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Engineering Economics and Problem Solving: CHE 4N4

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Course outline Course videos from 2012 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements Please print the following for the class on 4 and 5 October (and the midterm) Inflation adjustment factors for the process industries 2 slides on the bare module method A list of costs that should be considered You will also require portions of Don Woods' book Cost Estimation for the Process Industries. This can only be downloaded from McMaster computers [30 Mb]. Please keep a copy for tutorials and use in class exercises. You do not need to print the entire book, only the parts from chapter 1. The other chapters are for reference.

Course overview Group work and chairperson skills Engineering economics Process safety Life-long and self-directed learning Process troubleshooting Dealing with uncertainty (reference only) Process operability Course pack for 2012

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Assignments/Tutorials Assignment questions will be available here. Parts of the assignments will be covered in the tutorial period. Personal finance SDL assignment/tutorial Assignment 2: Time value of money Assignment 3: Profitability measures, depreciation, taxes and TVM Assignment 4: Sensitivity analysis, depreciation and taxes Assignment 5 Assignment 6 Assignment 7 Assignment 8 Assignment 9 New: Please follow these instructions when submitting electronically. Tests, exams and project Written midterm Self-directed learning project Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams Cover letter guidelines for written submissions