ChE 345

Instructor: Dr. John O'Haver
Office Number: Anderson Hall 14
E-mail address: johaver@olemiss.edu
Phone: 915-5347
Class Meeting Times/Dates:
Office Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 daily except when I am in class. If you have trouble reaching me for some reason, feel free to call or email for an appointment.

Prerequisite: Junior Standing in Engineering
Texts: “Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, 2nd Ed.” , Turton, Baille, Whiting and Shaewitz

References: "Contemporary Engineering Economics" by Park

Course Objectives & Outcomes

Objective: To provide students with a working knowledge of engineering economics and project management.

Outcomes:

1. Understand economic decision-making and its impact on engineering design problems.
2. Estimate the costs for a unit or system at an appropriate level of detail.
3. Understand the time value of money, cash flows, depreciation, the impacts of taxation, risk, and return on investment, and use these concepts to make appropriate engineering replacement or design decisions.
4. Understand and be able to apply the concepts of project management.
5. Present findings, orally and/or in writing, in a logical and coherent manner.

Homework Assignments

Overall Course Grading

Homework (including group work) 30%
Exams 40%
Final Exam 30%
The grading scale will be 87/80/74/68.