TY - JOUR
T1 - Agile Process Systems Engineering Education: What to Teach, and How to Teach
AU - Lewin, Daniel R.
AU - Kondili, Emilia M.
AU - Cameron, Ian T.
AU - Léonard, Grégoire
AU - Mansouri, Seyed Soheil
AU - Martins, Fernando G.
AU - Ricardez-Sandoval, Luis
AU - Sugiyama, Hirokazu
AU - Zondervan, Edwin
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper investigates the current and future trends in the teaching of Process Systems Engineering (PSE) topics, addressing what should be taught and how these topics should be taught effectively in a classroom setting. It addresses which key PSE topics should constitute the core requirement of chemical engineering education and which application areas should be included. We surveyed existing courses on novel aspects of PSE applications, as well as polling PSE stakeholders to ascertain their opinion of what is taught and the degree to which graduates skills match their expectations. Existing gaps and interesting prospects have been revealed by the surveys leading to suggestions for the future. The second part of the contribution addresses how best the PSE content should be taught, so that our graduates are equipped to effectively apply their knowledge, given the availability of teaching technologies and the time available to effectively educate our students.
AB - This paper investigates the current and future trends in the teaching of Process Systems Engineering (PSE) topics, addressing what should be taught and how these topics should be taught effectively in a classroom setting. It addresses which key PSE topics should constitute the core requirement of chemical engineering education and which application areas should be included. We surveyed existing courses on novel aspects of PSE applications, as well as polling PSE stakeholders to ascertain their opinion of what is taught and the degree to which graduates skills match their expectations. Existing gaps and interesting prospects have been revealed by the surveys leading to suggestions for the future. The second part of the contribution addresses how best the PSE content should be taught, so that our graduates are equipped to effectively apply their knowledge, given the availability of teaching technologies and the time available to effectively educate our students.
KW - PSE education
KW - Curriculum
KW - Active learning
U2 - 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108134
DO - 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108134
M3 - Journal article
VL - 170
JO - Computers & Chemical Engineering
JF - Computers & Chemical Engineering
SN - 0098-1354
M1 - 108134
ER -