Getting the Most Out of a Laboratory Course

Authors

  • Aziz M. Abu-Khalaf King Saud University

Abstract

The current objectives of a laboratory course are reviewed, and several topics, based on the experience of the author and related both to industry and academia, are thoroughly discussed, including: safety procedures, startup and shutdown, troubleshooting, calibration with statistical applications, maintenance, and mathematical modeling and simulation. Different available experiments are used to achieve these goals and it is demonstrated that all or most of the goals can be achieved within the available laboratory timetable.

Author Biography

Aziz M. Abu-Khalaf, King Saud University

Aziz M. Abu-Khalaf has educational interests that include developing new objectives and improving the performance of laboratories at the Chemical Engineering Department at King Saud University. Research interests include controlled release systems and corrosion. He can be reached by e-mail at AMKHALAF@KSU.EDU.SA.

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Published

1998-07-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 3 (1998): Summer 1998

Section

Manuscripts