CHAPTER 3

CRITERION 2 - PROGRAM LEARNING

OUTCOMES (PLOs)
3.1 Introduction

The Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) are desired graduate attributes that describe knowledge
or skills that students achieve upon completion of their academic program. The program
curriculum needs to incorporate all the PLOs which are mapped to individual courses and every
student must attain the minimum threshold KPI in each PLO to qualify for the degree. The primary
focus in program outcomes assessment is to exhibit and accumulate knowledge, skills and learning
that takes place over the duration of a program in a summative manner.
The Chemical Engineering Program has adopted the 12 graduate attributes, as listed in the PEC
Accreditation Manual-2019 3rd Edition. The PLOs of the BSc. Chemical Engineering Program
were approved by the Academic Council of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
(Notifications dated 04-04-2017 and 20-01-2022). The approved notification is provided in
Appendix 3, Figure 1.
The PLOs of the Chemical Engineering Department are:

1. Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,

engineering fundamentals and all broadly defined aspects of chemical engineering to the
solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze
complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of
mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
3. Design/Development of Solutions: An ability to design solutions for complex engineering
problems and design systems, components or processes that meet specified needs with
appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental
considerations.
4. Investigation: An ability to investigate complex engineering problems in a methodical
way including literature survey, design and conduct of experiments, analysis and

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conclusions.
5. Modern Tool Usage: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques,
resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modeling, to
complex engineering activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
6. The Engineer and Society: An ability to apply reasoning informed by contextual
knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues, and the consequent
responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solution to complex
engineering problems.
7. Environment and Sustainability: An ability to understand the impact of professional
engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge
of and need for sustainable development.
8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and
norms of engineering practice.
9. Individual and Teamwork: An ability to work effectively, as an individual or in a team,
on multifaceted and/or multidisciplinary settings.
10. Communication: An ability to communicate effectively, orally as well as in writing, on
complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large,
such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation,
make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
11. Project Management: An ability to demonstrate management skills and apply engineering
principles to one’s own work, as a member and/or leader in a team, to manage projects in
a multidisciplinary environment.
12. Lifelong Learning: An ability to recognize the need for, and have the preparation and
ability to engage in, independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of
technological change.

These PLOs are published in the student handbook of Chemical Engineering Department as well
as undergraduate prospectus of UET Lahore. These are also displayed on the various notice boards
and are posted at various places within the Department. The PLOs can be found on the University
website at. https://chemical.uet.edu.pk/

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3.2 Mapping of PLOs to PEOs
The Chemical Engineering Department ensures that all the Program Educational Objectives
(PEOs) are achieved through above stated PLOs. Table 3-1 maps each PLOs with PEOs. The
mapping indicates that each PEO is supported by multiple PLOs, which shows strength of
interaction between PLOs and PEOs. The first five and seventh PLO are mapped with the 1st PEO
considering the technical aspects of engineering program including the knowledge and skills
required to meet the job requirements of chemical, process, and complimentary fields. PLO 6 and
PLOs 8 – 10 are mapped with the 2nd PEO considering the attributes of the ethical behavior,
diversity, communication, teamwork, and sustainability. The last two PLOs are mapped with the
3rd PEO to cover the continuous lifelong learning and project management skills for sustainable
professional growth.

Table 3-1: Mapping of PEOs to PLOs

PLO PEO-1 PEO-2 PEO-3

Engineering Knowledge ●
Problem Analysis ●
Design/Development of Solutions ●
Investigation ●
Modern Tool Usage ●
The Engineer and Society ●
Environment and Sustainability ●
Ethics ●
Individual and Teamwork ●
Communication ●
Project Management ●
Lifelong Learning ●

3.3 Linking of courses in Curriculum to the Program Learning Outcomes

The complete curriculum, including the prerequisites, and course descriptions, is discussed in
Chapter 4. The following information explains how the courses in the curriculum relate to the
PLOs. The curriculum was designed in such a way that all PLOs were covered to achieve the
PEOs. Courses of the curriculum provide, collectively, the means by which the students

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shown in Table 3-2. It is clear from the table that courses in the curriculum, cover collectively
all PLOs.

