Schedule and Due Dates¶
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
—Douglas Hofstadter
The following schedule and due dates are subject to change.
Date |
Reading |
Module |
Topics and activities |
|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 |
Chapters 1, 2 |
1 |
Course introduction |
Chapters 1, 2 |
2 |
What is CBE? |
|
Week 2 |
Chapter 3 |
3 |
Dimensions, units, and uncertainties |
Chapter 3 |
3 |
Dimensions, units, and uncertainties |
|
Week 3 |
Chapter 4 |
4 |
Process fundamentals |
Chapter 4 |
4 |
Process fundamentals |
|
Week 4 |
Chapter 5 |
5 |
Material balances |
Chapter 5 |
5 |
Material balances |
|
Week 5 |
Chapters 5, 9 |
6 |
Reacting systems, Reaction kinetics |
Chapters 5, 9 |
6 |
Reacting systems, Reaction kinetics |
|
Week 6 |
Chapters 9, 8 |
6 |
Reactor design |
Chapters 9, 8 |
6 |
Reactor design |
|
Week 7 |
Chapter 8 |
7, 8 |
Fluid flow; Mass transfer: diffusion and convection |
Chapter 8 |
8 |
Mass transfer: diffusion and convection |
|
Week 8 |
Chapter 10 |
8 |
Mass transfer: diffusion and convection |
Chapter 10 |
8 |
Mass transfer: diffusion and convection |
|
Week 9 |
Chapters 1-5, 8, 9 |
Review |
|
Chapters 1-5, 8, 9 |
Lab 2 report |
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Week 10 |
Chapter 10 |
Energy balances |
|
Chapter 10 |
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Week 11 |
Chapter 10 |
Energy balances; Heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation |
|
Chapter 10 |
HW 5 |
Quiz 5, Heat transfer: convection, radiation; Heat exchangers |
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Week 12 |
Chapter 10 |
Lab 3 report |
Heat transfer: convection, radiation; Heat exchangers |
Chapter 10 |
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Spring Recess |
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Week 13 |
Chapter 7 |
Fluids and fluid flow; Mechanical energy balances: Bernoulli equation |
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Chapter 7 |
Mechanical energy balances: Bernoulli equation |
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Week 14 |
Chapter 7 |
HW 6 |
Quiz 6, Mechanical energy balances: work, friction, pumps, compressors; Bioreactors |
Chapter 7 |
Lab 4 report |
Mechanical energy balances: work, friction, pumps, compressors; Bioreactors |
|
Week 15 |
Notes |
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Notes |
Wrapup |
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