Creating Aesthetically pleasant chemical equipment
Professor: Rahul Nabar
UID: DE01
DE01
Description: Historically the chemical equipment industry
has focused purely on function over form. Industrial Equipment
e.g. Reactors has been relatively ugly and areas such has
aesthetics and ergonomics have been totally ignored. This does
not have to be so. At relatively low incremental cost equipment
designs can be upgraded so that equipment is easier to use and
pleasant to look at without compromising on functionality and
performance. The goal of this project is to work with actual
commercial industrial reactor designs and brainstorm on ways the
design may be improved. As manufacturers move from domestic,
Indian price sensitive markets to international sales these
design improvements will become crucial.
Number of students: 1
Year of study: Students entering 2nd year, Students
entering 3rd year, Students entering 4th/5th year
CPI eligibility criteria: 8
Prerequisites: NA
Duration: 2 months but extensible based on performance
Learning outcome: Applying good design principles to a
domain problem from the chemical industry