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Selected AbstractsHistory of Process SafetyPROCESS SAFETY PROGRESS, Issue 2 2009A history of process safety, loss prevention in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Abstract Process safety has always been an important consideration in chemical engineering, and the activities of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) have expanded over the years to more formally focus on this critical aspect of chemical engineering practice. Early initiatives included the annual symposia on Safety in Ammonia and Related Plants, dating back to the early 1950s, and the Loss Prevention Symposium, first held in 1967. These activities led to the formation of the AIChE's Safety and Health Division in 1979, and the division assumed responsibility for these existing programming activities. Following the Bhopal tragedy in India, AIChE formed the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) in 1985 as an industry alliance to share and enhance process safety expertise in the industry. One of the early CCPS activities was the creation of the Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) program to enhance teaching of process safety in the university chemical engineering curriculum. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2009 [source] Nebraska pollution prevention project: Engineering education through technical assistanceENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, Issue 3 2003Bruce I. Dvorak First page of article [source] Hypervideo application on an experimental control system as an approach to educationCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 1 2008Debevc, Matja Abstract Hypervideo, as an interactive tool with links within video frames, is becoming widely used in multimedia presentations for e-learning applications. Its concept of rich multimedia presentation together with temporal based link objects, gives a chance for use in engineering education courses, where many practical work and experiments are needed. In the article we present a strategy for the development and navigation of hypervideo application, to be used in engineering education. Example of magnetic suspension system experiment was built as hypervideo application. The system usability was tested with two methods, software usability measurement inventory (SUMI) evaluation and general approach to usability engineering. Test results have shown that hypervideo increases the users' motivation to work and helps students recognize, organize and present specific information. By applying some of the proposed improvements in future development, hypervideo could be a significant tool in the future of engineering education. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 16: 31,44, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20116 [source] Java-powered virtual laboratories for earthquake engineering educationCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 3 2005Y. Gao Abstract This paper presents a series of Java-Powered Virtual Laboratories (VLs), which have been developed to provide a means for on-line interactive experiments for undergraduate and graduate education. These VLs intend to provide a conceptual understanding of a wide range of topics related to earthquake engineering, including structural control using the tuned mass damper (TMD) and the hybrid mass damper (HMD), linear and nonlinear base isolation system, and nonlinear structural dynamic analysis of multi-story buildings. A total of five VLs are currently available on-line at: http://cee.uiuc.edu/sstl/java and have been incorporated as a reference implementation of educational modules in the NEESgrid software (http://www.neesgrid.org/). © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 13: 200,212, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20050 [source] Hardware architecture for a visualization classroom: VizClassCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 4 2004Tara C. Hutchinson Abstract Interactive learning, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and problem-based learning are all critical elements for enhancing engineering education. Visualization can provide the much needed computer-assisted design and analysis environment to foster problem-based learning, while virtual reality (VR) can provide the environment for hands-on manipulation, stimulating interactive learning in the engineering classroom. To provide such a space, at the University of California, Irvine a new interactive, spatially balanced learning environment, termed VizClass, has been developed. VizClass incorporates a specially designed lecture room and laboratory integrating both 2- and 3-dimensional spatial learning by coupling a series of interactive projection display boards (touch sensitive whiteboards) and a semi-immersive 3D wall display. Control of devices integrated with VizClass is supported via a centrally located, easy to activate, touch-sensitive display. Digital material, including slides, web content, video clips, sound files, numerical simulations, or animations may be loaded and presented by instructors using either 2D or 3D modalities. This environment has already been integrated into both undergraduate and graduate level courses, providing a balanced spatial learning environment for students. This article describes the unique hardware architecture developed to support this new environment and presents the first course activities conducted within the space. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 12: 232,241, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20024 [source] Facilitating process control teaching and learning in a virtual laboratory environmentCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 2 2002T. Murphy Abstract The rapid pace of technological developments and the high cost of engineering equipment, pose several challenges to traditional modes of engineering education. Innovations in education are desirable. In particular, education on practical aspects of engineering and personnel training can be enhanced through the use of virtual laboratories. Such educative experiences allow a student to better understand the theoretical aspects of the discipline in addition to its integration with practical knowledge. In this work, the development, set-up and application of a virtual twin heat exchanger plant is described. The philosophy and methodology of our approach is described, including the implementation details and our experience in using it. The effectiveness of the platform in educating students and in training industrial personnel is described. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 10: 79,87, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com.); DOI 10.1002/cae.10011 [source] Computer package development: Applications to engineering educationCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 1 2001Salah A. Almajdoub Abstract A well developed program that uses flow graph theory to calculate the steady state probabilities is presented in this paper. Two examples are tested, and their results are successfully obtained. The first model is a seven state model and represents two transmitters fed from a common power supply unit. The second model is an eight-state model which represents three electric generators supplying part of State of Bahrain electrical network. The high accuracy and the time saving advantages show that the proposed method gives excellent agreement with the results obtained by the Runge-Kutta method. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 9: 20,25, 2001 [source] Is engineering education providing sufficient emphasis on environmental issues?ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, Issue 3 2006David S. Strong No abstract is available for this article. [source] A case study in repeated maintenanceJOURNAL OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND EVOLUTION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Issue 2 2001Shuanglin Wang Abstract RTP is a widely used commercial real-time product that has been maintained over a period of 13 years. We have analyzed multiple versions of RTP, which is written in C and Assembler. We measured increases in dependencies within the code between successive versions and performed statistical analyses on the data. There was no significant difference between the maintenance of Assembler files and C files. Also, there was no significant difference between the versions written by the original developers and those written by maintenance programmers not involved in the original development. The differences between individual programmers were very highly significant. Our interpretation of these results is that the skill of the individual programmer is an important factor in ensuring that a software product remains maintainable over its lifetime and that software engineering education and training are therefore of major importance. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Seligman lecture 2005 food product engineering: building the right structuresJOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, Issue 8 2006José Miguel Aguilera Abstract Driven by consumers' expectations and new knowledge, a paradigmatic shift is occurring in food engineering from the prior emphasis in processes and unit operations to the design of products that provide convenience, health and well-being. The structure of foods affects their sensorial, physical and transport properties as well as the bioavailability of some nutrients. Food structure is provided by nature or imparted during processing and preparation. Presently, food product engineering is stabilizing, transforming and creating edible microstructures that are desired by consumers using conventional unit operations. This paper revises the progress in the science of food materials and its contribution to the understanding of how food structures are formed from the molecular to the macromolecular level. Food product design of the future will be based on a wider scientific knowledge adopted from many disciplines and advanced tools that reduce the scale of fabrication. This poses a challenge to food engineering education. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source] |