Academic literature on the topic 'Panjab University. Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology'

The results of work of the Department of Chemical Technology of Plastics of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) on the study of polymerization and copolymerization of monomers in the presence of highly efficient initiating systems, on the development of processes of the directed synthesis and modification of polymers to create new polymeric materials for medical and biological purposes are summarized.

Nowadays biochemistry is the fastest growing industry in the world. Biochemical analyses are being carried out in different scientific institutions and enterprises; biochemical methods and products are being used in various areas like medicine, pharmacy, chemical industry, agriculture and environment protection. To make this process more successful specialists from different areas have to participate in it. UAB „Fermentas“ has invited Chemistry Department of Vilnius College to participate in one of 10 national integrated programmes – National Integrated Programme of Biotechnology and Biopharmacy (BBNKP). That gave a perfect chance to integrate into the project, to renew Chemical Analysis Technology study programme and the subjects’ content of its specialization – Biochemical Analysis Technology, to get methodical material ready, to perfect teachers’ qualification and to equip a laboratory of educational chromatography. Vilnius College trains specialists of higher college education in chemical engineering. After the completion of the study programme they acquire Professional Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and are able to join labour market of biotechnological industry. The article contains information about experience of good practices in BBNKP and shows what has been done and plans for the future activity. Key words: material facilities, non-university studies, technologies.

Effective workshop management skills are vital for the occupational safety of the students, lecturers, instructors, support staff, or technicians who use mechanical production or manufacturing workshops at universities. The main purpose of the paper is to examine the status of the undergraduate university students’ skills practice in safety management in the engineering educational workshops assess the common occupational hazards and risks in the workshops, and explain the prospects of promoting occupational safety standards. The paper was informed by a recent study that was done in Kyambogo University, Uganda with a focus on employable skills outputs. The paper objectives were to identify the safety measures to be used in skills practice, design precautionary signs for skills practice, implement safety measures for skills practice in the department of mechanical production Engineering. In the study, a descriptive research design was used, where both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. The total number of respondents who participated in the study was 30. The respondents included the head of the department, lecturers, students, technicians from the Mechanical Production Engineering Department of Kyambogo University. Data were collected from respondents through the use of questionnaires and interview guides. Data were analyzed and presented using tables and then descriptions were done using percentages. The findings revealed the following occupational hazards and risks, physical hazard, ergonomic hazards, chemical hazards, psychological hazards, and biological hazards. The study also revealed that accidents always occurred in the department of mechanical and production workshops. The major causes of the accidents were due to lack of knowledge or skills, safety policy gears, carelessness, safety protective wears, proper storage of materials, and instructions’ manuals or guidelines. In addition, there are problems of lack of modern tools, digital technology, good supervision, adequate space, and awareness of the ICT led safety systems. The cost-cutting strategies for workshop safety management were warning signs, alerts, and clear labels, use of protective gear, providing first aid kits, vocationalised training, and awareness campaigns on occupation safety. There is a need for routine monitoring, renovations, replacing obsolete machines, safety tags, fire drills, industry-university benchmarking, or industrial placements

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 Reviewers for Volume 9, Number 1
 
 Abdelaziz Mohammed, Albaha University, Saudi Arabia
 
 Ana-Cornelia Badea, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania
 
 Anna Liduma, University of Latvia, Latvia
 
 Antonina Lukenchuk, National Louis University, USA
 
 Arbabisarjou Azizollah, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
 
 Ausra Kazlauskiene, Siauliai University, Lithuania
 
 Barbara N. Martin, University of Central Missouri, USA
 
 Carmen P. Mombourquette, University of Lethbridge, Canada
 
 Deniz Ayse Yazicioglu, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
 
 Dibakar Sarangi, Teacher Education and State Council for Educational research and Training, India
 
 Evrim Ustunluoglu, Izmir University of Economics –Izmir/Turkey, Turkey
 
 Firouzeh Sepehrianazar, Orumieh university, Iran
 
 Geraldine N. Hill, Elizabeth City State University, USA
 
 Gerard Hoyne, School of Health Sciences, University of Notre Dame Australia, Australia
 
 Gregory S. Ching, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
 
 Hüseyin Serçe, Selçuk University, Turkey
 
 Jayanti Dutta, Panjab University, India
 
 Jisun Jung, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
 John Cowan, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
 
 John Walter Miller, Benedict College in Columbia, USA
 
 Laid Fekih, University of Tlemcen Algeria, Algeria
 
 Lung-Tan Lu, Fo Guang University, Taiwan, Taiwan
 
 Mehmet Ersoy, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Turkey
 
 Mei Jiun Wu, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, China
 
 Meric Ozgeldi, Mersin University, Turkey
 
 Mirosław Kowalski, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
 
 Nicos Souleles, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
 
 Okedeyi Sakiru Abiodun, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria
 
 Philip Denton, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
 
 Rachida Labbas, Washington State University, USA
 
 Ranjit Kaur Gurdial Singh, The Kilmore International School, Australia
 
 Sahar Ahadi, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Iran
 
 Tuija A. Turunen, University of Lapland, Finland
 
 Vasiliki Brinia, Athens University of Economic and Business, Greece
 
 Zahra Shahsavar, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran