(200d) Interdisciplinary Learning for Chemical Engineering Students from Organic Chemistry

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.