Day 2 Reflections

- I went to the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. We got to meet with Professor Kevin Kho, and learned the basics about distillation and also what and how a GC machine (Gas Chromatography) works. Then, we made our way to the laboratory and viewed the Distillation Columns and got to learn how to use the GC machine. We then tried to make a mixture of water, methanol and ethanol into a product of 77% ethanol as a challenge.
- I learned that to be efficient in a group one has to cooperate and split workload properly so that the team can work well. I also learned about the specific details in refinery distillation and the use of a GC machine and roughly how it works.
- Today's activities were very meaningful and also very informative. It has allowed me a glimpse into the working world where people are required to use such equipments to make products to sell to others.
- This has shown me a detailed explanation of distillation in the real world

First Day

• The project seems to provide a greater depth of knowledge that is about Refinery Distillation. It seems to offer some insights about the different ways to go about distillation and also the reasons it possesses and the difference in produce.

• I think I will be able to know more about refinery distillation and about separation of gases/liquids/solids from each other with the reasoning behind those ways, be it chemically bonded or physically bonded. I will also learn about the different gases/liquids/solids and how they work and their purposes.

• Will the processes and the means of understanding be difficult?

• The faults along coastline effect the patterns of earthquakes and the history of previously occurring earthquakes will be repeated and thus easier to predict.

• The difference between 2D and 3D animation is the production, where 2D is mostly hand-drawn though now with technology, only the fixed frames are drawn unlike previous methods where they had to draw out scene by scene. 3D scenes are computerized and digital, but still tedious.

• The difference nano-technology can bring into everyone’s lives and the purpose and methods of production.

   

  -Khor Jun Peng