The evaluation of the COOP report and presentation is performed by the examination committee and the COOP advisor and it is reported to the COOP coordinator to assign a final letter grade for the student. The student should refer to the COOP coordinator of his department for details of the COOP grading policy and guidelines. The final grade for COOP is mainly based on the following four items:
- Employer’s evaluation
- Progress reports
- COOP report
- Coop presentation
In general, more than 60 % of the grade is based on the COOP report and presentation. In the chemical engineering department the following grading policy is implemented for COOP:
- Progress report # 1 5 points
- Progress report # 2 5 points
- Final COOP report 40 points
- Final presentation 25 points
- Company’s evaluation 25 points
Total 100 points
The following grading rubric will be considered in evaluating the COOP report:
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Outcome |
Professional Quality |
Adequate |
Needs Improvement |
Inadequate |
Score |
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(4 points) |
(3 points) |
(2 points) |
(1 points) |
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1 |
Write a technical report |
English writing and report format is professional |
English writing and report format is very good |
English writing and report format is satisfactory |
English writing and report format is poor |
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2 |
Apply chemical engineering process calculations such as mass and energy balances |
Process calculations are used intensively and very accurately |
Process calculations are used adequately and accurately |
Process calculations are not clearly indicated |
Process calculations are missing and/or wrongly applied |
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3 |
Draw block / process flow diagrams and label equipment and stream information |
Block / Process flow diagrams are drawn extensively and labeled very accurately |
Block/ Process flow diagrams are adequately drawn and labeled |
Block/ Process flow diagrams drawing and labeling is not clear or missing major information |
Block/ Process flow diagrams are missing |
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4 |
Determine / collect physical, chemical and transport properties of process fluids |
All required fluid properties are determined / collected very accurately and source or correlation is clearly indicated |
Fluid properties are adequately determined / collected and source or correlation is indicated |
Some fluid properties are missing or source may be missing |
Fluid properties are missing or unrealistic |
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5 |
Demonstrate design of chemical engineering equipment (such as pumps, heat exchanges, flash drums, reactor ... etc.) |
Equipment design is clearly and very accurately demonstrated |
Equipment design is adequately demonstrated |
Equipment design is partially demonstrated |
No evidence of equipment design |
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6 |
Simulate / model / optimize chemical engineering processes |
Process simulation / modeling / optimization is extensively used and presented accurately |
Process simulation / modeling / optimization is used and presented adequately |
Process simulation / modeling / optimization is not clearly used or contains errors |
No evidence of process simulation / modeling / optimization |
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Moreover, the following factors may also be considered in evaluating the COOP presentation:
- The ability of the student to clearly introduce the subject material.
- The ability of the student to state the objectives clearly.
- Presentation performance (language, clarity, style, illustrations, i.e. graphs, models, multimedia, etc.).
- The ability to summarize and explain results.
- The ability to conclude the presentation.
- Depth of knowledge and the ability to answer questions.