The Current Status of Process and Product Design � What and How to Teach � and a Vision for the Future

Process design is a core component of chemical en-gineering education and either involves or is followed by an extensive design project in most schools. The design project is often considered a core activity in the educa-tion of future chemical engineers because it develops their skills in creative and critical thinking beyond the boundaries of their acquired knowledge, as well as training them in teamwork. Such skills are likely to be crucial to empower students to develop process technologies that respond to the relevant future challenges in process design. These future challenges include accommodating alternative raw materials and energy resources, addressing sustainability concerns, and arranging production schedules that are more flexible... (ABSTRACT ABBREVIATED)