In the last decades, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have been
promoting the creation and adoption of new learning and teaching styles. Virtual …

Differential evolution (DE), a population-based direct-search algorithm, has been gaining
popularity in the recent past due to its simplicity and ability to handle nonlinear …

Optimization of heat exchanger networks (HEN S) is a field of interest in Chemical
Engineering. The aim is to use the residual heat of process streams to raise the temperature …

Excel spreadsheet not only provides useful facilities to solve various kinds of engineering
problems, but also can be simply utilized to enhance the curriculum of engineering courses …

Distillation is a very important operation for purification and separation in Chemical
Engineering field. The determination of the optimal distillation sequence is key to minimize …

Introducing a good educational program in the industrial environment may importantly differ
from implementing a well-taught course in academic settings in a number of aspects …

This article shows the capability of current spreadsheets to define, analyze and optimize
models of systems and processes. Specifically, the Microsoft spreadsheet Excel is used, with …

Abstract This paper describes Process Simulation and Control (PSIC), a user‐friendly Excel
add‐in application, for studying process dynamics and designing simple control systems …

Abstract Formal Engineering Education has traditionally been delivered using the low
technology—high touch lecturing method, in which the lecturer and student meet face to …

This paper expects to give undergraduate students some guidelines about how to
incorporate environmental considerations in a chemical supply chain and how the …