Table 3-2: Mapping of Courses to PLOs

Semester Level of Emphasis of PLO
Course
No. Course Title
Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ChE- Industrial
 
101 Stoichiometry – I
Computing
CS-101  
Fundamentals
CS- Computing
 
101L Fundamentals
Physical and
CY-
Analytical 
142
Chemistry
1 Physical and
CY-
Analytical  
142L
Chemistry
HU- Communication
  
111L Skills
Calculus
MA-
and  
113
Analytic Geometry
ME- Engineering
  
122L Drawing
ChE-
Fluid Flow-I  
108
ChE- Chemical Process

109 Industries
ChE- Chemical Process
  
109L Industries
Islamic and Pakistan
IS-101  
Studies – I
2 Applied
MA-
Mathematics and  
118
Statistics
ME-
Workshop Practice     
100L
ChE- Health and Safety at
  
108 Workplace
PHY-
Applied Physics 
113

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 PHY-
Applied Physics   
113L
ChE- Industrial

201 Stoichiometry – II
ChE-
Particle Technology  
203
ChE-
Particle Technology   
203L
Chemical
ChE-
Engineering  
204
Thermodynamics – I
Chemical
ChE-
Engineering   
204L
3 Thermodynamics – I
Inorganic
CY-
and 
221
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic
CY-
and   
221L
Organic Chemistry
Technical Writing
HU-
And Presentation  
221
Skills
MA-
Applied Mechanics   
233L
ChE-
Fluid Flow-II  
208
ChE-
Fluid Flow-II   
208L
ChE- Process Heat
 
209 Transfer
ChE- Process Heat
  
209L Transfer
ChE- Separation
4  
210 Processes-I
ChE- Separation
  
210L Processes-I
Electrical
EE-140  
Technology
EE- Electrical
 
140L Technology
Islamic and Pakistan
IS-201  
Studies – II
ChE- Chemical Reaction
5  
301 Engineering

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 ChE- Chemical Reaction
  
301L Engineering
ChE- Engineering
 
311 Materials
MGT-
Entrepreneurship  
413
ChE-
Unit Processes  
312
ChE-
Unit Processes   
312L
Chemical
ChE-
Engineering 
304
Thermodynamics–II
MA-
Numerical Analysis  
240
MA-
Numerical Analysis 
240L
ChE- Chemical Process
 
313 Design & Economics
Chemical
ChE-
Engineering  
314
Mathematics
ChE- Separation

310 Processes-II
ChE- Separation
  
310L Processes-II
6 ChE- Transport
 
307 Phenomena
ChE- Process Modeling

315L and Simulation
ChE-
Energy Engineering 
308
ChE-
Energy Engineering   
308L
ChE- Community/Research

316 Project-I
ChE- Chemical Reactor

401 Design
ChE- Community/Research

317 Project-II
7 ChE- Computational Fluid

437 Dynamics
Chemical Process
ChE-
Equipment Design 
409
and Rating

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 ChE- Instrumentation and
  
404 Control
ChE- Instrumentation and
  
404L Control
ChE- Engineering

410 Management
ChE-
Final Year Project-I      
411
ChE- Environmental

406 Engineering
ChE- Environmental
  
406L Engineering
ChE-
Gas Engineering   
421
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ChE- Maintenance
 
431 Engineering
ChE-
Polymer Engineering  
433
ChE-
Final Year Project-II        
412

It is evident from the mapping of CLOs to PLOs that each PLO appears multiple times in various
subjects indicating that students have multiple chances to achieve required level of PLOs. Based on
the continuous quality improvement concept, the PLOs mapping with CLOs/courses is monitored
and if any improvement and up-gradation is required, the faculty members prepare
recommendations for their concerned courses. The recommendations are then presented in the
departmental meeting for in detail discussion and approval.
Figure 3-1 represents the contribution of each PLO in the subjects taught to chemical engineering
students of session 2019.

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 Figure 3-1 Contribution of different PLOs in Chemical Engineering Curriculum

3.4 PLOs adoption/establishment and review system

PLOs are the summarized statements that describe what students are expected to know and to attain
by the time they graduate. Faculty is also supposed to be aware of these outcomes as they have to
keep them in mind while preparing CLOs and devise assessment procedures for various courses.
These PLOs relate to the knowledge, skills, and attitude that the students will acquire while
progressing through the program. Therefore, the department decided that the graduate attributes
given in the PEC 2019 manual of accreditation 3rd Edition may be adopted as the PLOs.
PLOs are frequently communicated to all the stakeholders and considered for development of
courses. PLOs are publicized at various levels i.e., published on the official website of
department (https://chemical.uet.edu.pk/), on various locations in the department building, and
presented to students in the orientation classes of all subjects.
At the departmental level, the Departmental Assessment Team (DAT) has established a process
to ensure an effective review of PLOs as presented in Figure 3-2. PLOs statements describe
what students are expected to know and able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to
the knowledge, skills, and attitude that the students acquire while progressing through the
program which are also the requirement of an industry. The program must demonstrate that by
the time of graduation, the students have attained a certain set of knowledge, skills, and
behavioral traits. Therefore, the department had adopted the PLOs as listed in the PEC

