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Until recent years, knowledge of chemical processing was descriptive and qualitative. This talk wanders through this development.

In most ChE curricula, an integrated view of process systems is not revised until the process control and design courses in the senior year. All of the other courses, essentially fill in the detail with regard to the various unit operations "boxes" that the student sees in the first course. Thus,...

This presentation will focus on this evolution of the teaching of process principles from the early days based on precomputer methods (e.g., textbooks by Walker, Lewis, McAdams; Gilliland; and Hougen and Watson.) followed by the book of Henley and Rosen which was among the first to employ the more...

The first course in a discipline is an eye-opener for new students: an initial interaction with concepts and core technologies, meeting faculty members with whom they may have continuing interactions, and an introduction to a unique language and perspective of the world they are entering. In...

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...

Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (TTP) is a central subject in the majority of chemical engineering curricula worldwide and it is thus of interest to know how it is taught today in various countries if chemical engineering education is to be improved. In the present study, a survey about...

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...

This presentation will describe past, present, and future roles of molecular concepts in thermodynamics education.

This presentation will provide a brief history of OSHA's efforts in process safety management. It will include discussion of the PSM standard and other compliance efforts including the combustible dust and petroleum refinery NEP's.

Process safety has always been an important consideration in chemical engineering, and the activities of AIChE have expanded over the years to more formally focus on this critical aspect of chemical engineering practice. Early initiatives included the annual symposia on Safety in Ammonia and...