Proposal & Leadership Documents Chemical Engineering 477 Winter Semester 2018 Dr. N. Stanley Harding

Proposal Writing Purpose Length Required for Each Experiment Convince “boss” you can accomplish task Length Relatively short (2-3 pages) Required for Each Experiment One Proposal per Team All members should participate

Proposal Content Heading “Re” Objective To and From (Include all team member names) Date “Re” Concise title of project Objective One sentence description of overall project Supporting sentences as needed; sub-objectives

Proposal Content (Con’t.) Introduction/Background Summary of problem statement Literature review How is your problem related to industrial applications Theory behind project Relevant equations and variable descriptions

Proposal Content (Con’t.) Experimental Design Apparatus Detailed description of facility; picture/schematic Method Description of methodology used to solve problem Table of experimental variables and ranges Number of tests; order of testing Output (measurement) variables listed

Proposal Content (Con’t.) Results Method used to reduce raw data Data analysis sequence NOT expected results, just method to get from raw data to results Safety Potential hazards Safe startup/shutdown procedure Emergency procedures

Leadership Report Purpose Completed for each experiment Help team members become better engineers! Sorry, but you’re not perfect! Completed for each experiment Completed for each team member

Leadership Report (Con’t.) Content To Each Partner (2 paragraphs) Two leadership traits they did well One leadership trait which could be improved From you to ME Summary of each partners comments How you are going to improve one leadership trait Can be emailed or printed

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