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COURSE PRO FORMA

IMPORTANT:

Contents of this Pro Forma shall not be changed without the Senate’s approval for items indicated with *. Changes
to the other items can be approved at the Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre level.

Academy/Faculty/Centre Engineering

Department Mechanical Engineering Department
Programme B.Eng (Materials)

Course Code KMEB 4332

Course Title Rubber Technology
Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Minimum Require- None
ment(s)

Student Learning Time (SLT) 120 hours

Credit Hours 3
Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, student are able to:
1. Recognize of what rubber technology is and ability to grasp the con-
cepts of properties of polymers such as rheological, thermal, mechan-
ical and electrical in relation to nature and structure of polymers.
2. Recognize and forecaste future rubber based product demand and
identifying future problems
3. Formulate and design certain rubber based engineering product to suit
current usage and demand.
4. Produce and present a detailed report on given case studies of
problem solving nature.
5. Explain the importance of quality assurance in product manufacturing
6. Explain and apply the technology of another route of manufacturing
rubber products, i.e., via latex (wet) which is significantly different from
the dry rubber technology route.

Transferable Skills Knowledge
Problem Solving
Research Skills
Team Work
Synopsis of Course Contents Understanding the characteristics and usage of rubbers, vulcanization, fab-
rications of products and applications towards engineering products design
and specification, quality and standards of products.

Method of Delivery (lecture, tutorial, work- Lectures and visit to Technology Centre of the Malaysian Rubber Board
shop, etc)

Assessment Weightage* Continuous Assessment: 40% / Final Exam :60%

(Test/ Assingment, Project = 40%,
Final Exam = 60%)
General information in class / individual evaluation through email.
Methodologies for Feedback on Perfor-
mance
Refer to the University of Malaya (First Degree) Rules 2013 and the Uni-
Criteria in Summative Assessment versity of Malaya (First Degree) Regulations 2013.

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