Integration of Design Project and Aspen Plus Process Simulator Through 4-Year Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum

通过四年制本科化学工程课程整合设计项目和 Aspen Plus 过程模拟器

• 批准号: 9752219
• 负责人: Jan Puszynski
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-03-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752219&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integration; Design; Project; Aspen; Plus

The main objective of this project is to enhance the undergraduate engineering curriculum by i) the development of an integrated undergraduate chemical engineering design project with a strong linkage between the individual courses, and ii) the integration of AspenPlus simulation software throughout the chemical engineering curriculum --- from freshman through senior level courses. The early introduction of a complete and integrated design project will expose freshman to the "big picture", aiding in their comprehension of the nature of chemical engineering while helping them to understand why the underlying foundation courses in mathematics, chemistry, and physics are important. Freshman begin the project with simple topics. As the students progress through the curriculum they continue to work on appropriate aspects of the design, continually building on the concepts taught in previous courses. Augmenting the four year undergraduate design project is the parallel introduction of the AspenPlus process simulator. With the early use of this powerful design tool, students will gain increased knowledge and expertise so that by their senior year they will be able to design and optimize complex capstone design projects. Students will use AspenPlus to enhance their integrated design efforts, as well as reinforce learning and understanding of their engineering course material. A complementary objective of this project is the encouragement and enhancement of the engineering career expectations of pre-college, freshman, and disadvantaged groups of people. These efforts are designed to extend and enhance our previous successful outreach experiences. Our focus is on enhanced learning experiences for freshman first. This is coupled with outreach to surrounding secondary schools and tribal colleges, with the goal of increasing the awareness and participation of students, especially Native Americans and women, in engineering and science programs. The successful implementation and completion of this project will be shared nationwide with other engineering and science universities, through journal articles and an active World Wide Web site.

该项目的主要目标是通过以下方式加强本科工程课程：i）开发一个综合性本科化学工程设计项目，该项目与各个课程之间具有很强的联系; ii）在整个化学工程课程中整合AspenPlus模拟软件-从大一到高级课程。 早期引入一个完整的综合设计项目将使新生了解“大局”，帮助他们理解化学工程的本质，同时帮助他们理解为什么数学，化学和物理学的基础课程很重要。 大一新生开始的项目与简单的主题。 随着学生通过课程的进展，他们继续在设计的适当方面工作，不断建立在以前课程中教授的概念。 扩展四年制本科设计项目是AspenPlus过程模拟器的并行引入。 随着这个强大的设计工具的早期使用，学生将获得更多的知识和专业知识，使他们的大四，他们将能够设计和优化复杂的顶点设计项目。 学生将使用AspenPlus来增强他们的综合设计工作，并加强对工程课程材料的学习和理解。 该项目的一个补充目标是鼓励和提高大学预科生、新生和弱势群体的工程职业期望。 这些努力旨在扩大和加强我们以往成功的外联经验。 我们的重点是加强学习经验，为新生第一。 这是再加上推广到周围的中学和部落学院，以提高学生的认识和参与的目标，特别是美洲原住民和妇女，在工程和科学方案。 该项目的成功实施和完成将通过期刊文章和一个活跃的万维网网站在全国范围内与其他工程和科学大学分享。