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
Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering
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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Recent CACHE Seed Grant Awardees Present Their Exciting Work to the CACHE BoardJonathan Moore Tuesday, November 5, 2024This seed grant program seeks to fund 12-month-long projects (maximum budget of $5000 per project) that focus on the development of novel computational-based educational modules or tools. Read More |
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Grover and Colleagues Win 2024 David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering EducationFriday, September 27, 2024Professors Fani Boukouvala, Martha Grover, Andrew Medford, Carson Meredith, and David Sholl will receive the 2024 David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Education. Read More |
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CACHE Trustee Eva Sorensen Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringFriday, September 20, 2024The Royal Academy's Fellowship represents the UK’s best engineering researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, business and industry leaders. Read More |
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An Assistant Professor's Perspective on FOMMS 2024Janani Sampath Thursday, September 12, 2024FOMMS not only showcased cutting-edge research but also helped foster connections within the community, particularly amongst the early career researchers. Read More |
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Meet Barnabas Agbodekhe and Hear About His Experience as a Grad Student at FOMMS 2024Barnabas Agbodekhe Thursday, September 12, 2024As a result of FOMMS 2024, I am extra-motivated and better equipped to continue taking giant strides in research to address some of humanity's most significant technical challenges. 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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