Teaching Resources Center including syllabi, schedules, computer-aided tools, interactive simulations, screencasts, concept questions, textbook information, useful links, and in some cases, complete course notes
CACHE is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that promotes the development and distribution of computer-related and/or technology-based educational aids for the chemical engineering profession. Some of the activities include:
- Organize and promote conferences and workshops on Computer Aided Process Operations/Chemical Process Control, Computer Aided Process Design, Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Systems Biology in Engineering, and Process Analytics and Machine Learning.
- Maintain a Teaching Resource Center: This center (https://cache.org/teaching-resources-center) houses a curated collection of materials to assist faculty in teaching chemical engineering core courses.
- Support LearnChemE: This free website contains teaching/learning resources for chemical engineering, including screencasts, interactive simulations, digital experiments, FE and PE exam reviews, programming boot camps, self-study modules, instructor resources, how to study/learn resources, and spreadsheets.
- Provide faculty grants to support development of computer-based educational modules (https://cache.org/computational-tools-development)
- Support faculty awards: ASEE Edgar CACHE Award, AIChE Himmelblau Award, AIChE Evans Award
- Provide graduate student travel awards: over $40,000 in last three years for conferences
- Provide student awards for best posters at conferences
- PSE Press: publishes research results on process systems engineering
- Systems and Control Transactions: conference proceedings on process systems engineering
- LAPSE: living archive for process systems engineering
Some recent accomplishments:
- Supported development of Learn Aspen in 24 hours by Tom Adams
- Supported development of Polymath software (https://polymathplus.org/) for numerical problem solving
Future Initiatives:
- Industrial Datasets – Making curated sets available to faculty.
- Molecular Modeling – working to develop curated best practices and teaching materials on how to use quantum chemistry, molecular simulation and machine learning.
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CACHE Trustee John Hedengren Honored by the American Automatic Control CouncilThursday, August 1, 2024Hedengren is the recipient of the John R. Ragazzini Education Award for 2024 Read More |
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UCSB's Prof. James B. Rawlings wins AIChE's Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering EducationTuesday, July 30, 2024Prof. Rawlings was was cited for “groundbreaking research in theory and application of model predictive control, and for leadership in education through landmark textbooks and industrial short courses.” Read More |
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CACHE Trustee Juergen Hahn elected to European Academy of Sciences and ArtsMonday, July 29, 2024Hahn, whose has made many contributions to progress in autism spectrum disorder research, will be formally inducted in 2025. Read More |
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Congratulations to the New CACHE Officers Elected at the Summer Trustees MeetingFriday, June 28, 2024Congrats to Martha Grover (President), Mario Eden (Vice President), and Jean Tom (Treasurer) who were elected at the summer trustees meeting in Chicago! Read More |
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CACHE Trustee and Current Vice President Martha Grover Named Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering at Georgia TechJason Maderer Tuesday, June 4, 2024The longtime Georgia Tech ChBE professor was selected for her teaching, research, and advocacy that strives to ensure equal access to opportunity. Read More |
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Reading Materials
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thermodynamics Computational Tools for Thermodynamic Teaching in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Courses João Paulo Viana, Allan Amendola Santos, Rogério Navarro Correia de Siqueira Computer Applications in Engineering Education Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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thermodynamics ChemChallenge: A Video Game for Teaching and Studying Thermodynamics Featuring In-game Currency, Shopping, Customization of Laboratory and Photochemistry Oleksandr Savateev, Yiu Tung Seto, Cheuk Lok Cheng, Jingru Zhuang, and Chong Wang ChemRxiv Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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molecular modeling Integrating Electronic Structure Theory Calculations with Python and Cheminformatics Tools Dongseok Han, Hojin Han, Edward Chen, Walter J. Cesarski, Hyeongyun Lim, Hongseok Shin, Samuel V. Cowart, Enoch A. Nagelli, Simuck F. Yuk, Keunhong Jeong Journal of Chemical Education Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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AI and ML Generative AI in Graduate Bioprocess Engineering Exams: Is Attention All Students Need? Zhengyang Xiao, Eunseo Lee, Sophia Yuan, Roland Ding, Yinjie J. Tang Education for Chemical Engineers Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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unit ops Development and implementation of an APP to simulate centrifugal compressors R. Gutiérrez-Guerra, M. Rosales, R. Murrieta-Dueñas, J. Cortez-González Education for Chemical Engineers Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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 Development of Computational-Based Tools and Modules for Chemical Engineering Education Seed Grant Program |
 An article prepared by the CACHE Design Task Force argues that the emphasis on manufacturing processes over innovative product design is a critical gap in traditional chemical engineering design courses. |
 conference series in areas of importance to chemical engineering |
Institutional Members
As Institutional Members these colleges of engineering support CACHE's contributions to the engineering education community. Contact us (cache@cache.org) to become a supporter.
Departmental Members
Annual support from these Departmental Members enables CACHE to continue established activities while nurturing new projects. Contact us (cache@cache.org) to become a supporter.
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