Integrating Design-Oriented Experiments into the Chemical Engineering Laboratory

将面向设计的实验融入化学工程实验室

• 批准号: 0126909
• 负责人: James Munro
• 金额: $ 10万
• 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: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-15 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Design; Oriented; Experiments; into

Engineering - Chemical (53)We were previously funded under an NSF-sponsored project, in that program we integrated design through the use of AspenPlus simulation software which was developed for use in lecture courses throughout the four-year chemical engineering curriculum. In this project, the integration of design is expanded to include open-ended design-oriented experiences in the chemical engineering laboratory. Under this project we have our students working in an open-ended, design-build-test experiment in packed column design for gas absorption. The experiment is now part of our required senior-year chemical engineering laboratory course. It is modeled after a typical industrial project in which students are required to make design choices between competing alternatives where economics must be considered. Students are using AspenPlus to model the absorption process and make choices between alternative columns and column packing configurations. Our students are building and testing their design in the laboratory and report their findings in a written or oral presentation. We are assessing the effectiveness of this project by using student interviews, surveys of senior students and graduates, employers as well as the program's industrial advisory board.

工程-化学(53)我们之前是由NSF赞助的一个项目资助的，在该项目中，我们通过使用AspenPlus模拟软件来整合设计，该软件是为在整个四年化学工程课程的讲座课程中使用而开发的。在这个项目中，设计的整合被扩展到包括化学工程实验室中的开放式设计导向经验。在这个项目下，我们让我们的学生在一个开放式的、设计-建造-测试的实验中进行气体吸收的填充塔设计。这项实验现在是我们四年级化学工程实验室必修课的一部分。它模仿了一个典型的工业项目，在这个项目中，学生被要求在必须考虑经济因素的竞争方案中做出设计选择。学生们正在使用AspenPlus对吸收过程进行建模，并在可选的柱和柱填充配置之间进行选择。我们的学生正在实验室中构建和测试他们的设计，并以书面或口头形式报告他们的发现。我们正在通过学生访谈、对高年级学生和毕业生、雇主以及该项目的产业顾问委员会的调查来评估该项目的有效性。