ChNE 318L- Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Syllabus

Lab Times and Days: 1:00pm- 3:50pm, TuTh Cent 1039 Instructor: Jamie R. Gomez 253 FEC Phone: 277-2642 jrgomez@unm.edu Lab Supervisor: Geoff Courtin 277-1335 Office 249-8728 Cell gcourtin@unm.edu

Objectives Conduct chemical engineering experiments Integrate chemical engineering theory and principles to examine data and understand results Communicate by written and oral report the experimental purpose, method, data, results and recommendations to a technical audience Demonstrate individual and team effort in achieving course objectives Major Course Topics Vapor Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Description: Study and predict binary vapor-liquid equilibrium. Heat of Combustion (HOC) Description: Study enthalpy change associated with combustion of a compound in a bomb calorimeter. Rankine Cycle (RC) Description: Study a model steam power plant in action.

Course Policies 1. The instructor and/or lab supervisor takes attendance each lab day with a sign-in-out sheet. The instructor expects students to arrive early which will factor into the attendance grade. Excused absences include illness, death in the family or other emergency beyond your control, religious holy days, active military or jury duty and official university activities. Students in officially campus recognized groups such as athletic teams will be accommodated by the instructor accordingly. Vacations, student events, jobs, etc. can easily be planned around the lab schedule. 2. Pre-Lab day as specified in the lab schedule is an opportunity to gain technical knowledge about your assigned experiment. It is highly recommended before pre-lab day to read the assigned experiment and procedure. It is expected that on entering the lab at 1pm on pre-lab days, team members will sign in and proceed to the assigned experiment area. Each team member will take time to familiarize themselves with the experiment operations and direct questions to the instructor or lab supervisor. Within the last hour of pre-lab day, each team member is expected to demonstrate a working knowledge of the experiment to the instructor or lab supervisor. Oral quizzes on operation and basic theory will be given at this time.

3. Pre-Lab Reports are due by email to the instructor no later than 9:00 AM on the preceding Friday for the Tuesday Section and no later than 9:00 AM on Monday for the Thursday Section). Pre-labs must be approved before the experiment can be conducted. 4. Post-Lab Reports are due by email to the instructor no later than 1:00 PM within one week following the day of conducting the experiment as specified in the laboratory schedule. Late submissions will absolutely not be accepted. 5. Short and Full Reports are due no later than 1:00 PM on the assigned date as specified in the laboratory schedule. A hardcopy of the report should be turned in to the instructors box in the ChNE office and an electronic version of the report sent by email to the instructor. Late submissions will absolutely not be accepted. 6. Oral Presentation Reports will be held in room CEC 1038A on specified dates as specified in the lab schedule. These group presentations will be for a period of 20-minutes (15-minute oral presentation and a 5-minute question-answer session). The instructor expects members of each team to be punctual. 7. Plagiarism and/or falsifying results will not be tolerated and will lead to removal from class with a failing grade F and possibly further disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty is defined by the UNM Code of Student Conduct (http://pathfinder.unm.edu/campus-policies/student-code-ofconduct.html#studentcode) as including, but not limited to, dishonesty in quizzes, tests, or assignments; claiming credit for work not done or done by others; hindering the academic work of other students; misrepresenting academic or professional qualifications within or without the University; and nondisclosure or misrepresentation in filling out applications or other University records. Any instances of academic dishonesty will be taken very seriously and handled by guidelines elaborated at the UNM Dean of Students web site (http://dos.unm.edu/studentconduct/academic-integrityhonesty.html). This can range for partial or zero credit to failing the class or worse. Note: cutting and pasting text or graphics from web sites, electronic books, etc., without appropriate credit or referencing is plagiarism, and a form of academic dishonesty that is becoming increasingly common. Dont do it! If you need guidance on appropriate referencing, talk with the instructor. 8. THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL CHEMISTRY LAB COURSE. You will not simply keep a journal of your observations. That is science this is engineering. In this course, you will have to critically analyze data, perform complex analyses, and correlate theory with practice. This course demands a good deal of your time and effort. However, as we only spend about 4 hours per month in lab class, you have plenty of time outside of the classroom to complete your assignments. You will certainly need to plan accordingly and use your time wisely. Students who are proactive and do not procrastinate will find this class enjoyable and extremely valuable. This is your opportunity to finally use all of the theory and math you have been suffering through in your other courses. You will be able to see how those theories play out in the real world and learn to recognize why real systems may deviate from theoretical ones. Success in these laboratory courses results in the ability to work in teams, plan and execute efficient experiments, write scientific/engineering reports, effectively communicate with an engineering group, and apply theory to real problems. You will find that these are the primary skills employers will be looking for in new engineers. Accordingly, these lab courses serve as excellent mileposts for your true ability as an engineer. 2

Course Grading The final grade and total point accumulation for this course is as follows: Final Grade Total Point Accumulation A 540 -600 points B 480-539 points C 420-479 points D 360-419 points F below 360 points

The points awarded towards the final grade will be based on three pre-lab reports, three post-lab reports, one short report, one full report and one oral presentation report as follows: Assignment Who is Responsible? Point Weighting Pre-Lab I Individual 25 Post-Lab I Individual 50 Short Report Individual 80 Pre-Lab II Individual 25 Post-Lab II Individual 50 Full Report Group 160 Pre-Lab III Individual 25 Post-Lab III Individual 50 Oral Presentation Report Group 120 Participation Individual 15 Total 600 Note: I, II, III refer to experiment titles, that is, either VLE, HOC or RC. Refer to your team number in the laboratory schedule to view assigned experiments.

Report Guidelines Refer to your course section (ChNE 318L 002 or ChNE 318L 003) in UNM Learn for detailed guidelines on pre-lab, post lab, short report, full report and oral presentation report.