This course is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge of legal principles and terminology, to understand the basic foundations and theories of law, and to explain the legal concepts and terminology in substantive areas of law (i.e., Contract Law, Liability Law, Labor Law, Commercial Law, etc.) It is also designed to help prepare engineering students for careers in fields which are impacted by the law and to demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between the fields of law and the application of laws and legal strategy in engineering. This course will also help engineering students to understand their rights and responsibilities as a contractor (application of Contract Law), an employee (application of Labor Law) and as a partner (application of Commercial Law).

This course studies the theories of rational justification, of the moral judgments and the relationship between the concept of liberty, and the concept of responsibility, while covering the basic principles of deontology of an engineer's profession.

This course presents the theory and application of the fundamentals of Engineering Economy and the methodology of economic decision analysis. Students will be required to learn the theoretical foundations of various principles of economic analysis and how they can be applied to solve problems encountered in industry and business.

In all sectors, innovation and entrepreneurship (as a form of innovation) have become an important source of sustainable competitive advantage for firms around the world. However, innovation management and the capability of managers and owners to build innovative organization is quite a challenge. In this course, we will address the role of innovation and entrepreneurship for macro and micro levels and focus on practices and processes to successfully manage it. The course will focus on entrepreneurial firms (start-ups and corporate ventures of established firms) and analyze success and failure cases of innovation. This course provides good grounding in technology and innovation management for students interested in becoming entrepreneurs or managers in innovation driven firms. Students will learn based on lectures, case analysis, external experts and own research and presentations. In innovation management it is impossible to separate organizational strategy from implementation since a great idea will only become an innovation if managers are capable to commercialize and monetize it. Therefore, much of the material discussed and analyzed within the course relates to strategy and organizational behavior.

Students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering sciences, computer sciences, and Pre-Med are required to take the general chemistry course. This course serves as a foundational knowledge base, providing a comprehensive understanding of essential concepts, principles, and theories in chemistry. Through this course, students will delve into various topics including: - Atomic structure: Understanding the composition and arrangement of atoms, the periodic table, and the behavior of elements. - Chemical bonding: Exploring the formation and properties of chemical bonds between atoms and molecules. - Kinetics and thermodynamics: Studying the rates of chemical reactions and the principles of energy transfer in chemical systems. - Chemical equilibrium and solubility product: Analyzing the balance between reactants and products in reversible reactions, as well as the solubility of compounds in solution. - Acid-base equilibrium: Investigating the behavior of acids and bases, pH, and the principles of acid-base reactions. - Electrochemistry: Examining the relationship between chemical reactions and electricity, including redox reactions and electrochemical cells. By covering these topics, students will develop a strong foundation in general chemistry, which will be beneficial for further studies in their respective fields and provide a solid understanding of the fundamental principles of chemistry.

The general chemistry laboratory aims to develop different skills for the practical application of theoretical knowledge of general chemistry. Techniques to be learned: preparation and dilution of solutions, experimental verification of the Nernst equation, realization of different types of acid­base and redox titration by volumetric, calorimetric, pH­metric or potentiometric monitoring, and the study of solubility and precipitation reactions and characterization of ions present in a given matrix. The goal of the lab course is to ensure that students are capable of understanding the chemical concepts and to carry out experiments safely and carefully in the laboratory, to obtain data accurately and to manipulate the data correctly.

This course presents the fundamentals of engineering dynamics. It covers the following topics: kinematics of a particle (absolute and relative motion, description of motion in various systems of coordinates); kinetics of a particle; force and acceleration (Newton’s second law of motion); work and energy (principle of conservation of energy); impulse and momentum (conservation of linear momentum).

The course covers principles and concepts of relativity, quantum mechanics and their applications. The following topics will be covered along with their applications: the failure of classical physics; the special theory of relativity; the particle properties of electromagnetic radiation; the wave properties of particles; the Schr and ouml; dinger equation; the Rutherford-Bohr model of the atom and the hydrogen atom in wave mechanics.

The main objective of this course is to complete the knowledge of mathematics for the student engineer. It mainly covers the following themes: functions of a complex variable; analytical functions; Cauchy-Riemann conditions; harmonic functions; Cauchy integrals formulae; Taylor series; singular points; inverse Laplace transformation; special functions (Gamma and Beta functions); Bessel function; orthogonal functions (Tchebychev, Legendre, Hermite, Laguerre); and discrete-time Markov Chains.

