2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering in Global Business
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Taizo Hanamitsu / Atsushi Fukushima / Ryo Osako / Tomoki Homma
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.C521
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Course overview] Students in this course will take advantage of knowledge in chemical engineering, and be instructed by lecturers active as chemical engineers on a global stage about problem resolution methods and methods for dealing with trouble through their overseas experience in chemical plant design and construction. [Course objectives] The objective of this course is for students to learn practical knowledge indispensable for a chemical engineer such as problem resolution and dealing with trouble under all sorts of circumstances, through the experience of chemical engineers with copious overseas experience actually working in companies.
Course description and aims
[Goal of Course] Based on the experiences of chemical engineers active in global society, students understand and can explain problem solving methods and techniques for dealing with trouble that take advantage of chemical engineering knowledge such as chemical plant design and construction overseas.
Keywords
global business, chemical plant design, chemical engineering
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In this intensive format course, chemical engineers active in private industry and with plenty of overseas experience lecture on problem solving and dealing with troubles for overseas business, making use of knowledge from chemical engineering.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | How to solve a problem petrochemical plant design in global business: part 1 | To explain role of chemical engineering in global business. |
| Class 2 | How to solve a problem petrochemical plant design in global business: part 2 | To understand how to solve a problem on petrochemical plant design in global business. |
| Class 3 | How to solve a problem natural gas plant design in global business: part 2 | To explain how to solve a problem on natural gas plant design in global business. |
| Class 4 | How to solve a problem food processing building in global business: part 1 | To understand how to solve a problem on food processing building in global business. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials handed out will be used during lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Score evaluation will be conducted by reporting a paper concerning how to solve the problem on chemical plant design and building in global business.
Related courses
- CAP.C341 ： Chemical Engineering Topics
Prerequisites
No requisites.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Shiro YOSHIKAWA
syoshika[at]chemeng.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Make an appointment by e-mail in advance.