LAPSE:2025.0512
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LAPSE:2025.0512
Teaching of Process Design Courses The CMU experience, trends and challenges
June 27, 2025
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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has a strong tradition and expertise in Chemical Process Systems Engineering. This short article comments on the CMU PSE-related courses and describes in more detail our approach to teaching Chemical Process Design. We discuss (i) our emphasis on proposing processes related to energy and sustainability and (ii) some of the challenges that are currently faced when teaching this course.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has a strong tradition and expertise in Chemical Process Systems Engineering. This short article comments on the CMU PSE-related courses and describes in more detail our approach to teaching Chemical Process Design. We discuss (i) our emphasis on proposing processes related to energy and sustainability and (ii) some of the challenges that are currently faced when teaching this course.
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Education, Process Design
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Torres AI, Grossmann IE. Teaching of Process Design Courses The CMU experience, trends and challenges. Systems and Control Transactions 4:2242-2246 (2025) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.101971
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Torres AI: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Grossmann IE: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Grossmann IE: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Systems and Control Transactions
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4
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2242
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2246
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2025
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2025-07-01
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PII: 2242-2246-1575-SCT-4-2025, Publication Type: Journal Article
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