The purpose of this course is to provide numerical concepts and methods needed by students to solve different engineering problems. Topics covered include: resolution of non-linear equations; numerical integration; data approximation and interpolation and numerical resolution of differential equations. Many numerical methods are implemented and tested using Matlab software.

The course aims to provide the necessary tools and mathematical proficiency to engineers and scientists, for the design and analysis of abstract mathematical models. Subjects covered in the course include Fundamentals of Set Theory, Sequences and Cardinality, The Set of Complex Numbers, Complex Sequences and Complex polynomials, Logic and Proofs, Binary Relations and Their Applications, Functions and Their Properties, Partially Ordered and Ordered Sets, Semigroups, Groups, Subgroups, Isomorphism and Homomorphism. Applications to different fields of science and engineering will be a focus of this course, as this course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.

This course covers the integral calculus of functions of one independent variable. Topics include the basic and advanced techniques of integration, analytic geometry of graphs of functions, and their limits, integrals, and derivatives, including the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Improper integrals, Sequences, Numerical Series, Power Series, Taylor Expansion, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates will also be discussed. Applications to different fields of science and engineering will be the focus of this course, as this course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.

This course aims to develop both theory and study techniques of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs). Topics covered in this course include Solutions of Non-Linear First-Order ODE's; Linear ODE's, Second-Order ODE's; Delta Functions, Convolution, and Laplace Transform Methods; Power Series and their use to solve differential equations; Real and Complex Fourier Series in addition to an Introduction to Partial Differential Equations. Applications to different fields of science and engineering will be a focus of this course, as this course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.

This course provides a modern elementary introduction to linear algebra and a broad selection of interesting applications. This modern approach reflects the ways scientists and engineers use linear algebra in practice. The topics covered in this course are Linear Equations in Linear Algebra, Matrix Algebra, Determinants, Vector Spaces, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Orthogonality and Least Squares, Symmetric Matrices and Quadratic Forms. Applications to different fields of science and engineering will be the focus of this course, as this course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.

This course aims to introduce and familiarize students to the calculus of several variables. It covers topics such as vectors and the geometry of three-dimensional space, vector functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and vector calculus including line Integrals, Surface Integrals, Stokes’ Theorem and Divergence Theorem. Applications to different fields of science and engineering will be the focus of this course, as this course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.

This course aims to provide students with the most common concepts of probability theory and statistical inference, with a unique balance between theory and methodology. Interesting relevant applications using real data will be used to show how the concepts and methods can be applied to solve science problems in practice.

The aim of the course is to give students a basic knowledge of the nomenclature, the molecular structures and the reaction mechanisms of organic chemistry, as well as methods of organic synthesis. The following topics are covered: the structure of organic molecules, the geometry of organic molecules, stereoisomerism, the electronic structure of molecules, reactions and their mechanisms, nomenclature, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, Aromatic hydrocarbons, derivatives halogens, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids.

This course introduces fundamental concepts in materials science. The main purpose of this course is to provide a good understanding of materials science and engineering. Topics covered include: an introduction to materials science, atomic structure and interatomic bonding, crystalline structure, crystal defects, diffusion, phase diagrams, mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials, corrosion and degradation of materials.

This course deals with the following topics : it starts with flow sheet symbols and drawings, followed by the mass and energy balances for steady-state reacting and non-reacting systems; composition variables and mass and energy flow rates; material balances in non-reacting systems and in systems with one or more chemical reactions; degree of freedom analysis for non-reacting and reacting systems; enthalpy of chemical reaction, heats of formation, heat capacities, dew points and bubble points; and numerous examples with process flow sheets to illustrate each topic. The students will learn to draw a flow sheet and construct it to solve chemical balance equations around multi-unit systems, and then extend this to other units.

This course provides students with the principal techniques in organic chemistry. The experiments concern many examples of reactions, having a particular relevance to industrial organic chemistry.

This course covers the following topics: real gas (intermolecular interactions, molecular collisions, the critical temperature, the real gas state’s equation, gases liquefaction); the first principle of thermodynamics (definition of enthalpy, enthalpy of formation, enthalpy of chemical transformations); the second principle of thermodynamics (entropy, spontaneous transformation, the Gibbs energy, the equilibrium reactions); the equilibrium phase change (phase diagrams, properties of non-electrolytes, phase diagrams of mixtures); fundamental links between electrochemistry and thermodynamics redox reaction, and electrochemical affinity electrode potential.

