Avaliação da tratabilidade de efluentes da indústria de curtumes por oxidação química e biológica

Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Química. 2005. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Instituto Politécnico do Port

How do students perceive their Learning Assessment?

The present work was developed considering the learning assessment vector and linking it to students’ general satisfaction with the engineering course. The key findings show a positive association between students’ general satisfaction and the learning assessment, specifically with the assessment methodologies effectiveness regarding the different subjects taught. Globally,studentsconsidered the assessment methodologies effective and appropriate to the different subjects taught however, they do not feel encouraged to be part of the process of monitoring his/her performance, and to thetime allocated to the assessment testsas it wasnot considered appropriateto the volume of subjects taught.The authors would like to express their acknowledgments to all students who accepted to collaborate in this study. The authors also thank the Research Centre CIETI and FCT, for all the support provided in the scope of the projects COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043, UID/CEC/00319-2019 and UID-EQU-04730-2013.N/

Tratamento de efluentes têxteis simulados usando técnicas de adsorção

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente, tratamento de Águas e Águas Residuais, na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, sob a orientação das Profs. Doutoras Conceição González Beça e Lídia Vasconcelo

Practical Work and Assessment to Stimulate Students' Participation and Motivation in Fluid Transport Issues

Academic education comprises developing new teaching and learning tools, regulating the assessment methodologies, and adjusting the learning programs to the professional activities. Technology developments allow teachers to explore new ways of teaching as well as to adjust new ways of assessing students' performance, giving to students a relevant feedback on their learning. Following this trend, a case study on Fluid Transport Systems in the Chemical Engineering course is presented. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of different assessment methodologies in the final students' grades, to evaluate students' perceptions regarding these changes, and to know which teaching/learning methodologies are most effective. The study allows concluding that students prefer the traditional teaching/learning methodology and consider more beneficial for their learning the assessment through several questions/problems and small tests during the theoretical lessons instead of carrying out a single moment of evaluation and test. The majority of students were able to identify that the development of the practical work (PW) and several moments of assessment help in providing knowledge to the area under study, encourage their collaborative work and stimulate their intellectual curiosity.Te authors would like to express their acknowledgments to all students who accepted to collaborate in this study. Te authors also thank the Research Centre CIETI (Centro de Inovação em Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial) and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, for all the support provided in the scope of the projects COMPETE: POCI-01-0145- FEDER-007043, UID/CEC/00319-2013 and UID-EQU-04730-2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio