Discontinuities in Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

  • Stephen Whitaker University of California

Abstract

The general problem of discontinuities in chemical engineering education is considered in terms of three examples that are identified as 1) The mechanical discontinuity, 2) the thermodynamic discontinuity, and 3) the multiphase discontinuity.  These discontinuities are first identified in their natural setting and then methods of avoiding them are described.

Author Biography

Stephen Whitaker, University of California

Stephen Whitaker received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from the University of Delaware. He is the author of two undergraduate texts, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer, and a monograph, The Method of Volume Averaging. He has received a number of awards for his contributions to both undergraduate and graduate teaching.

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Published

1999-01-01

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (1999): Winter 1999

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