T. Michael Duncan joined the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University in 1990, where he holds the Thorpe Chair in Chemical Engineering and has served as Associate Director for the undergraduate program since 1993. Duncan has received many teaching awards: he has been selected four times for the Tau Beta Pi / Cornell Engineering Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award and was named Professor of the Year for New York State by the Carnegie Foundation in 2007. He is also a Weiss Scholar at Cornell, a distinction bestowed on three faculty members each year at Cornell, from the entire campus of over 1600 instructors.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An overview of chemical engineering
2. Process design
3. Models derived from laws and mathematical analysis
4. Models derived from graphical analysis
5. Dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling
6. Transient-state processes
Appendix A. List of symbols
Appendix B. Units, conversion factors, and physical constants
Appendix C. Significant figures
Appendix D. Log-log graph paper
Appendix E. Mathematics, mechanics, and thermodynamics
Appendix F. Glossary of chemical engineering
Index.
