No. HP does not stand Harry Potter. Nor doest it stand for Hewlett Packard or Hindustan Petroleum. Nor Hit Points from role playing games (RPGs) nor Horsepower, High Priest, Head Prefect, Hollowpoint, Holiday Pay, Half Pint, Himachal Pradesh, High Pressure, Head Phones, Highway Patrol, Hora Prima. The list is endless. HP is all of these and yet, it is none of these. HP is the dreaded word which adds misery to any students' life. Just ask a final yearite at UDCT and he'll instantly tell you what HP is.
Yes. HP is Home Paper. Also nicknamed Jhol Paper, Horse Poop, Hopeless Process and a string of profane expansions, no other word evokes such emotion from a UDCT student as HP does.
A look at the above figure and one can understand our plight. Unlike other institutes where HP is a group assignment, UDCT has HP as an individual activity. The problem statement is easy. Design a plant manufacturing X tons per annum/day of a product Y from the raw material Z. The answer is generally 200 pages long! So why does HP draw such criticism from the student fraternity? Well, mostly its because one has to provide a fully functional plant design that is not only reliable and efficient but also profitable and safe. And to achieve this means spending hours digging up literature, design data, etc all of which is considered a waste of time in final year.So what's the alternative to all this slogging? Templates of course. Over the years, UDCT students amass an enviable collection of the home papers of previous batches which can be trimmed, extrapolated or simply, hacked and twisted to suit one's need. The only drawback being if your design fails, you have to start from scratch. If your design is correct, then your process is flawed and you have to start from scratch again. If both your process and design are correct, then your chemistry dictates use of environmentally dangerous chemicals ----> start all over again. This loop is infinite and the only way out is the "Template Extrapolation" method or the "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" method.
The guides do everything but guide and the library has every research paper known to mankind except the one you are looking for. Now for someone like me who accepts Murphy's Laws, this is no big deal. But to the optimist, this sure is a kick in the teeth. Speaking of getting kicked in the teeth, I suddenly remembered I have to meet my guide today. Gotta make sure my Jhol Paper is foolproof! ^_^
Yes. HP is Home Paper. Also nicknamed Jhol Paper, Horse Poop, Hopeless Process and a string of profane expansions, no other word evokes such emotion from a UDCT student as HP does.
A look at the above figure and one can understand our plight. Unlike other institutes where HP is a group assignment, UDCT has HP as an individual activity. The problem statement is easy. Design a plant manufacturing X tons per annum/day of a product Y from the raw material Z. The answer is generally 200 pages long! So why does HP draw such criticism from the student fraternity? Well, mostly its because one has to provide a fully functional plant design that is not only reliable and efficient but also profitable and safe. And to achieve this means spending hours digging up literature, design data, etc all of which is considered a waste of time in final year.So what's the alternative to all this slogging? Templates of course. Over the years, UDCT students amass an enviable collection of the home papers of previous batches which can be trimmed, extrapolated or simply, hacked and twisted to suit one's need. The only drawback being if your design fails, you have to start from scratch. If your design is correct, then your process is flawed and you have to start from scratch again. If both your process and design are correct, then your chemistry dictates use of environmentally dangerous chemicals ----> start all over again. This loop is infinite and the only way out is the "Template Extrapolation" method or the "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" method.
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