Perspectives in chemical engineering : research and education

This special edition of "Advances in Chemical Engineering", commemorating chemical engineering's centennial as an academic discipline, provides an in-depth analysis of this field's past, present, and future by authorities from virtually all areas of chemical engineering. A historical perspective of the past 100 years leads into reviews of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena; thermodynamics; kinetics, cataylsis, and reactor engineering; environmental protection and energy; polymers; microelectronics and optical materials; bioengineering; and process engineering.

• Part 1 Historical perspective and overview: on the emergence and evolution of chemical engineering, L.E. Scriven
• academic-industrial interaction in the early development of chemical engineering, R. Landau
• the future of chemical engineering, J. Wei. Part 2 Fluid mechanics and transport: challenges and opportunities in fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, L.G. Leal
• fluid mechanics and transport research in chemical engineering, W.B. Russel
• fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, J.R.A. Pearson. Part 3 Thermodynamics: thermodynamics, K.E. Gubbins
• chemical engineering thermodynamics - continuity and expanding frontiers, J.M. Prausnitz
• future opportunities in thermodynamics, H.T. Davis. Part 4 Kinetics, catalysis, and reactor engineering: reflections on the current status and future directions of chemical reaction engineering, A.T. Bell
• frontiers in chemical reaction engineering, S.S. Wong
• catalyst design, L.L. Hegedus. Part 5 Environmental protection and energy: environmental chemical engineering, J.H. Seinfeld
• energy and environmental concerns, T.W.F. Russell
• the role of chemical engineering in fuel manufacture and use of fuels, J.M. Beer et al. Part 6 Polymers: polymer science in chemical engineering, M. Tirrell
• chemical engineers in polymer science - the need for an interdisciplinary approach, R.A. Register and S.L. Cooper. Part 7 Microelectronics and optical materials: chemical engineering research opportunities in electronic and optical materials research, L.F. Thompson
• chemical engineering in the process of electronic and optical materials - a discussion, K.F. Jensen. Part 8 Bioengineering: bioprocess engineering, J.E. Bailey
• some unsolved problems of biotechnology, A.E. Humphrey
• chemical engineering - its role in the medical and health sciences, C. Robertson. Part 9 Process engineering: process engineering, A.W. Westerberg
• process control theory - reflections on the past decade and goals for the next, M. Morari
• the paradigm after next, J.M. Douglas
• symbolic computing and artificial intelligence in chemical engineering - a new challenge, G. Stephanopoulos. Part 10 The identity of our profession: the indentity of our profession, M.M. Denn.