2008

200 Years of Chemical Engineering Pedagogy: Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future: Panel Discussion

Biomaterials science is a multidisciplinary endeavor incorporating chemical engineering, medicine, biology, chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, and biomechanics. The past few years have witnessed an explosion in the field of biomedical materials, with an expansion of both the compositions...

This presentation will raise awareness of some key process issues involved in answering the following primary question: in manufacturing products designed for specific end-use applications (e.g. polymer nano-composites); or in the production of self-assembled nanomaterials with desirable structural...

We give an introduction and overview of the career of Dr. Kamlesh K. Bhatia, highlighting his major accomplishments and his influences on current and future generations of chemical engineers.

Process Development is analogous to Yoga. It is a ‘Yoga' – a disciplined process for integrating the essential components to create a vision of the ‘Whole' and experiencing the ‘Joy' of professional satisfaction. In this talk, I will point to some ways for practicing this ‘Yoga' with ease and...

Removal of heat from confined cabins and space habitats is of immense importance to NASA in order to ensure proper thermal control. The design of important thermal subsystems for future applications as in boilers, condensers, evaporators, heat exchangers etc will involve complicated fluid flow...

The field of chemical engineering has evolved into areas of biochemical engineering, nanotechnolgy, product design, and other emerging fields. Applied thermodynamics plays a surprisingly important role in all of these areas. This presentation will focus on some of the applications of thermodynamics...

This talk will present both old and new examples of thermodynamic information visualized and touch also upon the use of graphics in other areas of chemical engineering education. Half a century ago Edward R. Murrow predicted that "Television can teach." But some would argue today that his prophecy...

Good problems require good wrong answers that show the misconceptions many students have about the material. Examples will be presented to demonstrate the lack of understanding of some of the important concepts in chemical engineering thermodynamics, such as vapor pressure, phase equilibrium, phase...