Teaching Resources Center including syllabi, schedules, computer-aided tools, interactive simulations, screencasts, concept questions, textbook information, useful links, and in some cases, complete course notes
CACHE is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that promotes the development and distribution of computer-related and/or technology-based educational aids for the chemical engineering profession. Some of the activities include:
- Organize and promote conferences and workshops on Computer Aided Process Operations/Chemical Process Control, Computer Aided Process Design, Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Systems Biology in Engineering, and Process Analytics and Machine Learning.
- Maintain a Teaching Resource Center: This center (https://cache.org/teaching-resources-center) houses a curated collection of materials to assist faculty in teaching chemical engineering core courses.
- Support LearnChemE: This free website contains teaching/learning resources for chemical engineering, including screencasts, interactive simulations, digital experiments, FE and PE exam reviews, programming boot camps, self-study modules, instructor resources, how to study/learn resources, and spreadsheets.
- Provide faculty grants to support development of computer-based educational modules (https://cache.org/computational-tools-development)
- Support faculty awards: ASEE Edgar CACHE Award, AIChE Himmelblau Award, AIChE Evans Award
- Provide graduate student travel awards: over $40,000 in last three years for conferences
- Provide student awards for best posters at conferences
- PSE Press: publishes research results on process systems engineering
- Systems and Control Transactions: conference proceedings on process systems engineering
- LAPSE: living archive for process systems engineering
Some recent accomplishments:
- Supported development of Learn Aspen in 24 hours by Tom Adams
- Supported development of Polymath software (https://polymathplus.org/) for numerical problem solving
Future Initiatives:
- Industrial Datasets – Making curated sets available to faculty.
- Molecular Modeling – working to develop curated best practices and teaching materials on how to use quantum chemistry, molecular simulation and machine learning.
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80th Birthdays of Long-Time CACHE Leaders Tom Edgar and Jeff Siirola Celebrated at AIChE Annual MeetingMonday, November 10, 2025The professors were celebrated in special sessions at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston. Read More |
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David Kofke wins the AIChE William H. Walker AwardFriday, November 7, 2025Former CACHE President and current CACHE Advisor Prof. Davide Kofke from the University at Buffalo received the 2025 AIChE William H. Walker Award in recognition of his seminal contributions to the molecular simulation and thermodynamics literature. Read More |
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Former CACHE President Prof. Marianthi Ierapetritou of the University of Delaware Is AIChE’s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award RecipientWednesday, November 5, 2025Prof. Ierapetritou was recognized "for research leadership in process modeling and optimization, uncertainty analysis and scheduling in pharmaceutical and sustainable manufacturing, and for championing women in STEM careers." Read More |
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CACHE Trustees Zavala and Jiménez-González Publish Books on "Statistics for Chemical Engineers" and "Green and Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering," RespectivelyJonathan Moore Monday, October 27, 2025Zavala's new stats book is "tailored to the way chemical engineers think and the types of statistical problems they may encounter," and Jiménez-González's text is "the first textbook to fully integrate Green and Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering." Read More |
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NC State’s College of Engineering is proud to be an Institutional Member of CACHEJim Pfaendtner Wednesday, October 22, 2025CACHE has made a positive impact on every university that I have worked for or studied at. Read More |
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 Development of Computational-Based Tools and Modules for Chemical Engineering Education Seed Grant Program |
 An article prepared by the CACHE Design Task Force argues that the emphasis on manufacturing processes over innovative product design is a critical gap in traditional chemical engineering design courses. |
 conference series in areas of importance to chemical engineering |
Institutional Members
As Institutional Members these colleges of engineering support CACHE's contributions to the engineering education community. Contact us (cache@cache.org) to become a supporter.
Departmental Members
Annual support from these Departmental Members enables CACHE to continue established activities while nurturing new projects. Contact us (cache@cache.org) to become a supporter.
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