CHE160A Syllabus S2014

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CHE/ENVE 160A I. Wheeldon

Chem. & Env. Eng. Lab Spring 2014

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

Bourns College of Engineering

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

CHE 160A / ENVR 160A: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Lab I: Fluid Mechanics and Mass TransferSpring 2014

Day/Time/Place: B108 Bourns Hall, CEE Teaching Laboratory

Section 1: Mon/Wed 9:10 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Lectures Weeks 1 and 6:

B230 Bourns Hall

Week 1, Monday March 31st, 9:10 am

Week 6, Monday May 5th

, 9:10am

Oral Presentations Weeks 5 and 10:

Mon/Wed 9:10 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Instructor: Ian WheeldonB319 Bourns Hall

Email: [email protected]

Office phone: 951-827-2471

Office hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:00 p.m. or by appointment

Prerequisites: CHE 114, CHE 120; instructors consent

Teaching Assistants: Aaron Toop, [email protected]

Ann-Kathrin, [email protected]

Required Text: Chemical Engineering Laboratory I Lab Manual

Environmental Engineering Laboratory I Lab Manual

Grading distribution: Lab Reports and Pre-Labs (5)............80%

Oral Presentations (2)....15%

Attendance/Participation.......5%


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CLASS SCHEDULE, POLICIES AND MISCILLANEOUS INFORMATION

CHE/ENVE 160A 001 Group Assignments (these are non-negotiable):

Group

Number

Monday Group

Number

Wednesday

1A Abugherir Jeniene

De Gracia Michelle

Kiang Julian

Nakamoto Nathan

Sanchez Humberto

Yu Jackson

1F Alkhamis Lamees

Do Nga

Kim Ashley

Nguyen Julie

Sanchez Jeanette

Zecca Melanie

1B Almario Anna

Duran Carlos

Koga Jordan

Nirand Aneesh

Sanchez Joel

1G Amezcua Rafael

Figueroa Jose

Lake Amy

Oropeza Nicholas

Scheidemantle Brent1C Anbazhagan Monica

Grigorian Charlette

Lee Marqel

Ramirez Anthony

Shi Lucy

1H Bailey Sabrina

Hall Shareef

Luck Brian

Ramirez Jason

Situ Kalyn

1D Chang Timothy

Hoang Vincent

Ly Kevin

Rodriguez Josue

Tan Wei

1I Connors Christopher

Isidro Jonathan

McCullough Taylor

Rosenberg Hannah

Tayag Matthew

1E Corella Roberto

Johnson ErickaMejia Alonso

Saint Vincent

Torres Jessica

1J Davidek Michael

Kaur RamandeepMontiel Jerry

Samuel-Ojo Oluseun

Yang Chris

Weekly Schedule:

Week No. Date Task

1 March 31 Lab Training and Prelab Time

2 April 7, 9 Lab Rotation 1



5 April 28, 30 Oral Presentation 16 May 5, 7 Statistical Analysis Lecture

7 May 12, 14 Lab Rotation 4

8 May 19, 21 Lab Rotation 5

9 May 26, 28 Make-up week

10 June 2, 4 Oral Presentation 2


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Topics Covered and Laboratory Rotation:

Rotation Module 1

Drag coeff.

Module 2

Arnold Cell

Module 3

Aeration kLa

Module 4

Ion diffusion

Module 5

Wetted Wall

1 1A, 1F 1B, 1G 1C, 1H 1D, 1I 1E, 1J

2 1E, 1J 1A, 1F 1B, 1G 1C, 1H 1D, 1I3 1D, 1I 1E, 1J 1A, 1F 1B, 1G 1C, 1H

4 1C, 1H 1D, 1I 1E, 1J 1A, 1F 1B, 1G

5 1B, 1G 1C, 1H 1D, 1I 1E, 1J 1A, 1F

Laboratory Sessions:

To avoid a crowded laboratory setting, each lab section is limited to 25 students. Students will

work in groups of four or five that will stay together throughout the quarter. The groups will be

assigned randomly and will not be changed once they have been assigned.

There are two sets of lab groups for each section of the course. For Section 001, your lab groupwill conduct work either on Monday or Wednesday from 9:10 a.m. to 12 p.m. You will not

necessarily need to attend the lab on the other day, but that period must be used as a time for

your lab group to meet and work on data analysis and laboratory write-ups/reports. You arealso encouraged to come to the laboratory on off days to examine future modules and develop

your laboratory protocols for prelabs.

Attendance at your assigned laboratory sections is mandatory and counts toward your grade. In

the event that you miss or are late to your assigned laboratory period, you will lose attendancepoints (5% of your grade). In the event you miss a laboratory, you will be required to make up

the laboratory as soon as possible on your own time (which requires an individually produced

laboratory report separate from your groups). If you know you will miss a date, tell me assomething as soon as possible.

Laboratory Preparation and Prelabs:

Laboratory preparation is critical! It is required that each group review the informational

handouts and laboratory manual together prior to developing laboratory protocols and

conducting lab work.

THE LABORATORY MANUAL DOES NOT CONTAIN STEP-BY-STEP PROTOCOLS.Part of your responsibility in this class is to design a protocol or work plan to achieve the stated

objectives of each laboratory module. The professor and TAs are here to help you with this

task, but we will only guide you in the right direction when appropriate questions are asked.

We will not simply tell you how it is done. Prelab assignments are worth a total of 25% of your final grade. Prelab assignments must be

complete in your lab notebook and must clearly state (i) the objective of the module, (ii) a

hypothesis regarding the module to be tested during the laboratory period, (iii) the keyequations and a brief description of the relevant theory pertaining to the module, (iv) a detailed

description of the module/apparatus to be employed, (v) a clear, concise, step-by-step

description of the experimental plan (this is the protocol that your group will follow to achievethe stated module objective), (vi) a description of the key data to be collected and a brief


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description of how the data will be analyzed, and (vii) a list of references used to develop the

prelab.