This course deals with the following topics: The fluid mixtures, fugacity and activity coefficients, the theory and applications of solution thermodynamics, chemical reaction equilibrium and multi-reaction equilibrium, phase equilibria including an extended treatment of vapor/liquid equilibrium, and adsorption and osmotic equilibria, the thermodynamics analysis of real processes.

This course looks at the organic chemistry industry. Topics covered include: major sources of raw materials (coal, oil and petrochemistry); classification of oils; fractional distillation of petroleum; the olefins; oxidized derivatives of ethylene; benzene hydrocarbons; production and processing; synthetic polymers; and the detergents.

The objective of this course is to provide a means to teach undergraduate chemical engineering students the basic principles of mass transfer and to apply these principles to the design of equipment used in separation processes. This course will cover the fundamental principles of mass transfer in the steady-state, unsteady state and convective mass transfer. The course will also presents an advanced perspective of the mass transfer phenomena and its application in separation unit.

Chemical reaction engineering is a combination of chemical kinetics and design and analysis of reactors to apply and optimize the desired reaction. A thorough understanding of the numerical aspects of chemical kinetics is fundamental to designing and selecting the appropriate chemical reactor for the studied system. This course presents first the kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, then kinetic rate expressions are developed and integrated for simple reactions, and multiple reaction systems. Adsorption isotherms may be introduced to develop kinetic rate expressions for heterogeneous catalytic systems. The course then proceeds with chemical reactor design of ideal, isothermal and non-isothermal reactors. The basic steady-state design principles and equations of different ideal reactors models (discontinuous, Continued Stirred Tank Reactor CSTR and plug flow) are covered. Selectivity is introduced to increase the yield of the desired product. The course discusses later the reactor safety through non-steady-state reactors. Throughout this course, the principles are illustrated using examples taken from organic chemistry, industrial, and/or catalytic reactions in the liquid phase and gaseous phase.

This aim of this course is to provide to students conceptual and practical tools to preserve the quality of the environment and avoid accidents in the industry. Topics covered include risks and environmental indicators of air pollution, water and soil quality criteria and standards, methods and procedures for characterizing environments. Also examined are risk analysis, evaluation procedures, fault tree analysis, risk reduction and preventive remedies levels, corrective and curative.

The main topics discussed in this course represent the core unit operations in the Engineering fields. Beginning with the distillation process (atmospheric and vacuum distillations, rectification), the graphic method of McCabe Thiele is thoroughly discussed and applied with material balance equations. In the Liquid – Liquid Extraction process (binary and ternary mixtures and diagrams), McCabe Thiele methods are used to estimate the total number of theoretical successive extractions. The course then looks at filtration: the different types of filtrations and the mechanisms occurring and the parameters to control to achieve it. There is a detailed examination of deep bed filtration and cake filtration. Decantation operations will also be introduced.

The students taking this course have already learned the basic principles of mass transfer in the course “Mass Transfer for Chemical Engineers” as a prerequisite of this course. They have also acquired the basics of heat transfer from the course ‘Heat Transfer” during their studies at the chemical Engineering department. This course is a complementary to separation processes, and presents an advanced application of heat and mass transfer in the main unit operations in the Process Engineering. The main topics discussed in this course are related to the main principles of unit operations in the Engineering fields: Fixed and Fluidized beds, Crystallization, Liquid-Liquid extraction, Evaporation (cooling towers and condensers), Drying, Fluid-solid separation, osmosis and reverse osmosis (Membrane separation). Other processes such as, Absorption, Adsorption, chromatography and ion exchange (agitated vessels) will be presented.

This course deals with the interpretation of the evolution of different systems (with one reactor or multiple reactors), the ideal reactor designs and the possible shifts from ideal behaviors, the effect of transport phenomena in reactive systems, the definition of steady state and stability analysis. Another part will deal with reactor optimization, analysis of heterogeneous reactors and an introduction on industrial reactive system simulation and modeling.

A course covering the concepts of feedback control systems in the chemical and process industry. The course involves dynamic modeling, design and analysis of dynamic control systems.

