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The American Society of Engineering
Education (ASEE)
Chemical Engineering Division hosted academic workshops to convey
green engineering concepts and to demonstrate green engineering tools
and models.
Information on the most recent workshops can be found here. To
learn about upcoming regional/national workshops, please browse
through our calendar of events. |
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Green
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Following are the modules in PowerPoint format utilized at the workshops.
Additional comments are imbedded in the notes field of the modules.
Module
1 (PowerPoint, 650 KB). Environmental Literacy: Environmental
Issues, Risk Exposure, and Regulations Module content included the following: Part I: An evaluation of the basic chemistry commonly used, introduction to risk of process (Chapter 2), assessment of chemical hazard (Chapter 5), worker exposure (Chapter 6), evaluation of alternative synthetic pathways (Chapter 7), and toxicity analysis - including bioaccumulation and persistence (Chapter 8). Part II: The establishment of a conceptual flowsheet and its potential emissions (Chapter 8), identification of waste streams, and process modifications (Chapter 9). Part III: An examination of process integration (heat exchange/mass exchange), primarily concentrating on water integration and incorporating pinch technology (Chapter 10 and Chapter 11). Two chemical reactions were utilized to illustrate these concepts: adipic acid from cyclohexane and the production of maleic anhydride. |
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April 19-22, 2004 June 1-2 2003 “The workshop has greatly enhanced the material I can show to my students and use myself. I have used some of it when doing presentations and lectures in different countries in South America. The experience was great. I hope they will consider coming back to Gainesville again.” Dr. Cristian Cardenas “As you may recall, a group of us from the ‘Undergraduate Research Center for Cutting-Edge Technologies’ (URCCET) participated in the workshop. The core of the center’s research initiatives in a focus on sustainable development.” Ms. Tarsha Dargan May 18-22, 2003 January 22-24, 2003 November 4, 2001 @ Annual
AIChE Meeting, Reno, NV July 29, 2001 @ Virginia
Tech, Roanoke, VA Three workshops were held in the month of July 2000: Ø July
6 @ Michigan Technological University (MTU), Houghton, MI
Forty-eight 'student' professors represented 35 schools from across the nation. Disciplines in addition to Chemical Engineering included Biomedical Engineering, Social Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Bioresource Engineering. |
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Those who were able to attend found the workshops highly applicable to their courses. The following pie chart (click on chart to enlarge) shows the distribution among the participants of how they applied their green engineering knowledge: | ||
Distribution
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The following pie charts illustrate the strong points and weaknesses that the attendees found from attending the July 2000 workshops. |
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Workshop
Strengths Found Among July 2000 Workshop Participants |
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Weaknesses Found Among July 2000 Workshop Participants |
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You may also view the agenda from the workshop (PDF, 10 KB). | ||
Or, view summary materials and modules from the June 1999 Educator's Workshop. | ||
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