The manual includes laboratory safety rules, course syllabus, and a discussion of each experiment including some theory. The Guidelines have evolved over a number of years with input from CHEN Faculty, Tech Writing Faculty and Graduate Students. Other references are standard textbooks on unit operations and Perry's Handbook. In CHEN 433, engineering problem solving is taught through hands on experience with pilot plant scale equipment in the atmosphere of a technical task group. The course develops and synthesizes skill for accurate data collection, analysis and communication.
Students learn to operate equipment and instrumentation with precision.
They thoroughly analyze their data and present a written report on each of the four experiments. Laboratory safety rules are strictly enforced, and a review of a current safety article is required in each report. Mass Transfer 3. All reports are done on a word processor, and essentially all calculations are made with spreadsheets. Some students also use drawing programs such as Visio.