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First-Year Research Experience

A collection of images taken during the lab sections of our C&PE 111 and C&PE 112 courses. They demonstrate the type of experiences chemical engineering students have learning about the discipline.
7 students in the lab standing around the lab table wearing masks and social distancing
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7 students in the lab standing around the lab table wearing masks and social distancing

group of students in lab coats

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Tube filled with fluids in layers
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Tube filled with fluids in layers

test tube filled with liquid

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Tube with various fluids inside
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Tube with various fluids inside

picture of tube filled with liquid

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a piece of glassware with a KU jayhawk logo
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a piece of glassware with a KU jayhawk logo

test tube with a jayhawk logo

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a lidded glass jar with the words amberlite resin writenon the label
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a lidded glass jar with the words amberlite resin writenon the label

glass mason jar filled with amberlite resin

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three beckers with different colored fluids. the red has a pH of 4.0, the yellow has a pH of 7.0. and the blue has a pH of 10.0
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three beckers with different colored fluids. the red has a pH of 4.0, the yellow has a pH of 7.0. and the blue has a pH of 10.0

three beckers with different fluids of various pH levels

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close up picutre of a becker with yellow fluid half way filled
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close up picutre of a becker with yellow fluid half way filled

close up picutre of a becker with yellow fluid half way filled

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18 glass claisen flasks filled with mostly amber fluid with different darker colored fluids at the bottom
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18 glass claisen flasks filled with mostly amber fluid with different darker colored fluids at the bottom

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a mason jar labeled with the words Duda Lite IEX Resin and contains a dirt looking substance
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a mason jar labeled with the words Duda Lite IEX Resin and contains a dirt looking substance

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Instructor, Susan Williams, standing in front of a class of eight students sitting in lab coats and lab glasses
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Instructor, Susan Williams, standing in front of a class of eight students sitting in lab coats and lab glasses

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bottle containing clear fluid with the label 0.1 N KCI
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bottle containing clear fluid with the label 0.1 N KCI

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a row of claisen flasks filled with yellow fluid with students in the background
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a row of claisen flasks filled with yellow fluid with students in the background

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