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Accreditation Manual – 2019 3rd Edition. The mapping of PLOs with curriculum have been
explained in section 3.3. The PLO achievement data is collected from the course instructors and
evaluated by the DAT at the end of each semester. The key criteria set by the department for
the assessment of attainment levels of all PLOs by all the students are given as follows:
• Assessments
• Results
• Course Review Forms

Improve
Articulate/Adopt
curriculum/Teaching
PLOs
Method

Recommendations PLOs mapping

for Improvement wiith curriculum

Gather and
Evaluate PLOs
Achievement

Figure 3-2: Process for establishment and review of PLOs

Assessment is carried out in each course or in a semester by means of assessment methods listed
below:
• Quiz

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 • Assignments
• Mid Term and Final Term Examination
• Semester Project
• Laboratory Viva and Reports
Appendix 3 (Table 1) summarizes the average PLOs attainment data for 2018, 2019 and 2020
sessions.
Curriculum of B.Sc. Chemical Engineering program consists of 136 credit hours of coursework
containing engineering and non- engineering domain courses. The outcomes are achieved by
the help of planned and coordinated activities in the department, related to the courses in the
curriculum, their contents, objectives, outcomes, the strategies, and teaching methods employed
in them. Different strategies are used to achieve each of the program outcomes. There are
defined KPIs at the university level, which measure if a PLO has been successfully attained or
not. The department has adopted the same defined KPIs for the evaluation of PLOs that are
based on the assessment results of CLOs evaluated through outcome-based Learning
Management System (LMS). DAT regularly monitors the PLO attainment level of each student
registered in the department and identifies the failure cases. DAT collects CLO/PLO
achievement reports after the mid exams and present its analysis to the Chairman of the
department who discusses it with individual teacher. If a student did not achieve the attainment,
DAT recommends the course instructor to conduct an extra assessment to improve the student’s
attainment; if the same CLO/PLO are not going to be repeated in final exam. At the end of the
semester, DAT again collects CLO achievement reports to review the achievement of CLOs
and PLOs in each subject. If CLO is not achieved, DAT recommends the course instructor to
initiate an appropriate action for that student so that the desired attribute is attained and the
evidence of this procedure is attached in Appendix-3, Figure 2. Table 3.3 illustrates different
assessment methods for attaining graduate attributes.

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 Table 3-3: KPIs and the assessment methods for attaining the CLOs, PLOs and PEOs
Title Target Value Assessment Type Assessment Method
1 CLO 50% Direct Defined in particular course outline
Attainment by relevant instructor as per
associated Learning Domain (e.g.,
Quiz, Mid Exam, Presentation,
Assignment, and Final Exam etc.)
2 PLO 50% Direct PLO attainment index in terms of
Attainment KPI of all associated contributing
courses

3 PEO 50% Direct and Indirect PLO attainment, Alumni,

Achievement Graduates, Employer feedback.

Proof that demonstrates the achievement of PLOs

Sample copies of different assessments such as marked quizzes, assignments, midterm
examination and end term examination and evaluations containing questions related to
CLO/PLO assessments are provided in the respective course folders. A sample course folder is
provided in Appendix-3, Figure 3. The process is controlled and monitored through a standard
operating procedure of course file management. Course file also maintains the different
progress reports generated by LMS such as subject wise CLO and PLO attainment report,
subject analytical report etc. Data regarding PLOs attainment of individual student of 2019
session is provided in Appendix-3, Figure 4. Furthermore, each student gets the PLO transcript
as well (copy attached in Appendix 3, Figure 5) along with the regular subject GPA transcript
to show subject wise and overall PLOs attainment.

Policy to obtain Graduate Attributes

A CLO is achieved if a student gets 50% or above cumulative marks in different assessments
meant for that CLO in a particular course. A Cohort failure occurs if more than 50% students
of a course are unable to score 50% or above score in a PLO, determined as a function of CLOs
of the subject. A PLO is attained for a particular subject only if a student obtains 50% or above
PLO score, called KPI and is defined as a function of scores of constituent CLOs. A PLO till

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a given semester is achieved if a student gets 50% or above cumulative PLO score, computed
as a function of weighted sum of PLO score percentage in each contributing subject.

