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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Anastasio, Bodnar, Burkey, and Cooper win the CACHE-Sponsored David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering EducationThursday, August 24, 2023The David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Education recognizes an individual or group making new and novel contributions to computer aids for chemical engineering education. |
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CACHE Trustee Warren Seider Is AIChE’s 2023 Founders Award RecipientGordon Ellis Tuesday, August 22, 2023The 2023 Founders Award recipient is Dr. Warren D. Seider, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Seider is being recognized for his pioneering contributions in chemical engineering research and education spanning six decades. Read More |
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Updates to the CACHE Teaching Resources CenterJohn Falconer Wednesday, August 16, 2023Significant improvements have been made to the CACHE Teaching Resources Center (TRC) (http://cache.org/teaching-resources-center) in the last year. Read More |
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FOPAM 2023 (CACHE Sponsored Conference)Phil Westmoreland Wednesday, August 9, 2023AI and analytics-aided decision-making are becoming well established in the process industries, new tools and applications are appearing, and savvy users are a key to advancing them. Read More |
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Empower Engineers in Analytics and Machine Learning with Education and Workforce DevelopmentJohn Hedengren Saturday, August 5, 2023At the recent FOPAM conference, an insightful session shed light on the evolving landscape of The Past and Future of Process/Product Analytics & Machine Learning, including Education and Workforce Development. Read More |
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Reading Materials
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process Closing the loop: customized coding courses and chatbots embedded in a virtual lab to teach bioprocesses Fiammetta Caccavale, Carina L. Gargalo, Krist V. Gernaey, Ulrich Krühne Systems & Control Transactions Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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AI and ML Causation in Chemical Engineering Education: Application of Machine Learning in Fault Diagnosis Manasvinni Laul and Daniela Galatro Education for Chemical Engineers Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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thermodynamics 3D Printing of Thermophysical Properties for Teaching Thermodynamics Katharina Koehler, Johann Seibert, Gabriele Hornung, and Simon Stephan Journal of Chemical Education Monday, June 16, 2025 |
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miscellaneous Teaching chemical product design Warren D. Seider et al. Education for Chemical Engineers Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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thermodynamics Computational Tools for Thermodynamic Teaching in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Courses João Paulo Viana, Allan Amendola Santos, Rogério Navarro Correia de Siqueira Computer Applications in Engineering Education Monday, June 2, 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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