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CHBE446

Process Engineering Economics and Design II

Spring 2025


Teams
Team Topic Members

1mAb Ethan Bolinger, Gabriella D'Orto, Hayden Medlin, Bryan Sosa Morazan, Cassidy Sudell
2yeast PhucLam Dinh, Matthew Hogan, Kaden Kovarcik, Ivan Lin, Jefferson Van
3clean air Allison Chung, Zachary Gaston, Jessica Gorski, James Ko, Esther Tan
4H2 fuel cell Edward Beck, Yasmi Chibber, Adam Morad, Khushi Shah, Owen Sotak
5solar cells Christia Ellerman, Alissa Koniszewski, Ashfiha Rahman, Talia Ritchie, Paige Wilcox
6alcohol Douglas Diethrich, Mark Litman, Elizabeth Norris, Amir Shojaedini, Brendon Tromble, Shon Uy
7Teflon Amanda Bryant, Ryan Higbee, Isabella Lowinger, Cal Mesirow, Renad Nakdali
8bioactive coating for water filtrationHoma Keshmiri, Alexandra Lam, Christine Ogunsola, Amanda Schroeder, Melody Simmons
9hydrogel Shakti Arumugam, Jacob Blinkoff, Rohan Sarnaik, Morgan Tinsley, Paige Wells
10ss battery Heather Allen, Zachary Fletcher, Trisha Ghosh, Evan Osborne, Joseph Saltzman


Schedule
WeekDate Topic

1 1/27 Overview, syllabus, project topics, assign teams
2 2/03team presentations on CHBE reviews
Team 6 Aspen: material balance & reaction of custom compounds (e.g., CHxOyNz etc.)
Team 5 theory/Aspen: heat transfer/exchangers
Team 8 theory & non-Aspen simulation: staged separation unit-ops (absorber/stripper, distillation, etc.)
Team 9 Aspen simulation: staged separation unit-ops (absorber/stripper, distillation, etc.)
Team 1 theory & non-Aspen simulation: centrifugation/sedimentation
Team 3 Aspen simulation: centrifugation/sedimentation
Team 7 theory & non-Aspen simulation: filtration/dialysis/membrane
Team 10 Aspen simulation: filtration/dialysis/membrane
Team 4 theory/non-Aspen simulation: kinetics/reactors (steam reforming & Haber-Bosch, or biorector)
Team 2 Aspen simulation: kinetics/reactors (steam reforming & Haber-Bosch, or biorector)
32/10Team presentation on overview project description
42/17Interim Report 1
Individual meeting slots
M1:45pm Team 1, mAb
M2:00pm Team 5, solar cells
M2:15pm Team 6, alcohol
M2:30pm Team 7, Teflon
M2:45pm Team 9, hydrogel
M3:00pm Team 4, H2 fuel cell
M3:15pm Team 8, bioactive coating for water filtration
M3:30pm Team 2, yeast
M3:45pm Team 10, ss battery
M4:00pm Team 3, clean air
52/24Interim Report 2
63/03Interim Report 3
73/10Interim Report 4

  3/17Spring Break

83/24Interim Report 5
93/31Interim Report 6
104/07Interim Report 7
114/14preliminary final written report
124/21final written report
124/22Tue, poster due (Dept Show Case & College Design Expo)
124/25Fri, CHBE Dept Show Case
134/28final oral presentation
145/07Wed, 4pm-8pm, Xfinity Center. College Capstone Design Expo

Class Handouts & Lecture Notes

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Process Engineering Economics and Design II
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Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2111
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