My major is Hotel and Restaurant Management. A feasibility study is a study of the surroundings or environment of a particular business. We were doing a feasiblity study for this one particular hotel in Clear Lake. We had to conduct research on the infrastructure, climate, people, their spending habits, economy, etc, etc.
Dr Ruth rules!!! Tip sheet for UT labs #1 Keep the Potasium Ferracyanide (or something like that) in a different room than the acid. If they mix, they will create cyanide gas which the TA's will lecture you on repeatedly, but they never mention that splitting your group into two rooms is safer. Might not be 153K. #2 Keep the Potasium ferracyanide away from the "Jar Jar Binks" of your class. If you are a competant lab worker I would suggest volunteering to handle this chemical. #3 Do not suck concentrated tobasco sauce into a pipette bulb. If you do, do not try to squirt it out. It will come out as a vapor. Everyone will start coughing and you will be labeled the Jar Jar of your class. #4 The bomb is da bomb. #5 When you do a lab with liquid nitrogen, make sure you bring some stuff to freeze while the TA isn't looking. We were stuck freezing pencils. Also, make sure you have the proper PPE when handling it and don't do anything stupid. There is nothing wrong with having fun with chemicals as long as you respect what they can do. #6 Don't boil HCl. It dissociates into hydrogen and chlorine gas. The chlorine gas will react with hydrogen gas using your lungs as a catalyst to reform HCl there. I've never had hydrochloric acid in my lungs, but I expect it to be worse than the tobassco vapors. BTW, I've hand written papers for classes like government during the class period in which they were due. I turned them in as I walked out. I'm thankful for 200 person classrooms with a continuous surface.
damn you should get a prize or something for knowing that. yep i have hurley in 333T right now (she won't do the stupid regrades i gave her two damn months ago) and Ruth for 153K and am 4th semester. Fire away with the sound advice (if its to not take analytical lab, then i'm way ahead of you, i'm not touching the that thing).
yeah pretty much what a feasibility study is for us too. ours was about this pig farm that needed to do something with all the pig waste. we got to discuss exciting things like anaerobic digestion to produce energy, treatment of the waste to make fertilizer agents, and constructing wetlands to remove contaminants. joy oh joy. as for manny's other thing, i don't think its the same thing as a case study but it might be depending on what you call a case study. the only thing i've ever had called a case study are these little 2 or 3 page things we write for marketing. but that's like a 45% A class that's super ez so maybe he's calling it a case study when it's really not. and as best i can tell, dr. ruth does not rule. she's like a hardass and even sent an email saying if you had a 74.6 she wouldn't round up to a 75 for the B. i think i'll get my A thanks to having an easy TA, chance, who just gave me and my partner a good grade.
I've always viewed it as rounding a 75 to an 80. It could be that I had to deal with Angie before Dr Ruth. Angie could make a troll seem pleasant.
well if your just gonna try and be reasonable and everything, then what's the point. i say b**** about the grading scheme whenever possible.
Analytical isn't that bad if you don't blow it off... Although for your Chemistry elective I would take CH 354 with IVERSON if possible. I've heard many good things about this guy. If you can, I would take a math class from Dr. Guy while he's still with us. Quite possibly the smartest man I've ever seen. This guy teaches all sorts of math classes off the top of his head. Just shows up in his bow tie and starts teaching away. Writes quizzes on the board in perfect cursive off the top of his head. You can tell he really understands the material because he can answer any question from your viewpoint and manage to make you understand it like he explained it originally. He is one of the reasons I became a HS teacher. My HS calculus teacher was one of his grad students. Heads up on CHE profs and classes I've had- The good: Mullins- One of my favorite profs. although I only had him for transport. Very nice guy and a great teacher. He definitely cares about his students. Willson- Again one of my favorite profs. Awesome guy and he has many connections in the semiconductor industry. Had him for CH 618B, but he guest lectured in my 353M class once. Excellent teacher and very willing to tutor you. Eldridge- Had him for Ops II and Plant. Comes off as a hardass, but is really quite understanding and is willing to help out clueless undergrads. Rochelle- Had him for 264. You probably don't want to take 264 and plant in the same semester. Your two senior projects should not be done in tandem. This guy was kinda quirky, but again, was very willing to help. Steinfink- Had him for 322. Excellent teacher, but I think he retired. The average: Heller- Had him for materials. Was pretty good at explaining things. His test were straightforward. Nothing special about this guy that I remember. Leach- Took him for one of my CHE electives. Some stock/economics course. It was helpful before plant since he taught you about the time value of money. Trachtenberg- Took him for 353M. Again nothing special. This class is mainly done by the TA's. The bad: Ekerdt- Had him for 372. He was an excellent teacher, but comes off as a total jerk. I wouldn't necessarily avoid him though. Ottmers- Had him for Ops I. While he is a nice guy, he is not a very good teacher. He does give out notes, but even still, he is the king of late minute changes/additions to projects that can totally f*&k things up. I would try and avoid him. Bonnecaze- Had him for 348. A very smart man, but very hard. He was not good at explaining things so that you could understand them. I didn't like him, but others loved him. My process prof- I don't remember his name (a little help Joe Joe?) but this guy was not a good teacher. I looked on the UTCHE website and couldn't find him, so maybe he's not there anymore. Anyways, this guy taught us all this random stuff and then on the final he puts 12 problems that no one had ever seen before. As a side note, do people still play network FPS games in the CHE computer lab? When I was there, Quake II was the big thing.
