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“Pop Quiz” and Pictures
• Hope you’re feeling photogenic
• Complete (individually) your “Pop Quiz” while
others are getting pictures taken
• Collect “handouts” after your picture has been taken
• GO!
Welcome!
• Course: ChE 1034, Process Dynamics and Control
• Instructors: Prof. Robert S. Parker and Jeffry A.
Florian
• TA: Stephen (Chad) Kanick
• Course Text: Process Dynamics, Modeling, and
Control, by B.A. Ogunnaike and W.H. Ray
available in Benedum Hall Library
• Reference Text: Process Dynamics and Control,
2nd Ed. by D. Seborg, T. Edgar, and D. Mellichamp
• Software: MATLAB (©2003, The MathWorks,
Natick, MA)
Syllabus Highlights
• Absolute grading scale
Homework 25%
Project 20%
Exam I 15%
Average Minimum Grade
Exam II 15%
85% A-
Final Exam 20%
75% B-
Class Participation 5%
65% C-
Total 100%
Bonus Quizzes +2 to +4%
Grand Total >100%
Homework and Project Details
• Homework
• consult your friends
• name your consultants
• per problem grading scale: 0-1-2
• Project
• group work (4 members, you choose)
• experiment, simulation, report, presentation
• more detail to come
Is Homework Necessary?
90
80
70
Course Grade
60
50
40
30