non-engineering domain includes natural sciences, management and social sciences related courses. course contents are designed to inculcate the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domain skills among the students for the attainment of PLOs. The curriculum scheme is given below.
| Course No. and Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite Courses (if any) | |
| Semester 1 | |||
| ChE-101A | Industrial Stoichiometry – I | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| CS-101 & CS-101L | Computing Fundamentals | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| CY-142 & CY-142L | Physical and Analytical Chemistry | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| HU-111L | Communication Skills | 1 (0, 1) | — |
| MA-113 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ME-122L | Engineering Drawing | 2 (0, 2) | — |
| Subtotal | 15 (10, 5) | — | |
| Semester 2 | |||
| ChE-108 | Fluid Flow-I | 3 (3,0) | — |
| ChE-104 | Health and Safety at Workplace | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-103A & ChE-103AL | Chemical Process Industries | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| IS-101 or HU-101 | Islamic and Pakistan Studies – I (Muslim students) or Ethics and Pakistan Studies – I (non- Muslim students) | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| MA-118 | Applied Mathematics and Statistics | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ME-100L | Workshop Practice | 1 (0, 1) | — |
| PHY-113 & PHY-113L | Applied Physics | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| Subtotal | 18 (15, 3) | — | |
| Semester 3 | |||
| ChE-201A | Industrial Stoichiometry – II | 3 (3, 0) | Industrial Stoichiometry – I |
| ChE-203A & ChE-203AL | Particle Technology | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-204A & ChE-204AL | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – I | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| CY-221 & CY-221L | Inorganic and Organic Chemistry | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| HU-221 | Technical Writing and Presentation Skills | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| MA-233 L | Applied Mechanics | 1 (0, 1) | — |
| Subtotal | 18 (14, 4) | — | |
| Semester 4 | |||
| ChE-208 & ChE-208L | Fluid Flow-II | 3 (2, 1) | Fluid Flow-I |
| ChE-209 & ChE-209L | Process Heat Transfer | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-210 & ChE-210L | Separation processes-I | 4 (3,1) | — |
| EE-140 & EE-140L | Electrical Technology | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| IS-201 or HU-201 | Islamic and Pakistan Studies – II (Muslim students) or Ethics and Pakistan Studies – II (non- Muslim students) | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| Subtotal | 17 (13, 4) | — | |
| Semester 5 | |||
| ChE-301A& ChE-301AL | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-312 | Engineering Materials | 2 (2, 0) | — |
| ChE-303A | Unit Processes | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| ChE-304A | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – II | 3 (3, 0) | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – I |
| MA-240 & MA-240L | Numerical Analysis | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| MGT-413 | Entrepreneurship | 3 (3,0) | — |
| Subtotal | 18 (15, 3) | — | |
| Semester 6 | |||
| ChE-311 | Chemical Process Design & Economics | 3 (3,0) | — |
| ChE-302A | Chemical Engineering Mathematics | 2 (2, 0) | — |
| ChE-310 & ChE-310L | Separation Processes-II | 3 (2, 1) | — |
| ChE-307A | Transport Phenomena | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ChE-308A & ChE-308AL | Energy Engineering | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-313 L | Process Modeling and Simulation | 2 (0,2) | — |
| ChE-314 | Community/Research Project-I | 1 (0,1) | — |
| Subtotal | 18 (13, 5) | — | |
| Semester 7 | |||
| ChE-401A | Chemical Reactor Design | 2 (2, 0) | Chemical Reaction Engineering |
| ChE-409 | Chemical Process Equipment Design and Rating | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ChE-409 to ChE-418 | Elective-I | 2 (2, 0) | — |
| ChE-404A & ChE-404AL | Instrumentation and Control | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-408A | Engineering Management | 2 (2, 0) | — |
| ChE-411 | Final Year Project – I | 3 (0, 3) | Final year standing |
| ChE-315 | Community/Research Project-II | 1 (0,1) | — |
| Subtotal | 17 (12, 5) | — | |
| Semester 8 | |||
| ChE-406A & ChE-406AL | Environmental Engineering | 4 (3, 1) | — |
| ChE-409 to ChE-418 | Elective-II | 2 (2,0) | — |
| ChE-419 to ChE-425 | Elective-III | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ChE-419 to ChE-425 | Elective-IV | 3 (3, 0) | — |
| ChE-412 | Final Year Project – II | 3 (0, 3) | Final Year Project – I |
| Subtotal | 15 (11, 4) | — | |
| Grand Total | 136 (103, 33) | ||
| Course No. and Title | Credit Hours | Prerequisite Courses (if any) | |
| ChE-415 | Industrial Psychology and Ethics | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-416 | Polymer Engineering | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-419 | Petroleum Refinery | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-420 | Food Engineering | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-413 | Membrane Technology | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-414 | Computational Fluid Dynamics | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-425A | Computer Aided Design | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-426A | Process Analysis and Optimization | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-417 | Chemical Safety and Security | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-418 | Process Equipment Malfunction | 2 (2,0) | |
| ChE-405 | Maintenance Engineering | 3 (3, 0) | |
| ChE-421 | Gas Engineering | 3 (3, 0) | Final year standing |
| ChE-422 | Biochemical Engineering | 3 (3, 0) | Final year standing |
| ChE-427 | Biomass and Biofuels | 3 (3,0) | |
| ChE-428 | Industrial Safety and Risk Management | 3 (3,0) | |
| ChE-429 | Clean Coal Technologies | 3 (3,0) | |
| ChE-430 | Material Characterization Techniques | 3 (3,0) | |