New Laboratory Course for Senior-Level Chemical Engineering Students

Auteurs-es

  • Mark T. Aronson University of Virginia
  • Robert W. Deitcher University of Virginia
  • Yuanzhou Xi University of Virginia
  • Robert J. Davis University of Virginia

Résumé

A new laboratory course has been developed at the University of Virginia for senior- level chemical engineering students. The new course is based on three 4-week long experiments in bioprocess engineering, energy conversion and catalysis, and polymer synthesis and characterization. The emphasis is on the integration of process steps and the demonstration of how chemical engineering is relevant to different areas of technology. The overall concept of the course and an overview of each experiment are discussed and student feedback is described.

Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Mark T. Aronson, University of Virginia

Mark T. Aronson is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He spent 17 years in R&D with DuPont before joining the faculty at the University of Virginia in 2005. His current research interests include polymer structure/property relationships and the use of polymer composites for military blast and ballistic applications.

Robert W. Deitcher, University of Virginia

Robert W. Deitcher is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware in 2000 and began a career in the manufacturing division of Merck. While at Merck, he received an M.E. in chemical engineering from Leigh University. He returned to academia full time in 2005 to pursue a Ph.D. His research project focuses on the measurement, modeling, and prediction of protein retention and unfolding in hydrophobic interaction chromatography.

Yuanzhou Xi, University of Virginia

Yuanzhou Xi is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering atthe University of Virginia. He received his B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from Tsinghua University. He also received an M.S. from the University of Virginia. His Ph.D. research project is focused on heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering.

Robert J. Davis, University of Virginia

Robert J. Davis is a professor and chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Stanford University. Prior to joining the faculty at UVa in 1990, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Chemistry Department at the University of Namur in Belgium. His research interests include synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and kinetic evaluation of solid catalysts.

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Publié-e

2009-04-01

Numéro

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2009): Spring 2009

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