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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) Nicole mentioned some information about student PEO registration. Please read more about that here. Could I please ask you all to seriously consider filling in a course evaluation at https://evals.mcmaster.ca - they are really helpful for me to update and shape the course for 2013. Evaluations close on 04 December. Currently 58% of the class have filled it out; please encourage your friends to fill it out so we can reach 70%. I've received all SDL reports electronically -- thank you. I won't be sending individual acknowledgement emails. One final hand-in is due for this course, other than your project: it is a course reflection. Due any time between now and 03 December. Please fill in this electronic form for your reflection. This form covers 3 areas: it is a course reflection it is a peer evaluation final evaluation on 4N4 overall. You might want to wait until just before the final project hand-in so you can evaluate your peers. Please note that the reflection counts about 4% of your overall grade, and the peer evaluation is mandatory.

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 Enrichment topics Course pack for 2012 Course wrap-up 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: Process drawings and engineering operability (solutions covered in tutorial) Assignment 8: Troubleshooting (solutions covered in tutorial) Please follow these instructions when submitting electronically. Tests, exams and project Written midterm (with solutions) Self-directed learning project Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams Cover letter guidelines for written submissions Course reflection