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IMPORTANT NOTICE
The following students have not registered their CP307 projects
by emailing their project selection (along with the other information
required) to the course coordinator at rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk
E/08/047 Chathuranga S.M.R.
E/08/274 Rathnayaka M.N.S.
E/08/311 Senarathne R.A.R.C.
E/08/401 Wilegoda W.W.N.R.
You are expected to register before the end of this week.
Intended
Learning Outcomes
Course
Description:
Course
objectives:
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Development of enquiring
mind and eager for new knowledge
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Working experience in open-ended
problems/projects
- Awareness
of the practical dimension to chemical and process engineering discipline
- Development
of skills required for synthesizing knowledge already gained in other courses
and elsewhere
- Development
of the habits of comprehension, asking pertinent questions and engagement in
active communication
- Appreciation
of the importance of taking interest in successfully carrying out a project
- Appreciation
of the importance of innovative approaches in successfully carrying out a
project
- Development
of the awareness required for self-assessing progress throughout a project
- Development
of presentation skills by active participation and feedback
- Development
of critical learning and writing skills
Course
coordinator: Prof. R Shanthini (accessible at 071-5326835
and at rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk)
Evaluation
panel: Dr. CS Kalpage; Ms. SMWTPK Ariyarathna; Ms. AMW Menike; Dr. DGGP Karunaratne
(Moderator)
Course credits: 2 GPA credits
Pre-requisites:
Prior approval of the Head of the Department for the selected project
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Content
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Time allocated
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Problem
identification and project formulation: Search for, and retrieval of,
information required such as literature survey; Identification and optimum utilisation of available resources; Project execution;
Cost analysis; Socio-economic and ethical evaluations of the project;
Political consequences; Environmental consequences; Safety aspects;
Elements of technical report writing; Communicating the results of the
project study with the outside world via a report, a web-page etc.
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60 project hours
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TOTAL
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30
eq. hours
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Assessment
Scheme:
Assessment method
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Percentage
marks
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Self-assessment via
the self-assessment
record maintained by the student
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Equivalent to attendance
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Stage
1 assessment via presentation by the student or student
group during the 4th week on the project proposal, work-plan and
the literature survey. A 1000-word write up on the content of the
presentation must be handed over to the course-coordinator (with copies to
supervisors) on the day of the presentation. Write-up should not be copies
of the presentation.
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20
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Stage
2 assessment via presentation by the student or student
group during the 7th week on the project progress up to 7th
week. A 2000-word write up on the project progress must be handed over to
the course-coordinator (with copies to supervisors) on the day of the
presentation. Write-up should not be copies of the presentation.
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30
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Stage
3 assessment via presentation by the student or student
group in a seminar during the 12th week on the project progress
up to 12th week. A 4000-word write up on the project progress
must be handed over to the course-coordinator (with copies to supervisors)
on the day of the presentation. Write-up should not be copies of the
presentation.
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20
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Stage 4 assessment
of the final
project report submitted during the 14th week
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30
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Timeline:
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Week
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Date
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Activity
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Venue
(Time)
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1
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30 Jan
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- Project selection and discussion with
potential supervisor(s)
- Presentation of project guidelines by
the course coordinator
- Registration of selected project with
the course coordinator
- Collection of the self-assessment
record form from the course coordinator
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(8.00
– 11.00)
Faculty
Seminar Room
(11.00
- 12.00)
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2
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06 Feb
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- Search for information required to
carry out the project
- Literature survey
- Identification of available resources
to carry out the project
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3
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13 Feb
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- Discussing the project proposal, work-plan
and literature survey with the project supervisor(s)
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Department
(8-12)
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4
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20 Feb
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Maha Sivarathri Day
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5
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27 Feb
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- Stage 1 assessment (click
for guidelines) by the Evaluation Panel of the project proposal,
work-plan and the literature survey presented (click for presentation guidelines) by the
student or students group.
- A 1000-word write up on the content of
the presentation must be handed over to the course-coordinator (with copies
to supervisors).
- Write-up should not be copies of the
presentation.
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Faculty
Seminar
Room
(8-12)
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6
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05 Mar
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- Project execution commenced
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7
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12 Mar
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- Project execution continued
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8
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19 Mar
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- Stage 2 assessment (click
for guidelines) by the Evaluation Panel of the project progress
presented (click for presentation
guidelines) by the student or students group.
- A 2000-word write up on the project
progress must be handed over to the course-coordinator (with copies to
supervisors) on the day of the presentation.
- Write-up should not be copies of the
presentation.
