CP5065-2021S1-2A07-GROUP3
WEEK 1
Team Formation
It was the start of our first CP5065 known as ICPD (Introduction to Chemical Product Design) and we were initially tasked to form a group.
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We were informed that the formation of our group was important and not something to take lightly as it would be the group that we would be with for 3 semesters including our FYP (Final Year Project) which was the Capstone Project.
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We were told by our lecturer Ms. Oh Ai Ye that since this is a project based module that will help us develop certain cognitive skills through the ICPD framework.
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We were also enlightened that failure is something that is bound to occur throughout our experience in this module and others to come, but it is not something we should ignore but instead reflect and to use it as a stepping stone towards success, remember that giving up is always easier than trying!
TEAM BONDING
"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself" - Henry Ford
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In order to break the ice between each other we were tasked to bond together and take a picture of us bonding together so that each of us are familiar and comfortable with each other. We think that this was a great way to break any tension between each other.
WHAT IS AÂ CHEMICAL PRODUCT?
Our lecturer asked the class a question: "Do you know what a chemical product is?" Well, although our group brainstormed and came up with a few answers, such as medicine, alcohol and much more. While we were on the right track, we quickly corrected of our misconceptions and learnt that we shouldn't assume something just from its name.
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The term "Chemical Product" refers to a certain product that has been designed or manufactured using chemical engineering principles.
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This brings back many memories both good and bad for our previous modules such as "Heat Transfer", "Fluid Flow" and Thermodynamics that we had learnt last year.
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There are actually several categories of which a chemical product could be classed at which includes: Commodities, Chemical devices, Molecular Products and Micro-Structured Products. Our group was in awe at the fact that there were so many classifications and allowed us to realise just how important chemical engineering is to society from the principle of upscaling.
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Lastly, we were shown the process of chemical product design, although it is strenuous, tedious and time consuming, our team that we formed will all try our best to do what we can so that we can achieve great results and have a good memory to look back on, not to mention the life skills we learn along the way.
Not only does this prepare us for what is to come, but it also indicates that team bonding is important to ensure that everyone gets to work together, play together and mostly importantly: improve together.
OUR FIRST WORK
We were tasked later to create a PowerPoint slide after choosing a topic from a broad category and combining it with a sub-category to identify a chemical product, the lecturer shown an example which consisted of a coffee maker which utilizes chemical engineering principles which we had learnt before in previous modules.
So our group decided to pick "Household" as our broad category and "Appliances" as our sub-category. We feel that it served as a good way of remembering our chemical engineering principles that we had learnt previously in a very creative way, it really surprises you that chemical products can be found everywhere!
