Teaching chemical product design
The CACHE Design Task Force has conducted a comprehensive, year-long study on the teaching of chemical product design across global chemical engineering programs. This paper reviews existing literature and highlights distinctions between product and process design, emphasizing the predominance of process design education in universities. Drawing from co-author contributions and responses to a widely distributed questionnaire, we present recent teaching methodologies for chemical product design. The paper discusses trends in chemical engineering diversification and the gradual inclusion of diverse applications in curricula. It concludes with a call to action for chemical engineering educators to integrate well-established product design strategies into undergraduate programs and reflects on insights shared during the 2024 FOCAPD Conference. • Results of a 1-year study of the teaching of chemical product design worldwide. • Distinctions between teaching product and process design. • Current practice and motivation to teach process design at most universities. • Industrial practices in carrying out product design. • Challenges of merging product design strategies into the ChE undergraduate curriculum.
Authors
- M. M. Faruque Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-6069)
- John D. Hedengren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-5277)
- Patrick T. Spicer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3906)
- Christos T. Maravelias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-1748)
- Tobias Hanrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-4666)
- Mahmoud M. El‐Halwagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-2281)
- Laura Hirshfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-670X)
- Todd M. Squires (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-9275)
- Warren D. Seider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4217-8670)
- M. Saad Bhamla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-9920)
- Jean W. Tom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-3197)
- Stuart W. Prescott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5639-9688)
- Cristina U. Thomas
- Xiaoxia Nina Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-4432)
- Elaine C. Wisniewski
- Jennifer Dunn
- Victor M. Zavala
- Minnie Piffarerio
- Kathleent M. Vaeth
Institutions
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany) (DE)
- Princeton University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Mitchell Institute (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- California University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
- Comagine Health (US)
- Adam Taliaferro Foundation (US)
- Michigan United (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Education for Chemical Engineers
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2025.04.002
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00