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Elkhatat, Ahmed M.; Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2022
A Computer-Aided Learning Package as Inquiry-Guided Learning (CALP/IGL) was implemented in a cooling tower experiment for 43 students enrolled in four sections of the Unit Operations Laboratory course in the chemical engineering program at Qatar University. The impact of this approach on the attainment of learning outcomes was evaluated. Results…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Engineering Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Falconer, John L.; Hendren, Neil – Chemical Engineering Education, 2021
A virtual catalytic reactor laboratory (VCRL) experiment, which can be used in most browsers, is described. Students select feed conditions and use the VCRL to take data for a gas-phase catalytic reaction and fit kinetic parameters to a Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate expression. The VCRL contains instructions, equipment descriptions, an animated…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Equipment
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Mellichamp, D. A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1980
Describes the process dynamics and control program developed by the chemical engineering department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Undergraduate and graduate control courses and real-time computing courses are included. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
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Pritchard, Colin – Chemical Engineering Education, 1986
Discusses the need to design distillation columns that are more energy efficient. Describes a "design and build" project completed by two college students aimed at demonstrating the principles of vapour compression distillation in a more energy efficient way. General design specifications are given, along with suggestions for teaching…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction