HYPER-TVT: Development and Implementation of an Interactive Learning Environment for Students of Chemical and Process Engineering

Authors

  • Marina Santoro ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • Marco Mazzotti ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Abstract

Hyper-TVT is a computer-aided education system that has been developed at the Institute of Process Engineering at the ETH Zurich. The aim was to create an interactive learning environment for chemical and process engineering students. The topics covered are the most important multistage separation processes, i.e. fundamentals of separation processes; absorption and stripping; flash evaporation; distillation; liquid-liquid extraction. Hyper-TVT uses multimedia and web technology as a didactic support to enhance the teaching effectiveness and the flexibility of the two traditional pedagogic media, i.e. lectures and textbooks. Technically, Hyper-TVT has been realized with a number of programming tools and software, i.e. PHP, MySQL, Flash, Javascript, and MathML, to facilitate its management and to maximize interactivity. Since April 2003, the web site is online (www.hyper-tvt.ethz.ch) and has been extensively used by students both within and outside ETH Zurich.

Author Biographies

Marina Santoro, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Marina Santoro is a chemical engineer at the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, in Switzerland, specializing in separation process technology, with particular emphasis on the development of the new learning technologies and of e-leaming tools. She has developed the e-leaming system for chemical engineers, Hyper-TVT.

Marco Mazzotti, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Marco Mazzotti is professor of process engineering at ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, in Switzerland. He received his B.ChE. and his Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano, in Italy. He teaches unit operations and mathematical methods and has published more than 100 scientific papers on separation processes.

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Published

2006-07-01

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (2006): Summer 2006

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