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Faculty
Seminar
Room
(8-12)
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9
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26 Mar
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- Project execution continued
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10
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02 Apr
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- Project execution continued
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New Year Break
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11
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16 Apr
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- Project execution continued + Final
project report writing commenced
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12
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23 Apr
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- Project finalization commenced + Final
project report writing continued
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13
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30 Apr
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- Stage 3 assessment (click
for guidelines) by the Evaluation Panel of the project results
presented (click for
presentation guidelines) by the student or students group.
- A 4000-word write up on the project progress
must be handed over to the course-coordinator (with copies to supervisors)
on the day of the presentation.
- Write-up should not be copies of the
presentation.
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Faculty
Seminar
Room
(8-12)
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14
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07 May
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- Final project report writing finalization
accommodating the feedbacks received from the supervisor(s) on the previous
write-ups submitted
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15
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14 May
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- Final project report (click for guidelines)
submitted to the supervisor(s) for Stage 4 assessment by the Evaluation
Panel
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VERY IMPORTANT:
Any delay in adhering to the stipulated deadlines could cost
the student 2.5 marks per week of delay.
Currently Executed (or Suggested) Project Topics:
Priority is given to the project
ideas originating from the students themselves. Supervisors from the industry
and elsewhere are encouraged provided the primary supervisor is from among the
academic staff of the Department of C&P Engineering.
Natural
product processes for niche market has a very great potential for development
in Sri Lanka.
Students are encouraged carry out projects in that area.
Web sources for project ideas: Chemical
Engineering Research Bulletin
Given below is the list of project
topics currently executed (and/or suggested) by the academic staff of the
Department of C&P Engineering:
Project #
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Project Titles and
Selected Reference Sources
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Project group
[Supervisors]
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1
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Potential
use of Water Hyacinth for wastewater treatment in Sri Lanka (2-student group)
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[Ms. SMWTPK Ariyaratne]
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2
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Ethanol
production from corn stem (1
student)
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[Ms. SMWTPK Ariyaratne]
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3
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Development of a
laboratory-scale biogas unit for sustainable biogas production from the
canteen waste of the Faculty of Engineering (2-student group)
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Subhashini
W.R.A.I. (E/08/333)
[Dr. CS Kalpage]
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4
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Development of a
laboratory-scale oil extraction unit for citronella oil extraction from Cymbopogon (lemongrass) (2-student group)
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Weerasinghe
W.M.H.D. (E/08/384)
Wijerathna
W.D.C.C. (E/08/394)
[Dr. CS Kalpage]
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5
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Laboratory-scale
production of fertilizers (TSP/SSP) from Eppawala
Rock Phosphate (2-student
group)
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Dasanayake
H.M.D.D. (E/08/052)
Hereth H.M.S.M.
(E/08/108)
[Dr. CS Kalpage]
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6
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Laboratory-scale biodiesel processing from waste vegetable oils
collected from the restaurant and determination of properties such as
calorific value, viscosity, flash point of biodiesel
(2-student group)
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Asantha
H.M.R. (E/08/023)
[Dr. CS Kalpage]
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7
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Modeling of tea withering
process (2-student group)
Selected
reference source:
Tea
withering
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Senanayaka Dorakumbura
D.K.M.P.H.B. (E/07/081)
Karunathilaka
N.M.S.S.B. (E/07/179)
[Dr. DGGP Karunaratne]
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8
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Estimation of carbon
footprint from Sri Lankan tourist industry (2-student
group)
Selected
reference source:
Ecological
footprint analysis as a toll to assess tourism
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[Dr. DGGP Karunaratne]
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9
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Fluidized bed drying characteristics
of coconut (2-student group)
Selected
reference source:
Coconut
drying
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Subasinghe
N.A.A.I. (E/08/332)
[Dr. DGGP Karunaratne]
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10
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Experimental study of the
downward movement of the pesticide Chlorpyrifos
in soils with different organic matter content (2-student
group)
Selected
reference source:
Muhamad H, Al TY, Sahid I, Mat N. Downward movement of chlorpyrifos in the soil of an oil palm plantation in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Journal of Oil Palm Research 2010: 22:721-728.
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[Ms. AMW Menike
+
Prof. R. Shanthini]
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11
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Experimental study of the
potential of agricultural by-products in the reduction of groundwater
contamination of the pesticide Chlorpyrifos by
leaching through soil (2-student group)
Selected
reference source:
Romyen S, Luepromchai E, Hawker D and Karnchanasest
B. Potential of agricultural by-product in reducing chlorpyrifos
leaching through soil. Journal of Applied Science 2007: 7(18):2686-2690.
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[Ms. AMW Menike +
Prof. R. Shanthini]
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12
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Software
development for aerobic bioreactor scale-up (2-student
group; possibility of working with a computer engineering student is being
explored)
Selected
reference source:
Garcia-Ochoa
F, Gomez E. Bioreactor scale-up
and oxygen transfer rate in microbial processes: An overview. Biotechnology
Advances 2009: 27: 153–176.
