(238c) Steal This Project: Entrepreneurial-Based Learning By Building Your Own Reactor
AIChE Annual Meeting
2016
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
Education Division
Steal This Project!: Case Studies, in-Class Projects, Design Projects
Monday, November 14, 2016 - 3:34pm to 3:53pm
The student teams for this project are expected to research and identify a chemical reaction of potential commercial relevance they wish to evaluate. Due to safety, time, and cost certain limitations such as operating temperature, flammability, toxicity, and material compatibility were be considered while researching chemical reactions. Once a reaction is identified, the student team will propose it to the professor for a safety review and approval. The team will then design a chemical prototype system to evaluate the chemical reaction for possible production to market. The team will propose the design to the class and the professor for approval. The team will then construct the chemical reactor system and evaluate their chemical reaction. It also is required that the team determines a method to determine conversion of the reactants and quantify the products. The final deliverable for this project is an operating chemical reactor system and a PowerPoint presentation. Stretch goals for this project is the determination of the conversion and rate law.
How the project was implemented in the curriculum, rubrics, sample student work, lessons learned, and student survey data will be presented.