This module provides an overview of the current methods of analysis in diverse sectors such as the chemical and food industries, medical analysis laboratories, and environmental sciences. The idea is to connect the practical aspects of each studied method to its basic scientific concepts. Students will learn good laboratory practice through this module as well as the various separation methods (different chromatographic techniques) and spectroscopic techniques (IR, UV, NMR, fluorescence, atomic absorption and emission).

This laboratory offers to the students the opportunity to use all the basic knowledge to design, explore and optimize many basic operations. During this laboratory, the students will study the effect of corrosion on metals and desalting water by ion exchange columns. The students will use chemical reactors (tubular, continuous and discontinuous), and will learn how to control temperature, pressure and flows (manually and using digital programs). Another part of this lab deals with a deep bed filtration apparatus to study the pressure drop.

The aim of this course is to provide information about the standard feedback control algorithms, all components of the feedback control loop, control system instrumentation and process safety. All types of sensors used in chemical engineering are introduced. The sensors will be used in the chain acquisition-instrumentation. An introduction of LABVIEW is also presented.

In this lab students will learn about process control using computer simulation. They will develop mathematical models of chemical processes by writing unsteady state mass and energy balances, and examine transient response of closed loop sampled data systems. Analysis and design of sampled data controllers, digital PI and PID controllers are also covered.

In order to register for this course, the students first spend a minimum of two months experience in the industry or a company and live a real life experience in the field of practice that they have chosen. Afterwards, the students present their “job” and what they learned from it in a well-structured and well-written scientific report.

This laboratory offers to the students the opportunity to use the ProSim program, a computer-based process simulator, to study different industrial processes. These include: the dehydration of natural gas, LPG recovery, bioethanol production plant, naphthalene separation, heterogeneous extractive distillation, biofuel production plant, production of ethanol and production of cyclohexane.

In order to register for this course, the students first spend a minimum of two months experience in the industry or a company and live a real life experience in the field of practice that they have chosen. Afterwards, the students present their “job” and what they learned from it in a well-structured and well-written scientific report.

This course pushes the students to demonstrate preparedness to start their careers as professional engineers by undertaking an investigation of a research topic relevant to the profession and by appraising its practical experience. The research topic will give the students the opportunity to marshal the relevant knowledge and skills from various courses and laboratories of the program and apply them to the investigation of an approved research topic and then to produce a report of a professional standard.

This course pushes the students to demonstrate preparedness to start their careers as professional engineers by undertaking an investigation of a research topic relevant to the profession and by appraising its practical experience. The research topic and applied developed product or study will give the students the opportunity to marshal the relevant knowledge and skills from various courses and laboratories of the program and apply them to the investigation of an approved research topic and then to produce a report of a professional standard. This course requires students to exhibit/develop a proactive approach to manage, orient and present a project.

This course presents the basics of electric circuits’ analysis: introduction to theory, circuit variables and elements (dependent and independent voltage and current sources, resistors, inductors, capacitors); basic analysis and design of resistive circuits and different analysis techniques (Node-Voltage analysis, Mesh-Current analysis, source transformations, Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent, maximum power transfer, and Superposition methods); an introduction to capacitance, inductance, and mutual inductance; current-voltage relation; RC, RL and RLC circuits analysis (natural and step responses). Topics also include ideal operational amplifiers circuit simplification, steady-state and transient analysis, phasors, frequency response, Kirchhoff’s laws and Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent represented in the frequency domain, Laplace transform and an introduction to Transfer functions.

Introduction to the laboratory devices. Introduction to Pspice (simulation software). Simple electric circuits like voltage and current-divider and resistance measurements are implemented and analyzed. Then, students are faced to Thevenin's theorem and Norton equivalent circuit. Ideal Operational Amplifier circuits like the inverting, non-inverting, integrator … are also studied. The Bode and phase diagrams of first order passive filters are determined and simulated. Finally, the Kirchoff's law in the frequency domain and Thevenin theorem and power measurement are done.

This course is designed to provide the student with the fundamental principles of the control of dynamical systems. It covers the following topics: Linear system modelling (electrical systems, mechanical systems, electro-mechanical systems), transfer function and state space modelling; time response of first order and second order linear systems and error calculation; Frequency response, Bode and Nichols diagrams, Nyquist diagram; System stability technics (Routh, Nyquist, placement of poles and zeros of the closed loop); Root locus analysis; System behaviour in frequency domain (phase and gain margins, robustness); Correction of linear systems, P, PI, PD and PID corrections; lead and lag correctors, correction via state space.

