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AIChE Centennial: ChEmical Engineering Education: Past and Future

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 - 21 November 2008

Topical Conference at the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Two Centuries of Process Safety at DuPont......................................................................................................1James A. Klein

The Process Safety Journey at Air Products ..................................................................................................12Shakeel Kadri

Process Safety at OSHA....................................................................................................................................13Lisa Long

History of Process Safety and Loss Prevention In the American Institute of ChEmical Engineers............................................................................................................................................................14

Dennis C. Hendershot

Preventing Accidents through Experience Based Learning ..........................................................................15Scott Berger

Safety and ChEmical Engineering Education - History and Results............................................................16Joseph F. Louvar

Molecular Concepts In Thermodynamics Education.....................................................................................18David A. Kofke

Concepts in a ChEmical Engineering Thermodynamics Course ..................................................................19John L. Falconer

Visualization: Exposing the Art in Thermodynamics ....................................................................................20Kenneth Jolls

A Survey of Thermodynamics and Transport Properties in ChEmical Engineering Education in Europe and the USA...................................................................................................................21

Peter Ahlström, Karel Aim, Ralf Dohrn, Richard Elliott, Ljudmila Fele Žilnik, George Jackson, Jean-Noel Jaubert Jaubert, Maria Eugénia Rebello de A. Macedo, Juha-Pekka Pokki, Kati Reczey, Alexey Victorov, Ioannis G. Economou

Biological Applications In Thermodynamics Education ...............................................................................29Stanley Sandler

Was a Transport Phenomena Course in ChEmical Engineering Curricula Inevitable? ............................30R. Byron Bird

A Quarter Century of Fun with Industrial Strength Transport Phenomena ..............................................38David H. West

Transport Phenomena from a ChEmist's Perspective ...................................................................................39Marcel A. Liauw

Integration of CFD into the Undergraduate ChEmical Engineering Curriculum ......................................40Jennifer Sinclair Curtis

Panel Discussion ................................................................................................................................................41Jason M. Keith

The History of ChEmical Engineering and Pedagogy: The Paradox of Tradition and Innovation ..........................................................................................................................................................42

Phillip C. Wankat

The Future of ChEmical Engineering and Pedagogy: The Paradox of Irresistible Forces and Immovable Professors ...............................................................................................................................55

Richard M. Felder

Pedagogy and Some Factors That Influence How We Facilitate Student Learning ...................................56Donald R. Woods

200 Years of ChEmical Engineering Education: The Need for Both Scholarly Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ..............................................................................................72

Michael J. Prince

Seeing Is Believing - Learning Fundamentals of ChEmical Engineering.....................................................73Ganapati D. Yadav

Structuring a ChEmical Engineering Curriculum for the Globalized Era..................................................79K.C. Khilar, P. Ray, K.P. Madhavan, a. Kudchadkar

ChEmical Engineering Curriculum for Sustainable Development Vision 2020 - Design & Engineering of Plant & Equipment .................................................................................................................84

K. Venkataramanan

Role & Importance of Public Funding in Supporting R&D..........................................................................86Rajiv K. Tayal

Back to Basics ....................................................................................................................................................93S. Ganeshan

ChEmical Engineering Education in India - A Comparative Study with US ..............................................99Jayant Modak

Evolution of ChEmical Reaction Engineering ..............................................................................................100Octave Levenspiel

ChEmical Rection Engineering (CRE) Education: From the Era of Slide Rules to the Digital Age .......................................................................................................................................................101

H. Scott Fogler, Michael B. Cutlip

From Ethanol and Butanol Fermentations to Cell- and Tissue-Culture ... and Back to Biofuels, 100 Years of Bioreactor Design, Operation and Challenges ........................................................114

Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis

Ultra-High Temperature Transport Tube Reactor Processing - from Electrical to Solar Heating .............................................................................................................................................................115

Alan W. Weimer

The Next Century of Process Principles...or Let's Just Settle for the Next Ten Years .............................116Richard M. Felder

Using Process Principles as An Introduction to Process Technology .........................................................117Ronald W. Rousseau

Incorporating Process Synthesis into Introductory ChEmical Engineering Courses ...............................118Regina M. Murphy

A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of the Teaching of Process Principles ......................................119Jim Riggs, David M. Himmelblau

The First Course: An Introduction to Process Systems ...............................................................................120Gintaras V. Reklaitis

Michael Cutlip, Panelist..................................................................................................................................121Michael B. Cutlip

Thomas Edgar, Panelist ..................................................................................................................................122Thomas F. Edgar

Gintaras (Rex) Reklaitis, Panelist ..................................................................................................................123G. V. Reklaitis

Integrating Biology into the ChE DNA .........................................................................................................124Robert M. Kelly

Biology In ChE Education: Future-Research Perspectives .........................................................................143Michael L. Shuler

Biology in ChE Education: Future – Industry Perspectives........................................................................144William J. Kelly

What's What for Faculty Seeking Ready-Made Bio Curriculum ...............................................................145Claire Komives

Biology in ChE Education: Classroom and Laboratory Experiments in the University of California, Davis Curriculum ........................................................................................................................146

David E. Block, Karen A. McDonald, Marjorie L. Longo

NSF and Engineering Education....................................................................................................................147John Daniels

Curriculum Reform In the Systems Area .....................................................................................................148Thomas F. Edgar

Two Innovations: Five-Year Program in Engineering and Management and the MPS Program ...........................................................................................................................................................149

Donald R. Woods

The Pillars of ChE: An Integrated Curriculum at Pittsburgh ....................................................................160Joseph J. McCarthy

A Spiral Curriculum for ChEmical Engineering .........................................................................................167Vinay K. Gupta, Babu Joseph, Norma Alcantar, Ryan Toomey, Aydin Sunol

The History of the CHED Summer School- 1931 to 2007............................................................................173Deran Hanesian, Angelo Perna, Ralph Buonopane

A Director's Reflections on the CHED Summer School ..............................................................................180Judson King, T. W. Fraser Russell, Stanley I. Sandler, Ralph Buonopane, Kirk H. Schulz, Steven E. LeBlanc

Some Thoughts on ChEmical Engineering Design Education ....................................................................181Jeffrey J. Siirola

The Product/Process Design Dichotomy .......................................................................................................182Warren D. Seider, J. D. Seader, Daniel R. Lewin, Soemantri Widagdo

Difficulties in Teaching ChEmical Product Design ......................................................................................183Edward L. Cussler

Batch, the Future of Process Design? ............................................................................................................184Jonathan M. Vinson

Systematic Methods for Process Synthesis and Design ................................................................................191Lorenz T. Biegler

ChEmical Process Design: An Enduring Philosophy for a Changing Profession......................................192Richard Turton, Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Teaching Design from An Industrial Perspective: The Practical Problems of Practical Problems ..........................................................................................................................................................193

Gavin P. Towler

Panel Discussion on a Century of ChEmical Engineering Design Education ............................................194Jeffrey J. Siirola, Warren D. Seider, Edward L. Cussler, Jonathan M. Vinson, Lorenz T. Biegler, Richard Turton, Gavin P. Towler

Separations: A Short History and a Cloudy Crystal Ball ............................................................................195Phillip C. Wankat

CO2 Recovery: Myth and Legend .................................................................................................................206R. Bruce Eldridge

Economical Lower Energy Intensive Large Scale Separation Devices.......................................................207William J. Koros

Simultaneous Reaction and Separation.........................................................................................................208Edward L. Cussler

Separations Pedagogy .....................................................................................................................................212Ronald W. Rousseau

Author Index