THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
ST. AUGUSTINE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES
FURTHER PARTICULARS FOR THE POST OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
METHANOL CHAIR IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING,
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
General
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is an independent University that serves
mainly the English-speaking territories of the West Indies. The countries listed
hereunder all contribute to the UWI.
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
The British Virgin Islands
The Cayman Islands
The Commonwealth of Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Christopher & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Background to the University
The University has Campuses at Cave Hill in Barbados, St. Augustine in Trinidad
and Tobago and Mona in Jamaica. The total student body which is approximately
24,321 is distributed amongst the Faculties of Law, Humanities, Science and
Technology, Social Sciences and the School of Clinical Medicine & Research at
Cave Hill; Arts & Education, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences and Pure & Applied
Sciences at Mona; and Agriculture & Natural Sciences, Engineering, Humanities &
Education, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences at St. Augustine.
The University began teaching in 1948 as a University College affiliated with the
University of London, and became an independent University in 1962. In 1963,
Colleges of Arts and Sciences were set up at Cave Hill and St. Augustine. The
former represented the institution of a new – the third – campus, while the latter was
an extension of the facilities provided at St. Augustine, where there were already the
Faculties of Agriculture and Engineering. The Faculty of Law was established in
1970. The University of the West Indies is now a dual mode institution offering
teaching by distance education as well as face-to-face.
The Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering
LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS OF STAFF
The Faculty of Engineering established in 1961 with twenty-six (26) students, has
now an enrolment of just under two thousand and three hundred (2300) students in
the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes spread among the five Departments
of Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, as well as,
Geomatics Engineering and Land Management.
The Department of Chemical Engineering has responsibilities for teaching,
continuing education and research in the four (4) disciplines of Chemical
Engineering, Petroleum Geoscience, Food Science and Technology and Petroleum
Engineering.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
The current facilities comprise the following laboratories in the Department of
Chemical Engineering:
Analytical Chemistry
Food Processing (Food Pilot Plant)
Biotechnology
Food Quality Assurance
Chemistry
Food Research
Design Office
Petroleum Geoscience
Extraction
Reactions &Controls
Food Microbiology
Science of Materials/MetallurgyUnit Operations
together with associated service rooms and stores.
The Department is currently offering the following programmes:
BSc (Eng) in Chemical and Process Engineering
BSc in Petroleum Geoscience
MSc in Petroleum Engineering
MSc in Food Science and Technology
MSc in Chemical and Process Engineering
The BSc programme in Petroleum Engineering is on the books, but not currently
offered. The Department also offers MPhil and PhD research programmes in the
following areas:
Biomass as an Energy Source
Agriculture (Food) Product Processing
Sugar Technology
Waste Utilization
Safety in Process Plants
Environmental Pollution
Petroleum and Gas Processing
Petroleum Engineering
The present Academic Staff in the Department is as follows:
Pilgrim, Angelus - Head of Department and Senior Lecturer (Sugar Technology,
Industrial Chemistry, Engineering Materials,Biomass Utilisations)
BSc (SpHons) (Chem), BSc (Eng), PhD (UWI), REng,
Abder, Clyde - Senior Lecturer (Drilling & Completions, Production Engineering)
BSc (Mech Eng) (UWI), Dual MS (Penns), CQE, CQA, CPIM, CIRM (USA),
MAPE, MSPE
Akingbala, John - Professor of Food Science & Technology (Food Chemistry &
Food Processing)
BSc (Ibadan), MS, PhD (Texas A&M), MNIFST, MIFT, MAACCI
Baccus-Taylor, Gail S. H. - Senior Lecturer in Food Technology (Food
Microbiology, Food Quality Assurance)
BSc (Agri), Dip, MSc (UWI), MSc (Reading), PhD (Wis-Madison), MIFT
Bertrand, Wayne – Duprey Distinguished Fellow in Practice in Petroleum
Geoscience
