Academic Research InfraStructure: Using ASCEND and GAMS for Undergraduate Teaching and Research

9601508波多黎各马亚圭斯大学的拉克希米·N·斯里达尔·U摘要这个项目涉及到使用Aspen plus、GAMS和Ascend等软件为学生开发本科生设计项目。波多黎各大学化学工程系有500多名本科生。学生必须接受现代计算机辅助教育，使他们能够使用和解释现有软件的结果，并为工艺和工艺设备的设计做好准备。由于我们的大多数学生都在化工行业工作，因此使用Aspen Plus这样的软件对他们来说将是一笔巨大的财富。在这个时候，该部门苦于缺乏像工作站这样的现代计算设备。该项目将为学生提供接触Aspen plus、Ascend和GAMS等化学工程软件的机会。两个工作站将与个人电脑相连。主要目的是使学生能够使用该软件并参与各种计算机辅助设计项目。该项目将提供一种新的、现代化的、计算机辅助的过程设计教学，使学生能够更好地为化工过程工业中迅速发展的自动化做好准备。

CTS - 9601508 Lakshmi N. Sridhar U of Puerto Rico Mayaguez ABSTRACT This project is concerned with the use of software like ASPEN PLUS, GAMS and ASCEND for the development of undergraduate design projects for students. The department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico has over 500 undergraduate students. It is imperative that the students receive a modern computer-aided education that will enable them to use and interpret the results from the software available and prepare them for the design of processes and process equipment. As a large majority of our students go to work in the chemical industry, such exposure to using software like ASPEN PLUS will be a tremendous asset for them. At this time, the department suffers from lack of modern computational equipment like work-stations. This project will provide the students with exposure to chemical engineering software like ASPEN PLUS, ASCEND and GAMS. Two work stations will be hooked up to the personal computers. The primary objective is to enable students to use the software and participate in the various computer aided design projects. This project will provide a new, modern and a computer aided process design instruction and enable students to be better prepared for the rapidly developing automation in the chemical process industry.