Process Systems Engineering Academic Teaching Highway

References*‘Chemical Engineering Academic-Industry Alignment: Expectations about New Graduates’ An NSF-Sponsored Study led by the American Institute of Chemical Engineer. 2015.https://www.aiche.org/sites/default/files/docs/conferences/2015che_academicindustryalignmentstudy.compressed.pdf** https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

For more information regarding PATH please contact: academic.support@psenterprise.com

PATH – free curricular materials for undergraduate chemical engineeringPATH is an initiative to help improve the skills and knowledge with respect to process modelling in chemical engineering satisfying the needs from industry and academia. PATH material comes free with teaching licenses.

PATH helps in several ways:• Developing course material under the guidance of the PSE Academic Advisory Board• How-to videos• Guest lectures• Technical Webinar Series

Hands-on Sessions & Home Assignments

Background on PATH• PATH is aimed at undergraduate chemical engineering classes

that could benefit from modelling such as reaction engineering, separations engineering, etc.

• Material is software agnostic and modular.• All modules contain:

• Hands-on Session• Home Assignment• Slides

• Home assignments have fun exercises that engage critical thinking skills rather than button pressing.

Current Modules: • Lumped modelling (3 modules):

Into to modelling, Multicomponent modelling, Generic Modelling

• Distributed Modelling (2 modules): Distributed modelling basics, Numerics

• Energy Balance• Momentum Balance• Flowsheeting basics

In the pipeline:• Basic control (1 module)• Debugging (1 module• Physical properties (1

module)• Formulated Products

Key modules available or in productionMost PATH material is supplied under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. This means that:

• licensees can use or alter the material as desired • the material is ‘self-evolving’ and continually improving

**Under CC-BY-NC-SA:Slides for coursesHome assignments

Under PSE Academic license Hands-on exercises for computer labsHow-to videos (accessible through PSE website)

Creative Commons licensing for materials

• Slides are made available in PowerPoint• Fundamental modelling concepts explained through simple

examples• Modular format allows the slides to be used standalone or as part

of other courses

Examples of Slides

*Simulation is used heavily in some careers."The undergraduate and graduate degree I obtained offered no

preparation in simulation…In summary, nobody used it and we were unprepared for industry where everyone uses some type of simulation software." - Junior industrial

Expectations conflict strongly in process control."An even bigger need is dynamics. New graduates need

an ability to jump between scales, from the molecular to the continuum, from lab to pilot to process, and to manage product scale-up, steady state and the dynamics." -Industrial

Well documented need for modelling curriculum

Technical Webinar

How-to Video