COURSE #: ChE 360		COURSE TITLE: Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
TERMS OFFERED: Fall, Winter		PREREQUISITES: ChE 342 Heat and Mass Transfer
TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL: Course Pack available on course website		COGNIZANT FACULTY: Yang, Montgomery, Wang, Solomon, Van Hoewyk
INSTRUCTORS: Yang, Montgomery, Wang, Van Hoewyk		FACULTY APPROVAL: 06/01/2004
CoE BULLETIN DESCRIPTION: Experimentation in thermodynamics and heat, mass, and momentum transport on a bench scale. Measurement error estimation and analysis, Lecture, laboratory, conferences, and reports. Technical communications.		COURSE TOPICS: (number of hours in parentheses) 1. Carry out 3 laboratory experiments using principles learned in previous courses. Analyze experimental results and write technical report. (continuous throughout the term) 2. Concept of calibration and instrumentation. (3) 3. Preparation of technical documents (reports, memos, SOPs). (6) 4. Uncertainty analyses. (6) 5. Use of computer for data acquisition and data analyses. (3) 6. Oral presentations. (2) 7. Safety training (1)
COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE: Lecture: 2 per week @ 1 hour; Laboratory: 1 per week @ 4 hours
course objectives	Links shown in brackets are to course outcomes that satisfy these objectives. 1. To expose students to a few hands-on experiments.[1] 2. To teach students how to design and carry out experiments as well as how to analyze and interpret real data.[1,2,3] 3. To teach students how to generate various technical documents and reports.[4,5] 4. To provide opportunities for students to communicate orally experimental findings to colleagues.[7] 5. To provide experience for students to work in team environment.[6] 6. To familiarize students with computer-based data acquisition and analyses.[1] 7. To provide opportunities for students to experience and characterize uncertainty in experimental results.[2,3] 8. To show students how previous work in chemical engineering is useful to them. [2]
COURSE OUTCOMES	Links shown in brackets are to program educational outcomes. 1. Organize and carry out experimental design and actual hands-on experiments.[1,2,11] 2. Apply previous course material to analyze and interpret experimental data. [1,2,11,13] 3. Perform statistical and error propagation analysis to characterize uncertainty in experimental data. [2,7] 4. Write organized and cohesive technical memos and reports [1,2,7] 5. Organize and prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs). [7] 6. Work effectively in a team environment; prepare individual and team evaluations. [4] 7. Prepare and present technical presentations before colleagues and answers questions.[7]
ASSESSMENT TOOLS	1. Technical reports based on team work assess outcomes 1-4,6 2. Calibration reports with 2 SOPs assess outcomes 1,5 3. Work plans and Progress reports with feedback from instructors assess outcomes 1-4 4. Oral presentations of work plans with evaluations from instructors assess outcome 7 5. Oral presentations of final reports with evaluations from instructors assess outcomes 1,2,7 6. Exam on technical communication and uncertainty analyses assesses outcomes 1-5 7. Periodic individual, team, and laboratory supervisor evaluations assess outcome 6. 8. End of term course evaluation provides student self-assessment of outcomes 1-7