Activities required for attainment of program learning outcomes

Faculty members employ different assessment strategies in their courses to achieve the course
and program outcomes. Different activities such as complex engineering problem (CEP),
problem-based learning (PBL), final year design projects (FYPD), and open-ended lab have
been designed targeting embodiment of the desired graduate attributes exemplars in the
engineering graduates. Evidence of these activities is shown in Appendix 3, Figures 6 and 7.

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 APPENDIX 3
Figure 1: PLOs AND PEOs NOTIFICATION

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 Table 1: Average PLOs Attainment

Session Name Average PLO attainment

PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO PLO
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

B.Sc Chemical
Engineering
70.18 64.21 63.84 65.01 70.64 70.78 64.01 78.41 80.05 74.59 65.66 75.18
2018 (Fall-
Morning)

B.Sc Chemical
Engineering
64.69 64.13 63.41 70.15 70.52 64.67 73.22 72.06 - 76.08 59.48 76.23
2019 (Fall-
Morning)

B.Sc Chemical
Engineering
63.90 59.23 68.48 68.96 78.71 72.44 76.76 77.43 75.89 68.67 - 70.94
2020 (Fall-
Morning)

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 Figure 4: PLO Attainment Report
Session 2019

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Figure 5: PLO Transcripts

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 Figure 6: Complex Engineering Problem (CEP)

Course Title Ch.E-402: Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer

Instructor Dr. Usman Ali Semester (Session) Fall 2021 (2018)

Submission Deadline 31-10-2021 Total Marks 10

CLO Statement Level PLO

CLO-1: Evaluate the performance of distillation column for multi-component

C5 PLO-3
system.

PROBLEM ATTRIBUTES:

Solving this problem requires:

1. In-depth Separation Process Knowledge

- In-depth knowledge of distillation column for multicomponent system
2. Depth of analysis
- Exposure of design of distillation column, multiple methods for sizing, and data extraction for
individual cases.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:

As a chemical engineer you are requested to evaluate the design of a multicomponent distillation column where a
mixture of n-C4 to n-C7 hydrocarbons as given (attached sheet) is to be distilled to give top and bottom light key
purity as provided. The equilibrium values, K, can be calculated from the Figure provided. It is required to
estimate/indicate.

▪ Light key, heavy key and non-keys (basis of selection should be clearly indicated)
▪ Top and bottom flowrates and composition.
▪ Minimum number of stages with exact stage by stage calculations (Rigorous Procedure)
▪ Minimum reflux ratio with rigorous method (e.g., Colburn Method)
▪ Actual number of stages and operating reflux ratio (Methods and assumptions clearly indicated)
▪ Feed tray location (verify by any Feed stage method)

Instructions:
✓ Indicate the steps/algorithm of calculation for each method of estimation and indicate your results in
tabulated forms with paragraph of discussion on the results for each section.
✓ Students are encouraged to submit the assignment in soft as pdf/excel file with name of the file and subject
of the email as 2018-SHMT-CEP1-XX (where XX is your roll number) to the email:
[email protected] .
✓ Students can also do calculation/assignment on Excel or Matlab and submit them with file name mentioned
above.
✓ However, hardcopies and hand calculations are also acceptable.
✓ Deadline for submission of the assignment is 31st October 2021 till 4.00pm. Late assignments will not be
entertained.

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 Figure 7: Open Ended Lab (OEL)

Course Title Ch.E-204L: Process Heat Transfer Lab

Instructor Dr. Farhan Javed Semester (Session) Spring 2022 (2020)

Submission Deadline April 20, 2022. Total Marks 20

CLO Statement Level PLO

CLO-4: Develop and perform a new experiment in Heat Transfer laboratory. P-4 PLO-12

PROBLEM STATEMENT:

The objective is to design and perform a new experiment related to heat transfer principles. The units available in
the laboratories may be used for open ended lab performance after taking permissions from respective lab in
charge. Students are required to perform the open-ended lab experiment and submit a report. Following are the
steps which need to be followed:

• Selection and Design of experiment related to heat transfer

• Identification of PPEs and safety precautions related to the proposed experiment with troubleshooting
• Conduction of lab experiment under the supervision of lab instructor and lab attendant
• Analysis of results based on the relevant literature
Writeup of experiment report. All reports will be evaluated based on attached rubrics.

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