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.
- 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
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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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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Kitchin to receive Award for Innovation in Chemical Engineering EducationMonday, July 10, 2023Prof. John Kitchen (Carnegie Mellon) will receive the award for Innovation in Chemical Engineering Education from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The citation for Kitchin's award reads: "For contributions in computing education in chemical engineering through the creation of open-source Python libraries and course materials, social media, and scientific publishing tools." Read More |
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thermodynamics Mathematical Modeling of Cooling Curve of One Component Phase Transition System Bojun ShiRuixin, LiaoYuai, DuanJing Yuan, and Zhanfang Ma Journal of Chemical Education Thursday, September 12, 2024 |
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process GenAI in the classroom: Customized GPT Roleplay for Process Safety Education Christopher Honig, Aditya Desu, John Franklin Education for Chemical Engineers Tuesday, September 10, 2024 |
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thermodynamics Development of basic thermodynamics workshops integrating a cubic equations of state simulator and MATLAB Grader courses Mariola Camacho-Lie, Rodrigo Alberto Hernández-Ochoa, Adriana Palacios Education for Chemical Engineers Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
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reaction engineering Exploring tubular steady-state laminar flow reactors with orthogonal collocation André Von-Held Soares, Lizandro de Sousa Santos, Housam Binous, Abdullah A. Shaikh, Ahmed Bellagi Computer Applications in Engineering Education Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
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molecular modeling Molecular Insights into Marcuss Theory: An Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry Computational Lab Practice for Charge Transfer Kinetics Pedagogy Yacong Fan, Jing Du, Wentao Zhao, Xiaofei Ma, and Xi Yu Journal of Chemical Education Friday, August 2, 2024 |
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 Development of Computational-Based Tools and Modules for Chemical Engineering Education Seed Grant Program (proposals due August 31, 2025) |
 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 |
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