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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

L.T. Biegler; I.E. Grossmann; N.V. Sahinidis

the Constantin Carathéodory Prize in 2015,and planning, supply chain management, energy systems, and the National Award and Gold Medal from the Hellenic Operational Research Society in 2016, among others. © Copyright ChE Division of ASEE 2018Vol. 52, No. 1, Winter 2018 33molecular design, bioinformatics, and data analysis. Most molecular level (X-ray imaging, bioinformatics, and mo-importantly, our main mission is to train future researchers lecular and materials design). Moreover, the CAPD enjoys aand

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Joseph Holles; Lawrence Schmidt

a M.E. and Ph.D. from the University ofCarlson, et al. follow this up with “… it is not simply enough Virginia in 1998 and 2000. His research areato teach students about handling incoming data, they must is nanoscale materials design and synthesis for catalytic applications with an emphasisknow, and practice, how to develop and manage their own on structure/property relationships and in-situdata with an eye toward the next scientist down the road.”[2] characterization.Federal agencies (e.g., NSF,[3] NIH,[4] and USGS[5]) are alsorequiring the submission of a Data Management Plan (DMP

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Dorothy Skaf

which students are asked to departments. Students also select two advanced science andall classes since 1951. White Hall also houses offices for 2012 50 37 address open-ended problems and plan their investigations. four chemical engineering electives. The curriculum flexibil-13 full-time chemical engineering faculty with a broad The unit operations lab reinforces concepts on distillation, ity enables students to tailor their educational experiences

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Steven Perri; M. Barclay Satterfield; Leah Burton

: need in the RFP, they may be very exciting to the company. An (1) enables quick response time; ongoing relationship encourages the faculty to propose that idea (2) provides meeting space with infrastructure; to the company, while regular communication and sharing of (3) fosters trust through personal relationships; RFPs builds awareness of industrial research needs and helps faculty develop ideas with a greater chance of success. (4) facilitates valuable research with ideas and project plans developed jointly

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Enrico Martinez; Shelby Mullen; Brent Rogers; Haley Worman

semester. One is a Measurement-Analysis Project, and has involved a variety of separations, such as gas-liquid ab-two are design projects. In the Measurement-Analysis Proj- sorption, sieve-tray fractional distillation, membrane oxygenect, students are introduced to the lab by measuring process separation from air, liquid-liquid extraction, and ion exchangevariables in different experimental setups throughout the Unit recovery of salts from dilute solutions.[1]Operations Laboratory (UOL). This requires students to com- In planning for the renovation, feedback was gathered fromplete two lab sessions before they report their measurement both faculty and the school’s Industrial Advisory Councilresults. During

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Jason Ganley

feed stream to go directly to the exit line, STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND DATAwhich is a useful method for verifying the feed composition. ANALYSIS Feed flow to the columns is measured using a thermal The instruction style for the Unit Operations Lab at CSMmass flow meter (Aalborg model GFMS-011327). The flow requires students to thoroughly familiarize themselves withpathways to and from the columns are controlled using the the overall system before creating a list of experimental objec-valves on the various control panels located around the PSA tives as well as a detailed plan for achieving those objectives.assembly. Three-way input valves (V3 – V6) allow each After a cursory analysis