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Safety
• Safety glasses must be worn in the laboratory at all times. Nitrile gloves must
be worn when working with hazardous materials.
• Students need to provide their own laboratory coats. This is a new policy,
effective April 1, 2014.
• Food and drinks (even water) are never allowed in the lab.
• Gloves may not be worn outside of the lab.
• Students cannot wear open-toed shoes and must wear long pants at all times. No
dresses, skirts, kilts, shorts or sandals are allowed.
• Students must evaluate and be aware of all potential hazardous operations. For
instance, some operations will require students to wear nitrile gloves.
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This course consists of two parts. The first part consists of experiments related to
chemical engineering principles and methods of measurement. Information about these
experiments will be posted ahead of time on the course website. The second part of the
course is designed to allow students to develop their own approach to solving a problem
of their choice in the area of momentum transfer, heat transfer, mass transfer, or
separations. At that time, student groups will be asked to develop a plan to solve a
problem and then implement the approved plan.
TAs will record laboratory attendance; group members must clean up at the end of
each session and check out with their TA. TAs (and the instructor) will monitor the safe
operating practices of students. Students are required to cheerfully clean up after
themselves and also clean as requested by the instructor or TA, even if the area or items
to be cleaned were not their responsibility. There will be a final grade deduction of up to
5%, depending on the severity, at the discretion of the instructor, for each unexcused
absence. Excused absences will be generally limited to medical reasons or family
emergencies that will require documentation, such as a doctor’s note or obituary. There
will be a deduction of up to 1% in the final grade, at the discretion of the instructor, for
each late arrival (> 10 minutes) or failure to clean up or check out. A similar deduction
will take place for failure to observe safe practices or wear appropriate personal
protective equipment.
Students are expected to be punctual to lecture, which will start promptly. Students
are expected to be courteous at all times. Students shall silence cell phones during
lecture and laboratory.
Course Grading
One objective of this course is to develop group working skills, as well as oral and
written communication skills. Assignments handed in late are subject to a loss of ten
percent per day; for example, a report that is two days late will receive a maximum grade
of 80%. No late final project reports will be accepted for grading. Exceptions will be
rare and must be negotiated, in writing, in advance. Students are expected to recognize
that much of the grading in this course (especially for experiment reports and oral
presentations) is based on subjective criteria. Grades are not subject to negotiation, and
the decision of the instructor is final.
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Investigation Reports Reports for the investigations in the first part of this course
(45%) are given in different formats. The first Investigation
Report (10%) will be a group written report. The second
Investigation Report (17.5%) will be individually written.
The third Investigation Report (17.5%) will be an oral
report, presented in groups of two (or in rare cases, three).
The maximum length for written reports will be five pages
(not including References or Appendix). The maximum
oral presentation length for two-person groups is 10
minutes. The topic for each report will be assigned by the
instructor and communicated to students at least one week
prior to the due date.
Lab Performance (5%) Each group member must understand each investigation, be
present for each lab, and participate in data collection and
analysis. Adjustments due to excused and unexcused
absences and tardiness are made from this portion of the
grade. Each group’s data and observations are to be
recorded in a bound notebook in pen and ink. Notebooks
will be graded periodically.
Project (25%) The project grade will be based on the work plan (written
as a group) (5%) and a written report (20%). The Instructor
will announce before the midpoint of the term whether the
written project report will be written individually or as a
group.
Students will be solicited for feedback on the performance of their lab partners; group
report and project grades will be adjusted to reflect disproportionate participation. At the
discretion of the Instructor, scaling factors may be added to quiz and report grades to
achieve a median class score between 78 and 80%.
Report Submission
All individual and group written reports will be submitted online using TurnItIn,
which will be accessed using the course website in CCLE. The submission procedure
involves logging into the class website and following the submission-related links.
Students should plan to produce their reports in PDF format. A detailed submission
procedure will be communicated in advance of the due dates.
Students are encouraged to refer to the textbooks used in their prerequisite courses.
Students are expected to be able to locate chemical and engineering reference materials
and physical property data. Current editions of Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook
and the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics are available online for all UCLA
students through the UCLA Libraries and Collections.
ABET Information
An evaluation result of 75% or better on the above-listed criteria will provide evidence
that the outcomes have been achieved.
1. Sharing of information of any kind among students during exams and quizzes is
prohibited.
2. Homework assignments must be reflective of individual student effort. Students must
attempt all written assignments and reports independently before discussing them
with classmates. Students may discuss assignments and projects with classmates to a
limited extent. However, students must not dictate detailed solution procedures or
provide written copies of solutions (from any source) for others to copy or
paraphrase. If in doubt about this issue, you should ask yourself, “If I give this help,
will I be destroying all, or nearly all, educational benefit of this homework problem,
report, or project for my classmate?” If the answer is “yes,” you are to avoid putting
yourself and your classmate in violation of the academic integrity policy.
3. Unless specified as a “group report,” the Investigation Report is expected to be the
result of individual student effort. After the conclusion of the final laboratory period
for the assigned experiment, students are expected to work independently. Students
shall not share data, calculations, or results that are not in their lab notebook at the
end of the final lab session.
4. Students shall not use the work of others as templates for their own experimental
descriptions, data, or analysis.
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5. The use of homework, project, lab report, quiz, or exam solutions from any source is
prohibited, unless they are distributed to the class by the instructor or a course TA.
6. References to literature are subject to verification. Failure to provide an appropriate,
traceable reference may result in a failing grade for the section of the report where the
reference was cited, and for the “References and Research” section of the report.
Dishonesty with citations may result in a failing grade for the report.
Students with disabilities are capable individuals who may require adaptation of
materials, methods, or environments to facilitate learning. Accommodations also ensure
that when students are evaluated, they are able to demonstrate what they have learned,
rather than the effects of their disability. Each year, through collaborative efforts
between students, faculty members, and the Office for Students with Disability (OSD),
equal educational opportunities are achieved. The University treats and protects all
disability-related information as confidential medical information.
This schedule is subject to change at discretion of instructor due to equipment and laboratory room
variability and other activities. Experiments may be changed or modified during the quarter. Students are
expected to check the “Announcements” section of the Course Website on a daily basis, in order to view
changes to the Schedule.
Investigation Schedule
These are places to start your research. Each apparatus has a 3-ring binder nearby that may contain some
reference materials. Don’t forget to consult with your textbooks from prerequisite courses and also the
applicable sections in Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook.
Bergman, T.L.; Lavine, A.S.; Incropera, F. P.; Dewitt, D.P. Fundamentals of Heat
and Mass Transfer, 7th ed.; Wiley: New York, 2011, pp. 154-164.
Bird, R.B.; Stewart, W.E.; Lightfoot, E.N.; Transport Phenomena, 2nd ed.; Wiley,
New York, 2008, pp. 309-310.