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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 (previous ones) Guest lecture on Thursday, 01 November: "Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A choice that makes a difference". Come with questions for Dr. Lotfi Belkhir, from the McMaster School of Engineering Practice. An import memo regarding the SDL projects and next steps. Meetings with Alicia (group A's) and myself (group B's) may be scheduled from 13:00 to 19:00, Tuesday to Friday. Book them early to ensure you get a slot that works for your group. Tuesday: We will wrap up the HAZOP topic, then review the midterm solutions, and start with the process operability topic on Tuesday, tab 8 from your course pack.

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 (solutions covered in tutorial) Assignment 2: Time value of money (with solutions) Assignment 3: Profitability measures, depreciation, taxes and TVM (with solutions) Assignment 4: Sensitivity analysis, depreciation and taxes (with solutions) Assignment 5: Capital and operating cost estimation (with solutions) Assignment 6: Safety workshop (solutions covered in class on 23 Oct) 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