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Piergiovanni, Polly R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2012
Sophomore liberal arts and engineering students enrolled in a course to learn and practice some basic chemical engineering side by side. The course was developed around the theme of indigo dyeing, which has an interesting history, fascinating chemistry and is accessible to all students. The students participated in a variety of active learning…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Active Learning, Engineering Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Abbas, A.; Alhammadi, H. Y.; Romagnoli, J. A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2009
In this paper, we discuss our approach in teaching the final-year course Process Systems Engineering. Students are given ownership of the course by transferring to them the responsibility of learning. A project-based group environment stimulates learning while solving a real engineering problem. We discuss postgraduate student involvement and how…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Projects, Student Research, Undergraduate Study
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Maase, Eric L.; High, Karen A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2008
"Chemical Engineering Modeling" is a first-semester graduate course traditionally taught in a lecture format at Oklahoma State University. The course as taught by the author for the past seven years focuses on numerical and mathematical methods as necessary skills for incoming graduate students. Recent changes to the course have included Visual…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mathematical Models, Chemical Engineering, Programming