Kinetics and Reaction Engineering

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Syllabi, schedules, course notes

• University of Texas at Austin
• Lecture notes (University of Michigan and University of Illinois)
• Ohio State University

Textbooks

• Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd edition by H. Scott Fogler,
• Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 7th edition by H. Scott Fogler, Bryan R. Goldsmith, Eranda Nikolla, and Nirala Singh
• The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2nd ed, by Lanny D. Schmidt
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design, 2nd Edition by Charles G. Hill and Thatcher W. Root 

   Free online textbooks

• Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals, 2nd edition by James B. Rawlings and John G. Ekerdt
• A First Course on Kinetics and Reaction Engineering by Carl R. F. Lund
• Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering by Mark E. Davis and Robert J. Davis

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 260 screencast videos for kinetics and reactor design, including example problems, introduction to topics, software tutorials, and exam review problems.
    

Interactive Simulations and Self-Study Modules

• Living example problems (University of Michigan): More than 62 interactive problems prepared using Polymath, MATLAB, and Mathematica
• Reactor Lab (University of California, San Diego): 15 Web Labs and a Windows desktop app with 30 labs
• Reaction Kinetics (Lehigh University): batch reactor, infectious disease model, direct air capture
• Virtual Catalytic Reactor Laboratory (University of Colorado Boulder): a virtual experiment that allows students to take data for a gas-phase catalytic reaction and fit kinetic parameters
• Interactive simulations (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 50 interactive simulations, most of which play directly in browsers. Their main objective is to demonstrate concepts in kinetics and reaction engineering. Most of the simulations have accompanying screencasts that demonstrate how to use the simulation.
    

• Self-Study Modules (University of Colorado Boulder): 19 self-study modules that include screencasts (with questions), ConcepTests, introductory screencasts, interactive simulations, list of equations and important points, example problem screencasts, and a summary.

Important Concepts and ConcepTests

• Important Concepts in Undergraduate Kinetics and Reactor Design Courses

Multiple-choice conceptual questions for use in class with student response systems (clickers)

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 250 kinetics/reaction engineering ConcepTests. Contact LearnChemE@gmail.com to obtain access.
• AIChE Concept Warehouse (Tufts University)

Software and Useful Links

• Polymath^plus Solves ODEs, linear equations, and nonlinear equations. Screencasts demonstrating Polymath use can be found here.
• CHEMKIN models and simulates gas-phase and surface chemistry
• Chemical reaction engineering homepage (University of Michigan): Resources that supplement the Fogler Reaction Engineering textbook, 6th edition. These include computer games, web modules, example problems (Python, Polymaht, MATLAB), safety lessons, additional homework problems, and more.
• Cantera an open-source suite of tools for problems involving chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport processes.
• CAChemE interactive Python/Jupyter notbooks with simulations 
• Encyclopedia of chemical engineering equipment (University of Michigan)
• NIST kinetics database
• NIST chemistry WebBook Thermochemical data and reaction thermochemistry

Page last updated and verified August 6, 2026