Graduation Project Information

The type of graduation project has to be a capstone design. A capstone design project should be planned to provide a unified effort in developing: teamwork skills, multidisciplinary interaction, communication skills, fundamentals of engineering design processes, and application of engineering design principles to a real engineering project. The main objective is to enable students to experience real life engineering problem solving, design, team work, project execution and management. 

Semester

7^th

8^th

 Course Name

ChE 491 Graduation Project I

ChE 492 Graduation Project II

Description

Select the graduation project from list of topics, define objectives and scope of the work, review relevant literature, initiate the project and submit a draft report.

Continuation of ChE 491 with comprehensive work on the selected topic, report writing, and oral presentation.

Credit hours

1

3

Prerequisite

100 credit hours has to be completed 

ChE 491 Graduation Project I

Co-requisite

ChE 461 Chemical processes and plant design

Topics

• - Problem Statement, Scope, General Info
• - Literature Review
• - Preparing Engineering Notebook
• - Planning and Generating a Progress Report
• - Design Review
• - Documenting a Final Report

• - Maintaining Engineering Notebook
• - Developing Progress Report
• - Analysis, Design and Implementation
• - Results and Discussions
• - Documenting a Final Report
• - Preparing Poster
• - Final Work Presentation

Student Outcomes

• - Outline contemporary issues related to the project topic
• - Establish material balance for the process
• - Choose the best suitable process among different alternatives
• - Develop the PFD for the process
• - Demonstrate capabilities to write a report

• - Design chemical engineering equipment with the required specifications
• - Simulate the process using simulation tool
• - Demonstrate capabilities to write a report
• - Illustrate their work in a presentation
• - Evaluate the economic benefits of the process in team work

Grading Policy

(Applicable from 2019/2020)

• - Engineering Notebook 5%
• - Peer Evaluation 5%
• - Final Report (Supervisor 65% and Examiner 25%)

• - Engineering Notebook 5%
• - Peer Evaluation 5%
• - Final Report and Oral presentation (Supervisor 45% and Examiner 45%)

Academic Integrity

Students have the responsibility to read and observe the requirements of the Code (University policy) that prohibits cheating, plagiarism, abuse of academic materials, and complicity in academic dishonesty.