Welcome to
Dr. Josephson's CHEN 3820 Page

• Course Syllabus
• Departmental Homework Format
  CHEN 3820 Modification(s) to HMWK Format
  • name on back of last sheet
• Departmental Calculator Policy
• Safety Documentation
  • AU Laboratory Safety Manual & Chemical Hygiene Plan
  • CHEN 3820 Safety Document
  • Chemical Safety Board Home
  • Sometimes our students like to generate their own Safety Documentation. For example, here're 100 reasons why you should follow lab safety policies. Note that there seems to be quite a difference between Reason 1 and Reason 100.
• Report Formats
  • Lab Report (pdf file)
  • Honesty Statement (pdf file)
  • Honesty Statement (Word file)
• Some Tips on Technical Writing
• Some Tips on Presentations
• EXAM Schedule - Both exams are open book (Taylor), closed notes
  • Our Mid-Term Exam will be on 27 JUN 11 from 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. in Davis 355
  • Our Final Exam will be on 28 JUL 11 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Ross 135
• Course Schedule - Experiments
• HOMEWORKS
  • Complete the web-based AU Risk Management Lab Safety Training Course by doing the following
    • From the main AU page, click on "Students", then click on "Blackboard"
    • Click on "Open Blackboard at Auburn University"
    • Click on Course List, then Risk Management, then Risk Management (again), then Uncategorized
    • Click on the triangle by Lab Safety Training and then click on the Register icon at the right side of the screen
    • Register for the course by supplying your AU user i.d. & password. Take the course by viewing the PowerPoint slide show (Lab Safety Training Presentation). When you're done, take the 16 question assessment
    • You will be asked questions about the course material during the 3820 mid-term.
  • View two of the incident report videos available on the CSB site referenced above. Watch the videos in preparation for the mid-term exam.
  • HMWK 0 - GFI report (this assignment was embedded in the Safety Acknowledgement Form)
  • HMWK 1 - problems 3.2, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.18 and 3.27 from the Taylor book
    Due Date: 20 JUN 11
  • HMWK 2 - problems 5.21 and 6.2 from the Taylor book
    Due Date: 18 JUL 11
  • HMWK 3 - Teaming Quiz
• EXPERIMENTS
  • Experiment 1 - Explosive Decompression (aka Mentos & Diet Coke)
  • Experiment 2 - Viscosity
    • Equipment and Objectives - this is available as a pdf file
    • Explanation of Viscosity - about 8 years ago I put together a quick and dirty primer on viscosity for freshmen/sophomores; note that I don't mention Newtonian vs non-Newtonian, etc.
  • Experiment 3 - Piping (aka Friction Loss in Pipes and Fittings)
    • Equipment and Objectives - this is available as a pdf file
  • Experiment 4 - Centrifugal Pump
    • Equipment and Objectives - this is available as a pdf file
  • Experiment 5 - Fluidized Bed
    • Equipment and Objectives - this is available as a pdf file
    • Equipment Manual - this is available as a pdf file. Note that this is the manual from the original equipment manufacturer; some items may have been changed over the years. For example, a blower is no longer used to provide the gas stream through the bed.
    • A nice Fluidization Tutorial by Dr. Martin Rhodes of Monash University (Australia) is available. Be sure to check out his 'Video 1'.
    • And finally, here's an example of possible hysteresis that has nothing to do with a fluidized bed
  • Experiment 6 - Evaporator
  • Experiment 7 - Food Engineering
  • Experiment 9 - Unsteady State Heat Transfer
    • Equipment and Objectives - this is available as a pdf file

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