Each group should use the laboratory time period (MW 9:10-12 p.m.) to inspect future

modules and become familiar with all apparatuses. This can be done during your groups offweeks or concurrently while your group collects data on another module. There should be

sufficient time for your group to both collect data and prepare for future laboratories during the

scheduled class periods.

All prelabs must be graded by Dr. Wheeldon or the TA responsible for the assigned lab PRIORto conducting the module in question. For both Monday and Wednesday groups, PRELABS

FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST BE TURNED INTO THE APPROPRIATE BOX

OUTSIDE OF DR. WHEELDONS OFFICE BY 5 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY. They will begraded by the Friday preceding the laboratory with recommendations and corrections to ensure

your group can successfully complete the laboratorys objectives.

All group members must submit a prelab. Only one from the group will be reviewed and

graded. An individuals graded for a prelab will consist of 2 points (out of 5) for turning in

your individual prelab, and 3 points for the graded group prelab. It is up to each member of thegroup to make sure the revised version returned to the group is included in the laboratory

notebook of each member.

All prelabs for week 2 experiments in Section 001 are due on Wednesday April 2nd

and will bereturned by Friday. You must take time during the first week after the introductory and safety

session to become familiar with your week 2 experiment.

Lab Reports and Grading:

Each group will conduct 5 laboratory experiments. For each experiment you are required to

submit a pre-lab, the collected data and accompanying calculations. All of these items must berecorded in your lab notebook, and you must submit carbon copies of the pages of your notebook

for grading. In addition, a post-lab report must be submitted for each lab. The post-lab reports

vary as follows:

Rotation 1: 5% Prelab, 5% Notebook, 5% Individual report: Abstract.

Rotation 2: 5% Prelab, 5% Notebook, 5% Group report: Results and Discussion Sections.

Rotation 3: 5% Prelab, 5% Notebook, 5% Individual report: Results and Discussion

Sections.

Rotation 4: 5% Prelab, 5% Notebook, 5% Group report: Full Lab Report

Rotation 5: 5% Prelab, 5% Notebook, 10% Individual report: Full Lab Report

Post-lab reports are due at 5 p.m. one week after the lab is conducted and are to be submitted to

the appropriate box outside Dr. Wheeldons office.

The policy for late lab reports is as follows. One late day results in a 15 % reduction of your

lab report grade. More than one day late will result in a 50 % reduction of your lab reportgrade.


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Details and requirements for the lab write-ups will be discussed later in the syllabus and in

additional handouts.

Oral Presentations:

Two oral presentations will be required, one in Week 5 and a second in Week 10.

Your group can choose the module they would like to present, assuming you have conducted itin the laboratory rotations immediately preceding the week of the presentation (Rotations 1-3

for Week 5 and Rotations 4-5 for Week 10).

Each group will prepare a presentation of 10 minutes and allow for 5 minutes for questions.

Presentations should be conducted in a professional manner. Use Powerpoint and dress

appropriately. Again, it is each groups responsibility to make sure work on the oralpresentation is evenly distributed among members.

All presentations will be scheduled during the first weeks of the quarter

Laboratory Supplies:

The laboratory manual will be made available to you on ilearn. You must download and print

this for next week.

You must provide your own lab notebook, goggles and lab coat. THE LAB NOTEBOOKMUST BE ONE THAT CREATES A CARBON COPY OF EACH PAGE, THESE COPIES

MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR GRADING.

A scientist is only a good as his or her laboratory notebook! Notes and data should be recorded

with an ink pen in a permanently bound laboratory notebook. The most useful notebook is onethat has pages that makes graphing easy. Students should purchase one before the beginning of

the first exercise and use the same notebook for each experiment. Record your pre-lab

information, changes from standard procedures made during the course of the experiment, data,

preliminary data reduction (for example, checks of a calibration curve to make sure aninstrument is operating correctly), and any other observations that you may feel are interesting

and noteworthy.

Grading:

Grades will be awarded using a scale aimed at measuring student mastery of course material.The following grade floors will be guaranteed by the instructor: students scoring !90% are

guaranteed to receive at least an A-, 80-89% will receive at least a B-, 70-79% will receive at

least a C-, and 60-69% will receive at least a D-. The instructor will not raise the minimumpercentages required to achieve each grade, but reserves the right to lower them if necessary.

Peer Evaluation:

For every report, all group members will fill out and hand in a peer evaluation form, which will

be distributed on iLearn. This form is provided to make sure all students in the group are

pulling equal weight on the workload, and to provide students an avenue to express concernsover the effort of their labmates. In the event the workload is not shared evenly, I will use these

evaluations at my discretion to alter the grade of those group members not fulfilling all their

responsibilities. IN THE INTEREST OF ANONYMITY, THESE PEER EVALUATIONS


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MUST NOT BE SUBMITTED WITH THE LABORATORY REPORT. They must be turned

into the drop box outside of Dr. Wheeldons office by the laboratory report deadline.

WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE SHARED AND EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.

DO NOT RELY ON A SINGLE GROUP MEMBER TO DO ALL OF THE WORK FORYOUR GROUP. PART OF THIS COURSE IS TO LEARN TO WORK ON

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. YOU MUST LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER!!

Ethics and Integrity:

All students at UCR are expected to uphold the highest ethical standards, be honest, andpractice academic integrity in this class. This includes doing original work and properly citing

any sources used. In terms of behavior toward fellow students, you are expected to abide by the

UCR Principles of Community (available on line).

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