CHE 31400 Introduction to Process Safety

This course aims at giving students a safety culture nowadays necessary in any engineering position. General occupational safety, industrial hygiene and toxicology will be first introduced. Then specific hazards and risks inherent to the chemical industry will be discussed and related to the means to mitigate them. Both technical, organizational and ethical issues aspects will be treated thru lectures, case studies, hands on projects and self-learning (using Level 2 SACHE free online certificate programs).

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CHE 43200, CHE 47900, CHE 49500. Students will also be required to have completed upfront the four Level 1 SACHE online certificate programs (free for undergraduate students members of AICHE).

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.