Each semester, the Faculty of Engineering organizes several seminars and conferences in which leading figures in the professional and academic world target future engineers with a speech presenting scientific, technical, and/or industrial topics, etc. and showing them the various aspects of the engineering profession.

This introductory course in programming enables engineering students to learn the methods of rigorous software development solutions in the object-oriented paradigm. The course is supplemented by laboratory sessions for the application of programming concepts studied in the Eclipse integrated development environment.

This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the transformation of thermal energy and the behavior of its physical quantities. Such transformation is the conversion of heat into work. Engineers are generally interested in studying systems and how they interact with their surroundings. Its use becomes indispensable in our society.

This course provides a concise and clear presentation of fundamental topics in fluid mechanics, which deals with energy transportation by a fluid. These topics concern the development and application of control volume and differential form analysis and applications of fluid flows. Topics include fundamental concepts, basic equations in integral form for a control volume, introduction to differential analysis of fluid motion, potential flow, incompressible flow, and internal and external viscous flows including boundary layer concepts.

The objective of this course is to extend the knowledge of thermodynamics and fluid analysis by considering the rates of the heat transfer modes, namely, conduction, convection, and radiation and their applications. Thus, the course will cover steady and transient heat conduction, extended surfaces, external and internal forced convection of laminar and turbulent flows, natural convection, heat exchanger principles, thermal radiation, view factors and radiation exchange between diffuse and gray surfaces. Further, numerical simulations in one and two-dimensional problems will be developed.

The objective of this laboratory is to show the students different experiments in thermal sciences. The students will investigate the laws and theories of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer using diverse methods of measurements including limitations and boundaries of each theory.

This course examines the factors underlying interfacial phenomena and focuses on the thermodynamics of surfaces, structural aspects, and electrical phenomena. Some applications are discussed in the domains of emulsion, detergency, foams, fluidization, sedimentation, nucleation, wetting, adhesion, flotation, and electrophoresis.

This course will give an overview of the oil and gas value chain starting from the exploration stage till the marketing stage. An introductory level of knowledge will be gained by students on subjects such as petroleum geology, formation evaluation, drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, production engineering and surface facilities engineering.

This course presents the basics of drilling operations. Students will learn to visualize what is taking place down hole. They will go through all drilling steps and techniques and will understand how upstream services interact with the overall drilling process.

This course discuss the storage, transportation and management of oil and gas and urban gas. The course mainly includes oil and gas field gathering and transportation, long distance transportation pipeline, storage, loading and unloading and urban transportation and distribution systems, etc.

Efficient separation operations and many other chemical processes depend on a thorough understanding of the properties of gaseous and liquid mixtures. This course will interpret, correlate, and predict thermodynamic properties used in mixture-related phase-equilibrium calculations. Basic statistical mechanical principles and intermolecular forces will be discussed, and applied to the correlation and prediction of thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria. Statistical thermodynamics will be shown to work with classical thermodynamics, molecular physics, and physical chemistry to solve real-world problems.

This course is a study of chemical kinetics and mechanisms in complex homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction systems, and the design and analysis of chemical reactors for such systems. The course covers the science and engineering of reactive chemical systems. Ideal reactors are modeled. The theory of chemical reactions in the gas phase from fundamental physical chemical principles is introduced. Reacting systems are identified and analyzed at the level of elementary steps, including single, chain and catalytic reactions. Mathematical models for heterogeneous reactions, including associated mass transfer limitations, are also developed.

Students will examine the formulation and solution of mathematical models of a range of chemical processes with an emphasis on differential balances and incorporation of uncertainty. This course introduces a range of analytical and numerical methods for the solution of mathematical equations encountered in chemical engineering. Topics are motivated by and presented in the context of physical phenomena encountered in chemical engineering industrial and research problems. The accuracy and computational complexity of each approach, along with their potential modes of failure, are highlighted. Attention is also given to interpretation and handling of uncertainty in the context of different problems. MATLAB is used in the course as a vehicle for teaching basic programming technique and the use of commercial numerical packages.

Reactive distillation is an excellent example of process innovation and intensification. In this course we introduce reactive distillation process design and control, starting with the steady-state design of an ideal quaternary system, steady-state design of real chemical systems, and control of ideal systems. Students will also learn about hybrid and non-conventional systems. By the end of the course students should be able to design and control at least one reactive distillation process.