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Jayasinghe
G.A.S.K. (E/08/124)
[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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13
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Exergy analysis of solar energy applications and solar power
facilities (1-student)
Selected
reference sources:
Saidur R, BoroumandJazi G, Mekhlif S, Jameel M. Exergy
analysis of solar energy applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Reviews 2012: 16: 350–356.
Hepbasli A. A key review on exergetic
analysis and assessment of renewable energy resources for a sustainable
future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2008: 12: 593–661.
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[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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14
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Is
Sri Lanka
moving towards or away from sustainability: an emergy
analysis (2-student group)
Selected
reference source:
Campbell DE, Garmestani
AS. An energy systems view of sustainability: Emergy
evaluation of the San Luis Basin, Colorado. Journal of Environmental
Management 2012: 95: 72-97.
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[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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15
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Emergy evaluation of a Sri Lankan thermal power plant (2-student
group)
Selected
reference source:
- Sha
S, Hurme M. Emergy evaluation of combined heat and power plant processes.
Applied Thermal Engineering 2012: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.11.063
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Asprion N, Rumpf B, Gritschha A. Work flow
in process development for energy efficient processes. Applied Thermal
Engineering 2011: 31: 2067-2072.
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Dasanayaka
W.M.K.M. (E/08/050)
[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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16
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Assessment
of energy and exergy efficiencies of Sri Lankan
energy sector (1-student)
Selected
reference sources:
- Al-Ghandoor A, Jaber JO, Al-Hinti I. Assessment of Energy and Exergy
Efficiencies of Power Generation Sub-Sector in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering 2009: 3(1): 1-8.
- Koroneos
CJ, Nanaki EA, Xydis GA. Exergy
analysis of the energy use in Greece. Energy Policy 2011: 39:
2475–2481.
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[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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17
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Assessment
of energy and exergy efficiencies of Sri Lankan
agricultural / Industrial / Transportation sector (3-student
group with a sector per student)
Selected
reference sources:
- Ahamed JU, Saidur R, Masjuki HH, Mekhilef S, Ali
MB, Furqon MH. An application of energy and exergy analysis in agricultural sector of Malaysia.
Energy Policy 2011: 39: 7922–7929.
- Ediger
VS, Camdalı U. Energy and exergy efficiencies in
Turkish transportation sector, 1988–2004. Energy Policy 2007: 35:
1238–1244.
- Koroneos
CJ, Nanaki EA. Energy and exergy utilization
assessment of the Greek transport sector. Resources, Conservation and
Recycling 2008: 52: 700–706.
- Sanaei
SM, Furubayashi T, Nakata T. Assessment of energy
utilization in Iran’s industrial sector using energy and exergy analysis method. Applied
Thermal Engineering 2012: 36: 472-481.
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Ariyaratne
R.G.R.N.K. (E/08/018)
Fernando B.D.N.
(E/08/079)
Illukwtta I.A.C.
(E/08/113)
[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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18
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Setting-up
of an index to rate food manufacturers of small, medium (2-student
group)
Selected
reference sources:
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Amarasekare
K.L.L.R. (E/08/011)
Bandara
E.A.P.C. (E/08/032)
[Prof. R. Shanthini]
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19
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Effect
of presence of strontium on precipitation characteristic of calcium carbonate.
Selected
reference sources:
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Nawarathna W.P.G.S.
(E/08/217)
Thilakarathna H.P.T.C.
(E/08/356)
[Dr. DGGP Karunaratne]
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Presentation
Guidelines:
Time
allocation for each presentation: 10 minutes (not a minute more) per research group for presentation
and 05 minutes per each student to defend the presentation.
Content of the 10-minute
presentation: Student
is expected to guide his/her presentation using the assessment guidelines for Stage
1 or Stage 2 or Stage 3 as appropriate. Further guidance could be obtained
from the project supervisors and course coordinator (if necessary).
Presentation style: Professional guidance for improving the presentation style could be
arranged upon request from the student(s) by the course coordinator on
individual basis or as a workshop.
Note: All CP307 students
are expected to be present during the entire assessment sessions.
Final
Project Report Guidelines:
Submission mode: A hardcopy must be deposited in the letterbox of the primary project
supervisor, AND a softcopy must be emailed to admin@rshanthini.com in *.doc or *.pdf format before the
deadline.
Format
of the report: Project report guidelines for paper-format
(for experiment study and numerical simulation based projects) and for manual-format (for
product-based projects) are uploaded. Click here for a sample paper in
paper-format.
VERY IMPORTANT:
Keep in mind that word to word
reproduction of material available elsewhere without crediting the source
(known as plagiarism and is a serious offence) will earn you a fail grade in
CP307.
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