BSc (UWI), MSc (Brit. Col.), SPE, CSPG, GSTT, AEGG
Dawe, Richard - Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Trinidad & Tobago
Methanol Chair in Petroleum Engineering (Reservoir Engineering, Hydrocarbon
Thermodynamics)
BA, MA, DPhil (Oxford), Eur Eng, CEng, CSc, CGeol, FEI, CChem, FRSC, FGS
Farabi, Hamid - Senior Lecturer (Process Control, Safety & Loss Prevention)
BSc (Aria-Mehr), MSc, PhD (Aston), MAIChemE, MAPETT, Hon MSFOM,
MNSC, NEMAS
Hosein, Raffie – Senior Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering (Hydrocarbon,
Thermodynamics, Petroleum Engineering)
BSc, MPhil, PhD (UWI)
Janes, David – Senior Lecturer (Simulation, Automation, Optimisation Process
Design)
BSc (Aston), PhD (Birmingham)
Marcelle-De Silva, Jill - Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering (Natural Gas
Engineering & Well Test Analysis)
BSc MSc (UWI), Eng (Stanford)
Rajpaulsingh, Winston - Temporary Lecturer (Petroleum Geology)
BSc (Geology) (Mona), PG Dip (Man. Studies), MPhil (Pet Eng) (UWI)
Sahoo, Manas R.- Lecturer (Structural Geology)
BSc (UtKal), MSc, MTech, PhD (IIT, Kharagpur)
TEACHING PROGRAMMES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
The Faculty of Engineering operates a semesterized (or two-term) system. The
programme for BSc Chemical Engineering is as follows:
Level 1
Smith, Jeffrey – Lecturer (Reaction Engineering, Transport Phenomena &
Computer-aided Engineering)
BSc (Hons) (UWI), MASc (Toronto), MAPETT, AMIChemE
Thomas, Sydney - Senior Lecturer (Reaction Engineering, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Processing)
BSc (UWI), MSc (New Brunswick), PhD (McMaster), MAIChemE, MAPETT
Tyler, Bonnie - Professor in Chemical Engineering
HonoursBS Chem. Eng. (Utah)
PhD Chem. Eng (University of Washington)
Wilson, Jeremy Brent - Lecturer (Palaeontology & Geology)
BSc, MSc, PhD (Wales), FGS
Professors Emeritus
McGaw, David R. - Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering (Separation
Processes, Particle Technology)
BSc, MSc (Wales), PhD (UWI), FIChemE, CEng, MAIChemE, MAPETT
Semester 1
Semester 2
Introduction to Chemical & Process
Engineering
Applied Chemistry I
Science of Materials
Communication/Ethics
Information Technology for Engineers
Engineering Mathematics I
Applied Chemistry II
Chemical Process Principles I
Transport Phenomena I
Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
Electrical Engineering Technology
Engineering Thermodynamics I
Level 2
Semester 1
Semester 2
Transport Phenomena II
Process Design & Economics I
Chemical Process Principles II
Separation Processes I
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Engineering Mathematics II
Computer-aided Engineering
Process Dynamics & Control
Particle Technology
Chemical Engineering Practice
Chemical Engineering Laboratory III
Statistics
Level 3
Mellowes, Winston A.- Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering (Transport
Phenomena, Sugar Technology, Biomass Utilisations)
BSc (Eng), MSc, PhD (UWI), MIChemE, CEng, MAIChemE, MCIC, FAPETT,
REng
Richards, George Maxwell (His Excellency) - Professor Emeritus in Chemical
Engineering and
President of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Process Design & Economics,
Petroleum Technology)
CM, MSc (Manch), PhD (Cantab), ARIC, AMCST, FInstPet, MAPE, CEng,
Semester 1
Semester 2
(Year-long)
 Chemical Engineering Design
Project
Transport Phenomena III
Chemical Reaction Engineering I
Process Design & Economics II
Separation Processes II
Engineering Management I
Chemical Engineering Research Project
(Year-long)
 Chemical Engineering Design
Project
Biochemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering Research Project
Safety and Loss Prevention in Process
Industries
TEACHING PROGRAMMES IN PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE
The programme for BSc Petroleum Geoscience is as follows:
Level 1
Semester 1
Applied Chemistry I
Information Technology for Engineers
Engineering Mathematics I
Introduction to Geology & Geological
History
Palaeontology and Stratigraphy
Engineering Graphics & Geodetics for
Petroleum Geoscience
Level 2
Semester 1
(Year-long)
 Fundamental Petroleum Geology &
Petroleum Geophysics
Engineering Mathematics II
Structural Geology
Sedimentology
Communication Skills
Mineralogy
Level 3
Semester 1
(Year-long)
 Advanced
Petroleum
Geology
 Advanced
Petroleum
Geophysics
 Geoscience Seminar
 Petroleum
Geoscience
Project
Engineering Management
Petroleum Geology of Southeast
Caribbean
Formation Evaluation
Essential Petroleum Engineering
Semester 2
Mechanics of Fluids I
Applied Chemistry II
Statistics
Introduction to Earth Sciences,
Processes & Caribbean Geology
Field and Mapping Principles I
Geophysics Fundamentals
MPhil PROGRAMMES:
MPhil in Petroleum Geoscience
MPhil in Geoscience
PhD PROGRAMMES:
PhD in Petroleum Geoscience
PhD in Geoscience
MSc CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
The programme for MSc Chemical Engineering is as follows:
Semester 2
(Year-long)
 Fundamental
Petroleum
Geology
&
Petroleum
Geophysics
Petrophysics
Geochemistry of Petroleum
Stratigraphy
HSE for Upstream Petroleum
Industry
Field & Geologic Mapping
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Semester 2
(Year-long)
 Advanced Petroleum Geology
 Advanced
Petroleum
Geophysics
 Geoscience Seminar
 Petroleum Geoscience Project
Computational Petroleum Geology &
Geophysics
Prospect Assessment, Evaluation &
Petroleum Economics
Co-op Industrial Attachment
Advanced Process Dynamics & Controls
Numerical Methods & Computing
Project Management
Process Synthesis, Analysis & Optimisation
Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
Together with two (2) optional courses to be chosen from one (1) of the three (3)
streams:
CHEMICAL & PROCESS ENGINEERING STREAM
Biochemical Engineering II
Food Technology
Petroleum Processing Technology
Utilities Engineering
Sugar Technology
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
MANAGEMENT STREAM
Human Resource Management
Total Quality Management
Financial Management
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STREAM
Pollution Prevention, Cleaner Production & Industrial Waste Abatement
Water & Wastewater Engineering
Air Pollution Control
Energy & the Environment
MSc PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The programme for MSc Petroleum Engineering is as follows:
In addition, existing graduate courses in the Faculty can be taken but approval has to
be obtained from the Department and Faculty prior to doing so.
Chemical Engineering MSc Project - Part 1: Project Proposal (Literature Review &
Theory where applicable)
Chemical Engineering MSc Project - Part 2 (Experimental; Practical; Computational)
Management & Leadership Seminars
MPhil in Chemical & Process Engineering
PhD in Chemical & Process Engineering
MSc FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Core courses:
 Food Chemistry
 Food Microbiology
 Food Quality Assurance
 Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering
Sanitation in Food Processing
Food Packaging
Food Processing Laboratories
Preservation & Processing of Meat & Poultry
Preservation & Processing of Fruits & Vegetables
Literature Survey
Not currently being offered:
Food Analysis
Dairy Chemistry & Dairy Products Technology
Beverage Processing
Industrial Management
Chemistry of Food Colours
Chemistry & Processing of Fats & Oils
Principles of Nutrition
Preservation & Processing of Seafood
Sensory Evaluation of Food
MPhil in Food Science and Technology
PhD in Food Science and Technology
Petroleum Geoscience
Advanced Petroleum Geology & Geophysics
Drilling Engineering & Completions
Advanced Drilling Engineering & Well Completions
Advanced Production Engineering & Technology
Reservoir Evaluation
Advanced Well Test Analysis
Reservoir Engineering
Advanced Reservoir Engineering
Improved Oil Recovery
Natural Gas Engineering
Offshore Structures & Systems
Production Engineering
Petroleum Economics & Management
Selected Topics
Project Report
MPhil in Petroleum Enginering
PhD in Petroleum Enginering
MSc RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
The programme for MSc Reservoir Engineering is as follows:
Petroleum Geoscience
Advanced Petroleum Geology & Geophysics
Reservoir Evaluation
Advanced Well Test Analysis
Reservoir Engineering
Advanced Reservoir Engineering
Improved Oil Recovery
Natural Gas Engineering
Selected Topics (Field Project)
Project Report
REMUNERATION PACKAGE
ANNUAL SALARY RANGES: (US$1.00 = TT$6.30)
Professor - TT$385,944.00 – TT$445,944.00
In addition, the following benefits apply:









Up to five economy class passages plus baggage allowance of US$1,800
(TT$ equivalent) on appointment and normal termination
Special allowance up to US$600 (TT$ equivalent) for shipment of academic
books and teaching/research equipment, for use at UWI, on appointment
Unfurnished accommodation at 10% or furnished at 12½% of basic salary,
or housing allowance of 20% of basic salary to staff making own housing
arrangements;
UWI contribution of the equivalent of 10% basic salary to Superannuation
Scheme;
Annual Study and Travel Grant (available after first year of service);
Book grant;
a special allowance of 5% of basic salary;
Transportation Allowance of TT$2,000.00 per month.
Institutional Visit Allowance
St. Augustine
File No.: 173/2/11 II
2010/06/30
en