CHE 420Introduction to Process Control
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- Spring 2021
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2021 and last ran in Fall 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- W20
- S20
- F20
Ran in 3 terms, Winter 2020 to Fall 2020.
Laplace transform techniques. Proportional-integral-derivative control. Frequency response methods. Stability analysis. Controller tuning. Process control simulation and computer control systems. Process identification. [Offered: F, S]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: 4A Chemical Engineering or Environmental Engineering
Reviewed on UW Flow
73% liked it56% easy84% useful
From 11 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
I did not like this course at all. But too bad, you all have to take it.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention CHE 420, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2021
Chem eng people, what was your experience in 3A? 4 points, 5 comments
“I'm a little bit nervous about the upcoming 3A term. Was your experience? I've heard mixed reviews, Any advice?”
u/deluxepotate: “3A was definitely the toughest in my opinion but it really depends on your profs! Who do you have this term?”
u/deluxepotate: “… Our class had Qinqin for CHE 420 (Intro to Process Control) - she's incredibly smart!! She's also really kind and helpful if you go to her office hours. CHE 312 can be quite tough if taught poorly, but she was very organized for our course so I think she should be fine. …”
Fall 2019
That moment when a 30% midterm is marked out of a total of 15 marks 218 points, 18 comments
u/DalkerKD: “when your midterm is 2 hours long but only has 3 questions of which you only have to answer 2”
u/CreepyWindows: “Che420?”
Fall 2018
need an easy course to catch up on and eventually do well in (serious and urgent) 8 points, 16 comments
“Add period has passed but if a course is still open I may be able to get in. I need one last elective and I was wondering which course would be the easiest to catch up on. …”
u/eastsky__: “CHE420”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… 241 CHE 290 CHE 291 CHE 298 CHE 299 CHE 302 CHE 313 CHE 331 CHE 361 CHE 391 CHE 399 CHE 401 CHE 420 CHE 425 CHE 480 CHE 482 CHE 490 CHE 498 CHE 499 CHE 514 CHE 516 CHE 541 CHE 571 CHE 620 CHE 622 CHE 630 CHE 640 CHE 720 CHE 725 CHE 750 CHE 760 CHEM 100 CHEM 101 CHEM 120 CHEM …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 2020–21Its last calendar entry, on uwloo
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1980–81, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1980–81 9 calendars
Block and signal flow diagrams, proportional-integral-derivative controllers, frequency response techniques, analytical and graphical stability criteria. Introduction to modern control theory. Prerequisites: Math. 31, Ch.E. 312