Leading an Effective Unit Operations Lab Course.

This paper is focused on the logistics and unique learning opportunities present in supervising a Unit Operations laboratory course. Specifically, the paper outlines some best practices that have been used to effectively manage the course. It is not a broad assessment or review of how different institutions run the lab, but rather highlights the unique features of the Unit Operations Laboratory at the author's institution. The goal of this paper is to provide chemical engineering faculty who will manage laboratory courses with proven best practices that are used in support of the Unit Operations Laboratory. This paper is geared to faculty who will lead or assist with chemical engineering laboratory sessions. The expected outcome for faculty includes an understanding of the how these learning objectives are realized in the course through a variety of student assessments. Faculty who manage similar laboratories will be able to identify tools and techniques that have proven effective in the Unit Operations Laboratory. This is particularly important as the dual pressures of increasing enrollment and tight budget pressures combine to increase the challenge to running an effective undergraduate laboratory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]