This class is a simulation of a small chemical company, Brown Industries.
Students gain hands-on experience with several types of pilot scale unit operations.
Assignments are given in the form of a memo from the supervisor asking a team of engineers to investigate and report specifics on the equipment to which they are assigned. The engineers are given the report of the team who previously worked on that piece of equipment to use as a guide and to expand on their findings. Before undertaking their task the engineers will deliver a complete and detailed preliminary oral outline of the experimental design. The team is given five weeks to develop theories and correlations and to collect and analyze data. After the lab work and data analysis are completed, each team of engineers will give both oral and written presentations of their findings.