Projects Laboratory I
“Senior Lab”
CHEN 4903
Anthony E. Butterfield
Ch En 4903-1
• 4903 Projects Laboratory I (4)
– Prerequisite: CH EN 3553, 3603, Major standing.
– Co-requisite: CH EN 4203.
• Provides the opportunity to analyze and
optimize processes and products by several
means: experimentation, simulation,
instrumentation, and control. Hands-on
experience with real systems is emphasized as
are communication skills and teamwork.
CLEAR
• “Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and
Research”
• “Our goal is to prepare engineering graduates to
occupy positions of leadership in organizations.
As such, we work with faculty and students to
improve the communication abilities of
engineering undergraduates, including speaking,
writing, and interpersonal skill development.”
• Joshua Lenart – Writing.
• Clair Canfield – Teamwork and Public Speaking.
• http://www.coe.utah.edu/clear/index.html
Ch En 4903 Objectives I
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Apply concepts from heat transfer, fluid mechanics, mass transfer,
process control and thermodynamics to model and analyze the
performance of unit operations equipment.
Apply concepts from mathematics to model and analyze the
performance of unit operations equipment.
Compute description statistics (e.g. sample mean, sample standard
deviation) and apply methods of statistical inference (e.g. hypothesis
test, confidence intervals) to analyze experimental data sets.
Develop specific experimental objectives to meet overall experimental
goals.
Design and conduct experiments to collect data relevant to
experimental objectives.
Analyze experimental data to obtain parameters and correlations
describing unit operations equipment performance.
Evaluate the quality of experimental results by comparison with
accepted correlations and theories and develop valid conclusions
about deviations from expected equipment performance.
Ch En 4903 Objectives II
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Demonstrate effective team skills including goal-setting, consensusbuilding, listening, role-setting, and time management.
Demonstrate effective leadership skills including facilitating team
discussions and decisions, calling team meetings, and insuring team
achieves all required tasks on schedule.
Produce professional-quality written reports that present, analyze,
and interpret experimental results logically and which are well
organized and easy to read.
Produce a professional-quality oral presentation that presents,
analyzes, and interprets experimental results logically and which are
well organized and delivered.
Apply concepts of professional ethics to design and conducting
experiments and analyzing and interpreting experimental data.
Demonstrate knowledge of laboratory equipment and
instrumentation and their capabilities and limitations.
Demonstrate the ability to design an experiment to meet desired
needs within realistic constraints such as environmental, economic,
health and safety
Ch En 4903 General Information
• Schedule:
– M, W, 12:55 to 1:45 PM, WEB 102
– M, W, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, MEB 3520
• Lab work must be finished by 5 PM.
• Using the lab when it is not scheduled is discouraged.
• Class Site:
http://www.che.utah.edu/~tony/chen4903/
• Contact information:
– Office: MEB 3101, Lab: MEB 3215
• Knock loud and often.
– Lab: 585-5785
– Cell: 699-1969
– Email: Tony3.1416@gmail.com
Ch En 4903 Important Dates
• Important dates kept on class site:
http://www.che.utah.edu/~tony/chen4903/calendar.html
Event
Date
Last Day to add
(without permission)
Sunday, August 30
Last day to drop
Wednesday, September 2
Last day to register
(with permission)
Tuesday, September 8
Last day to withdrawal
Friday, October 23
Ch En 4903 Grading
• The oral and all written reports must be
completed in order to pass the course and will
serve as the primary basis for the course grade.
Assignment
Points
Mapping Homework
20
Formal Report #1
100
Formal Report #2
100
Memo Report
100
Oral Report
100
Total
420
Teams
• Class split randomly into teams of three.
• Each team will receive a unique project.
• Each member should take turn as team leader.
*** Group A *** *** Group B *** *** Group C *** *** Group D *** *** Group E ***
JOHN
RAPHAEL
TYLER
BRETT
STEVEN G
MICHAEL BE
MITCHELL
AMOS
HARLEY
MICHAEL BU
STEPHEN
STEVEN K
MARGARET
CAROLINA
KRISTYL
Ch En 4903 Reports
• For the first project, each student of each group will
write a formal report.
• For the remaining two projects, each student must write
one formal report and one memo report.
• The order of the formal and memo report is at the
student’s discretion, as long as at least one student in
each group writes a formal report for each project.
• Reports, both partial and final, handed in after the
deadlines are subject to penalties.
– “The total grade for a report will be reduced 5 points (basis
of 100 points) for the first 24 hours, or fraction thereof, that
a report (or revised, rewritten report) is submitted late.
Subsequently, the total grade will be reduced by 1 point for
each additional 24 hours, or fraction thereof, that a report is
late (weekends and holidays included).”
Persuasive Oral Reports
• Each student will give a presentation on a social
issue related to science and engineering
• 10 to 12 min talk with 5 min questions
• You may choose from the list of topics in your
syllabus or come up with your own
• All topics must be unique and approved by the
instructor
• First choice of topic and time of presentation
determined by lottery
– See results on “important dates” page of class site
• Grade will be 1/3 Instructor, 1/3 CLEAR, 1/3
Students
Results of Report Lottery
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Choice of Topic
RAPHAEL
JOHN
MITCHELL
BRETT
MARGARET
AMOS
TYLER
STEVEN K
KRISTYL
MICHAEL BU
STEVEN G
MICHAEL BE
HARLEY
STEPHEN
CAROLINA
Choice of Date
CAROLINA
STEPHEN
HARLEY
MICHAEL BE
STEVEN G
MICHAEL BU
KRISTYL
STEVEN K
TYLER
AMOS
MARGARET
BRETT
MITCHELL
JOHN
RAPHAEL
• Email me this week with your topic and date
preferences.
What You’ll Need
• An approved lab book
• Recommended: Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s
Handbook, 7th ed.
• Lab Handbook – Available at the copy center
• Safety goggles
• Proper clothing
• Other suggestions...
Mapping Homework
• Draw a floor plan of the Chemical Engineering
Laboratory (3520 MEB).
– Only the 3rd floor.
– Familiarize yourself with the lab.
– Be aware of safety equipment.
• Wear eye protection in the lab, even if you are
just walking through.
• Due 09/02/09.
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