PROD333-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Chemical and Healthcare Product Formulation 2A

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Unit operations for producing formulated products such as lotions, gels, colloids and suspensions, tableted and particulate materials. Scale-up and operation. Process design, simulation and economic analysis for formulated product manufacture. Batch scheduling and recipe specification. Filling and packaging operations.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course you will be able to:
  • Understand issues and apply methods for manufacturing process scale-up
  • Calculate rates of permeation for common gases/vapours across packaging barrier materials
  • Be able to define a feasible industrial process sequence for the production of a range of formulated product types
  • Engage in conceptual design of fragrances, including product safety/labelling
  • Be able to use an industry standard software package to simulate a production process and devise a batch production schedule or continuous process sequence
  • Be able to carry out a detailed process economics analysis of a formulated product manufacturing process
  • Identify and address any areas where cultural issues may arise for Māori or other indigenous groups

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 240
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 031 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 241
19 Feb - 17 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 13:00 West 230 Formulation Lab
6 May - 2 Jun
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 13:00 - 16:00 West 323
29 Apr - 5 May

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 14:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 241
18 Mar - 24 Mar

Assessment

Test (closed-book, 2 hours, Week 5) : 20%
Assignment 1 (3 weeks to complete, due in Week 7): 35%
Assignment 2 (1 week to complete, due in Week 8) : 7.5%
Assignment 3 (1 week to complete, due in Week 9) : 7.5%
Fragrance Design Project (due Week 12) : 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,663.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Product Design .

All PROD333 Occurrences

  • PROD333-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024