Catalysis improves the speed and selectivity of chemical reactions, and allows the production of reactions under optimized conditions (room temperature, atmospheric pressure).The aim of the course is to give students a basic knowledge of the catalysis technology: homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, enzyme catalysis (biocatalysis), and photocatalysis. The different steps to synthesize a catalyst, different catalytic processes, such as the typical refinery processes of cracking, alkylation, reforming, hydrotreating, and petrochemical processes such as epoxidation, ammonia synthesis, and prevention of pollution such as vehicle emissions (SCR of NOx and NOx trap) will be discussed in detail.

This course aims to introduce the fundamentals of electrochemistry for understanding electrochemical processes involving charge transfer and their applications, looking at accumulators and corrosion.

This course aims at providing students with general knowledge in Geology and will emphasis on earth processes pertaining to and affecting the petroleum systems. The course shall cover also reserves estimation, classification and geological modeling.

This course provides students with working knowledge in the field of well logging and formation evaluation. Students will learn and understand logging methodologies and the principles and physics of tools used in acquiring various types of logs. The course will also cover fundamental techniques of well log processing, analysis and petrophysical evaluations.

The course covers principles of treatment of domestic and industrial water, waste water and sludge. It also includes: unit operations in water and waste water treatment (physical, chemical and biological unit operations for water treatment and pollution control problems); industrial waste water treatment (characteristics, methods of in-plant control, application of various biological, chemical, and physical processes in practical water pollution control systems); drinking water (treatment and public health issues); fundamentals and applications of drinking water treatment processes, interactions among treatment processes, source water quality, and public health issues.

Students will learn about food and pharmaceutical processes, specifically: food and medication analysis and quality control; food safety and new product development; regulations, quality assurance, production; and evaluation of both food and pharmaceuticals processes.

In this course, students will be introduced to metallurgy unit operations (pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical facilities), the description of unit operations (Mass and Energy Balance, thermodynamics, kinetics), the steel industry (blast furnace, conversion processes, alternative processes), the metallurgy of non-ferrous metals (copper, zinc, lead, reagent metals: aluminum, titanium), and metal recycling.

This course encompasses laboratory experiments for testing and identifying minerals and rocks in hand samples and under the microscope. The course involves also testing of the petrophysical properties of the rocks such as porosity, absolute and relative permeability, fluid saturations and viscosities.

This course will cover the advanced level of process integration and pinch problem theory. It will introduce the newest technologies applied in that field. Students will use first principles, and simulators (such as heat) in order to design a process integration network for both chemical and petrochemical selected processes.

Synthetic polymers have become an integral part of our lives and can be found in many everyday and advanced materials: rubber tires, bullet-proof vests, paints, fibers, contact lenses, drug delivery vehicles and many others. This is a course that investigates these natural and man-made materials. We explore how these materials are synthesized, evaluated, and what their commercial applications are. We also review important properties that these materials possess, including their molecular, physical, chemical, thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties. Students will be introduced to the methods of preparation of advanced polymer structures, such as block, star and brush copolymers, semi-conducting and biodegradable polymers. Finally, the forming techniques for plastics (compression molding, injection molding) and the different parameters leading to the degradation of polymers will also be covered. At the end of this course, students will know all the details concerning polymer structures, the characteristics, application and processing of polymers, the structure and synthesis of new polymer materials used in different research areas, the different forming techniques for plastics, and all the factors responsible for the degradation of polymers.

The objective of the course is to give students a working knowledge in the field of oil refining and gas. It will develop the following themes: oil exploration; oilfields; crude oil - production and global reserves; petroleum; analysis methods for gaseous, liquid and solid derivatives of oil; standards for testing petroleum products; and fractional distillation.

This laboratory introduces various methods of analysis by using sophisticated instruments and analytical equipment to determine various physical properties of crude, natural gas, petroleum products and petro-chemicals. Through this module students will learn the theoretical principles and experimental procedures for quantitative estimation.

The objective of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) by a sequence of gradually complex problems. In the process, basics of fluid mechanics, wave hydrodynamics, floating system dynamics, and vibrations are also covered. Topics covered include linear wave theory, linear and nonlinear oscillators, potential flow methods, wave force prediction methods, vortex-induced vibration and seakeeping.