CHE3167 Transport phenomena and numerical methods

Recorded lectures will be provided on the Moodle site and will provide the required theoretical background knowledge. The lectures should be reviewed prior to the workshop and together with the recommended books. The content from the lectures will be reviewed in a weekly quiz.

The weekly workshops will focus on applying the theory from the recorded lectures through problems set out in worksheets and drawn from practical questions. The problems start from pre-defined transport problems to ones that require deeper insight, requiring you to determine the form of the problem and which equations are needed to solve it. This will be illustrated in the workshops and practical sessions by the teaching staff through individual or group guidance with the set problems. This, therefore, also involves peer-assisted learning through collaboration. Active learning and attempting to solve the problems is crucial for this unit.

The workshops will be complemented by practice classes (two hours per week), focusing on a second problem set that is closely related to the worksheets. This is your opportunity to challenge yourself further and practice through active learning, in a smaller group with more teaching staff available for assistance. The nine problem sets will be assessed by submission of answers through a separate Moodle assignment. Additionally, computer lab sessions (two hours per week) will provide further practical examples through nine computer lab assignments that will also be assessed. The MATLAB and COMSOL simulations will connect theory with practice.