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dc.contributor.authorSen, Tushar
dc.contributor.editorClare McBeath
dc.contributor.editorRober Atkinson
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:40:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:40:46Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:22:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationSen, T. 2013. Industry visit beneficial for student’s learning in Process Instrumentation and Control unit, in McBeath, C. and Atkinson, R. (ed), 22nd Teaching and Learning Forum: Design, develop, evaluate: The core of the learning environment. 2013, Feb 7-8 2013. Murdoch University: WAND.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34036
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The objective of this plant visit is to help students gain first-hand information regarding application of instrumentation and control in process industry. In this paper the author presents the effectiveness of an industry visit incorporated into Process Instrumentation and Control, a third year undergraduate Chemical Engineering core unit at Curtin University, Western Australia. This also demonstrated that the industrial visit is an integral part of this unit to achieve the learning outcomes. The unit is divided into lecture class, laboratory, mini-project and a site visit. Due to the large enrolment in this unit and also due to limitation of plant's capacity, the two different plant visits were conducted by three afternoon sessions. The plants were (1) Alcoa Kwinana Refinery and (2) Coogee Chlor-Alkali Pty Ltd, Kwinana, WA. These plants were chosen because both the plants are dealing with large processes with various automatic control system and also location wise they are closer to Curtin University. Three guides from each plant explained the various process sections of plant including the control room. In a week after the visit, an anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted where they were asked to put their level of agreement with statement about (i) motivation, (ii) role of process control engineer, (iii) effective unit learning through plant visit, (iv), coordination of the site visit, (v) resources and (vi) overall satisfaction. The survey results indicated that the percentage of agreement on overall learning unit outcomes through integral plant visit was 87%. The average agreement for all the items was found as 74%. The percentage agreement on all items varied from 62% to 89% which indicate overall student's positive learning experience at the end of plant visit and this activity should be retained with the unit learning outcomes.

dc.publisherWAND
dc.relation.urihttp://www.roger-atkinson.id.au/tlf2013/contents-all.html
dc.titleIndustry visit beneficial for student’s learning in Process Instrumentation and Control unit
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titleDesign, develop, evaluate: The core of the learning environment
dcterms.source.seriesDesign, develop, evaluate: The core of the learning environment
dcterms.source.conferenceTeaching & Learning Forum 2013
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateFeb 7 2013
dcterms.source.conferencelocationMurdoch University
dcterms.source.placeWA
curtin.departmentDepartment of Chemical Engineering
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