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Interdisciplinary Learning for Chemical Engineering Students from Organic Chemistry

Matthew J. Armstrong, Richard Comitz, Russ Lachance, Andy Biaglow, and Joe Sloop. Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, 400 J Bartlett Hall, West Point, NY 10996

A novel approach to the Chemical Engineering curriculum sequence of electives here at West

Point enabled our students to experience a much more realistic design process, which more closely

replicated a real world scenario. Students conduct the synthesis in the organic chemistry lab, then conduct

computer modeling of the reaction with ChemCad and Mathematica, analyze chemical separation

processes, and design a reactor system. This interdisciplinary learning approach demonstrated to students

that all of their courses are meant to compliment each other, their learning, and experiences.