Introducing Early Engineering Students to Pharmaceutical Engineering and through Class and Homework Problems

Structured OrganicParticulate Systems (C-SOPS) to create educational materials based on research related to advanced pharmaceutical processing.The Center, led by Rutgers University, is focused on developing structured organic particulate systems used in pharmaceuticals and their manufacturing processes.Rowan University is an outreach/education member institution to expand the impact of the Center through the field of SMET education and outreach.Our current work focuses on the development of problem sets for introductory chemical engineering courses such as material and energy balances.These include problems in basic concepts in pharmaceutical technology and drug delivery related to unit conversions and engineering calculations.Mass and energy balance calculation problems focus on pharmaceutical manufacturing operations such as blenders, dryers, tablet presses, etc.The modules include both problem statement and complete solution with accompanying figures which can be readily utilized by faculty in their courses.Several examples of these problem sets will be presented in the paper.