University of Alberta
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

  CH E 351 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory
  CH E 454 - Chemical Engineering Project Laboratory

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1. COURSE OBJECTIVES
 The experiments included in these courses are designed to accomplish the following objectives:
1. To reinforce the technical principles that were presented in the core chemical engineering courses, providing a bridge between theoretical study and practical applications.
2. To apply these principles to a critical analysis of real data.
3. To present experimental data and the analysis of this data in a professional, clearly written and concise format.
 This will also provide exposure to process equipment (pilot-plant size), trouble-shooting, use of the library as a technical resource, various analytical techniques and development of teamwork skills.
2. SAFETY
 In accordance with accepted laboratory practice, the following safety regulations will apply:
1. Food and beverages are not allowed in the laboratory.
2. Safety glasses, which are available on a loan basis, must be worn at all times in the laboratory. The wearing of contact lenses in the laboratory is not recommended.
3. Suitable clothing is required, including long-sleeved shirts and slacks. Sandals and other open-toed shoes are not permitted.
3. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
3.1. General Information
 Course announcements (such as schedule changes, corrections to handouts, etc.) will be emailed to all students and/or posted on the course web site. Students are expected to check their email and the course web page often, as they are fully responsible for accommodating all such announcements within 48 hours of their posting.
3.2. Late Report Penalties
1. Laboratory
 Students arriving more than ten minutes after the beginning of the laboratory period, without prior permission, will be assessed a penalty against their report grade. Missing the whole period will result failure of the course. Departures before the team has completed its laboratory work, without prior permission, will also be penalized.
2. Reports
 Marks will be deducted as follows for reports received after the due date:
- For reports that are 1 to 5 days late, 10% of the assigned grade will be deducted per working day late.
- For reports more than 5 days late, the grade will be 30% of the grade that the report would have received if it had been submitted by the due date.
- Reports more than two weeks late will receive a grade of zero (0).
3.3. Grade Allocation
 Conversion of marks into a final grade based on the letter grade 4 point system will be performed by the instructors in consultation, using a combination of relative and absolute measures, and taking into account the quality of coursework relative to that of previous years. Neither a particular distribution nor predetermined absolute measures are used in converting marks into final grades. The class average on all reports will be set to the same value, and individual marks will be normalized on this basis so that the final mark will depend on the quality of your work relative to that of your peers, not on the experiment for which you were responsible.
4. PLAGIARISM
 The University of Alberta 2012-13 Calendar in Appendix A, Section 30.3.2 (Inappropriate Academic Behaviour) states the following:
"No student shall submit the words, ideas, images, or data of another person as the student's own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, research project or assignment in a course or program of study."
 Plagiarism is generally considered the most serious academic offence in the University. For this reason the penalties for plagiarism can be very severe (see Section 30.4). University regulations will be strictly enforced in this course.