Preliminary Program subject to change
04003 Collaborative Projects with Industry
OverviewPapers describing projects involving graduate and undergraduate students working cooperatively or collaboratively with industry are invited.
Primary SponsorEducation (04)
Co-Sponsor(s)Process Development Division (12)

Chair

Z. Otero Gephardt
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Rowan Hall
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone Number: 856-256-5314
Fax Number: 856-256-5242
Email: gephardtzo@rowan.edu

CoChair

Donald R. Woods
Professor Emeritus
McMaster University
Chemical Engineering Department
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7
Canada
Phone Number: 905 525-9140 ex 27339
Fax Number: 905-521-1350
Email: woodsdr@mcmaster.ca
Ten Years of Industrially Sponsored Capstone Design Projects
Alan W. Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, 1111 Engineering Drive, Campus Box 424, Boulder, CO 80309-0424
Challenges of Implementing a Joint Industrial - Academic Research Project as Part of a Non-Traditional Industrial Phd. Dissertation
Jeffrey R. Seay, Process Technology and Engineering Department, Degussa Corporation, 4301 Degussa Road, Mobile, AL 36590, Mario R. Eden, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127, Robert N. D'Alessandro, Process Engineering Department, Degussa Corporation, 4301 Degussa Road, PO Box 868, Theodore, AL 36590-0606, Herbert Riemenschneider, Degussa Corporation, 4201 Degussa Road, Theodore, AL 36590-0606, Thomas Thomas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama, 307 N. University Blvd, Mobile, AL 36688, Karin Bartels, Intellectual Property, Degussa Corporation, 379 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054, Klaus Huthmacher, Feed Additives Research, Degussa Ag, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, Hanau-Wolfgang, D-63457, Germany, Christoph Weckbecker, Feed Additives, Degussa AG, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany and Hubert Redlingshoefer, Feed Additives Research, Degussa AG, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany
Undergraduate Academic Credit through on-Site Industrial Experiences: a Problem or an Opportunity?
David DiBiasio1, Terri Camesano1, Ravi Datta1, Nikolas Kazantzis1, Natalie Mello2, Hank Nowick3 and Jennifer Wilcox1, (1)Chemical Engineering, WPI, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609, (2)Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division, WPI, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609, (3)Nowick Environmental Associates, WPI, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609
Academic-Industrial-Government Collaboration through the Engineering Clinic Program at Rowan University
Stephanie Farrell, C.Stewart Slater, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, Brian G. Lefebvre, Kevin D. Dahm and Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Chemical Engineering, Rowan Univeristy, 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701
The Experimental Prototype: Critical Thinking and Real-World Problem Solving in Engineering Education
Pedro E. Arce, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Prescott Hall Room 214, Cookeville, TN 38505, Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505 and Perry Melton, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, PH-214, Cookeville, TN 38505
Industrial Collaboration in the Capstone Design Courses: Experiences at Oklahoma State University
James R. Whiteley and Jan Wagner, Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 423 Engineering North, Stillwater, OK 74078-5021

Education