A survey of thermodynamics and transport properties in chemical engineering education in Europe and the USA

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Peter Ahlström (Author) Other; Karel Aim (Author) Other; Ralf Dohrn (Author) Other; J. Richard Elliott (Author) Other; Ljudmila Fele Zilnik (Author) Other; George Jackson (Author) Other; Jean Noel Jaubert (Author) Other; Maria Eugénia Rebelo de A. Macedo (Author) FEUP; Juha­ Pekka Pokki (Author) Other; Kati Reczey (Author) Other; Alexey Victorov (Author) Other; Ioannis Economou (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, AIChE 100

Philadelphia, PA, 16 November 2008 through 21 November 2008

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Scopus - 1 Citation

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-XKY

Abstract (EN): Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (TTP) is a central subject in the majority of chemical engineering curricula worldwide and it is thus of interest to examine how TTP is taught today in various countries. The contents and the organization of the courses reflect an understanding of reality (or philosophy) which often is not explicitly expressed. The discussion about different learning styles (cf., e.g., [1]) and their implication on teaching methods has also spurred us to investigate which methods are used for thermodynamics teaching, especially as thermodynamics often is regarded as a ¿difficult subject¿. Our ultimate aim is that our results will help to improve chemical engineering education. A survey of graduate thermodynamics education in the USA only was performed a few years ago by Visco et al. [2]. As far as we know no systematic study of the undergraduate thermodynamics education has been performed, at least in recent years. In the present study, a survey about TTP education in both undergraduate and graduate programs in Europe and the USA is presented. Answers from 136 universities from twenty different European countries and the USA were collected and used for this study. This study was performed under the auspices of the Working Party of Thermodynamics and Transport Properties of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8