Intro to ChEn 4905-2
Terry A. Ring
CH EN 4905
“Scientists investigate that which already is;
engineers create that which has never been.”
~ Theodore von Karman
4905 Objectives
• Greatly similar to 4903 (or used to be).
– Course description: “Continuation of CH EN 4903.”
– http://www.che.utah.edu/~ring/
• What’s different?
– Greater focus on team working.
– Greater focus on experimental design.
– Greater focus on independent thinking.
• Developing your own projects.
4905 Assignments
Due
Individual
Group
Jan 17
-
Jan 22
Single Page Proposal
& Concept Slide
Pitch
Feb 14
-
Full Proposal
Mar 17 – Apr 9
Technical Presentation
-
April 11
-
Formal Report*
-
*It’s possible to replace formal report with a journal article format,
with the okay of the instructor.
4905 Grading
Technical
Presentation
20%
Proposal's
Success
10%
Professionalism
5%
Single-Page Proposal Concept Slide
10%
10%
Individual
Group
Formal Report
20%
Pitch
10%
Proposal
20%
Late Assignments
Assignments handed in past the due date and time will receive a 10% penalty, and an
additional x% penalty for each day late (or fraction thereof), where x equals twice the
number of days after the due date. If x > 50% then x = 50%.
Days Late
Penalty
Max Score
0
0%
100%
1
12%
88%
2
16%
84%
3
22%
78%
4
50%
70%
5
40%
60%
≥6
50%
50%
Translation: Being late at all causes a significant penalty and the penalties
escalate as days go by, but late is somewhat better than never.
Motivation: Mimic the type of late penalty one might find in the workplace.
Proposal
• Proposals should aim to satisfy your client.
– The department, an outside company, a research group…
– New equipment, physical measurement, control capabilities,
novel project, teaching module for freshman lab or outreach…
• Each individual must choose a project that is significantly
distinct from their peers.
• Single page proposal & single summary slide due Jan 17th.
– http://www.che.utah.edu/projects_lab/courses/lab_handbook/
• 3 min Pitches:
Section 2 – Jan 23nd.
• A third of topics chosen and teams build around them.
The Effect on Your Grade
• Team assignment scores are affected by peers’
team working scores accordingly*:
𝑐 = 𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑦
If 𝑐 ≤ 20% then 𝑥 = 0
𝑐−20%
If 𝑐 > 20% then 𝑥 =
80%
𝑥
𝑃 = 1 − 𝑃0
4
where ymax is the highest team working score received in your team, y is your team working score, P0
are your team project points, and P are your final team project points adjusted for team working.
Translation: As long as you’re within 20% of the max, your score is unaffected.
Below that, up to 25% of team project points could be lost.
Motivation: Abnormally poor team working carries consequences, but the noise
of an occasional lapse or personality conflict will not cause harm.
*The professor reserves the right to swoop in and override,
if needs be, to fight injustice
25% Effort - My team member is a hard worker. They put in their fair share
of effort and took on an appropriate percentage of the tasks needed
to complete the lab work and written reports. When working on the
project, they took our work seriously and remained focused on the
tasks at hand.
25% Time - My team member was always on time. They were reasonably
accommodating when scheduling meetings, lab work, and writing
tasks. They consistently met the deadlines agreed to by the team.
25% Temperament - My team member was pleasant to work with. They
were encouraging and accommodating to the legitimate needs of the
group without a negative attitude. They resolved differences
professionally and diplomatically and were concerned about the
consensus of the group.
25% Overall - Your general evaluation of your team member. Given a broad
selection of the different types of coworkers that you may encounter
in your professional life, you would personally choose to work with
this team member over most others.
Technical Presentations
• Each student will give a presentation on research they
have personally conducted.
– In Projects Lab or in your workplace.
• 9 to 11 min talk with 5 min questions.
• All topics must be approved by the instructor.
• First choice of presentation time determined by firstemail-come-first-served.
– Email the TA.
– Choice of time and topic due Jan 31th.
• Grade:
– 50% Instructor, 50% CLEAR.
– Peer scores?