An undergraduate student laboratory on electrochemical engineering

Teachers of all times have been in need of conveying their knowledge both in theoretical and in practical ways. Nowadays, students are increasingly asked to learn by themselves from their personal observations. Therefore, we developed a laboratory addressed to undergraduate students in chemical and material science engineering and to let them discover the world of experimental research. This document describes the experiments that were carried out, the materials and methods that were used and the way the authors guided the students into producing both relevant oral and written presentation of their results. Those presentations showed most of the students were able to produce documents of high accuracy and a sound sense of self criticism.

Research highlights▶ Undergraduate student laboratory with hands-on experiments has been set up. ▶ The laboratory initiated an inductive reflection based on lab results. ▶ The benefits and drawbacks of the approach are discussed. ▶ The lab sessions developed the independence and experimental skills the students.