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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Former CACHE President Gintaras (Rex) Reklaitis Named AIChE's 2024 Founders Award RecipientJonathan Moore Tuesday, August 6, 2024The award is given to engineers who have had a profound impact on the way chemical engineering is applied and whose achievements have advanced the profession in any of its aspects. Read More |
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CACHE Trustee Matthew Liberatore honored by the AIChE's Education DivisionFriday, August 2, 2024Liberatore is the 2024 winner of the Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Research. Read More |
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CACHE Trustee John Hedengren Honored by the American Automatic Control CouncilThursday, August 1, 2024Hedengren is the recipient of the John R. Ragazzini Education Award for 2024 Read More |
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UCSB's Prof. James B. Rawlings wins AIChE's Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering EducationTuesday, July 30, 2024Prof. Rawlings was was cited for “groundbreaking research in theory and application of model predictive control, and for leadership in education through landmark textbooks and industrial short courses.” Read More |
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CACHE Trustee Juergen Hahn elected to European Academy of Sciences and ArtsMonday, July 29, 2024Hahn, whose has made many contributions to progress in autism spectrum disorder research, will be formally inducted in 2025. Read More |
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molecular modeling MolecularWeb Democratizes Web-Based, Immersive, Multiuser Molecular Graphics And Modeling Fabio Cortes Rodriguez, Lucien Krapp, Fernando Teixeira Pinto Meireles, Matteo Dal Peraro, Luciano Abriata ChemRxiv Tuesday, October 7, 2025 |
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molecular modeling A Set of Tutorials for the LAMMPS Simulation Package [Article v1.0] Simon Gravelle, Cecilia M. S. Alvaress, Jacob R. Gissinger, and Axel Kohlmeyer Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
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thermodynamics Integrating Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics, and Computational Chemistry in the Undergraduate Laboratory by Studying Globin–Nitrite Interactions Mary Grace I. Galinato, Ashlee M. Harwood, Allyson Ray, and Emily P. Kiker Journal of Chemical Education Monday, September 29, 2025 |
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educational technology Active Learning in Environmental Engineering: combining interactive platforms and project-based approaches to boost engagement and academic performance Zahara M. de Pedro, Ariadna Alvarez-Montero, Jose A. Casas, and Macarena Munoz Education for Chemical Engineers Friday, September 19, 2025 |
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AI and ML Using Response Surface Methodology To Enhance Limited Data Sets for Machine Learning: A Polyvinyl Butyral Synthesis-Based Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Case Yingying Liu, Liang Gao, Zican Yang, Huatang Zhang, Jizhong Chen, Jiayuan Xu, and Kai Yin Journal of Chemical Education Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
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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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