CBE 5150 Chemical Product Design Elective Course

Spring 2023

THIS COURSE TEACHES THE BASICS OF PRODUCT DESIGN FOR MODERN CHEMICAL PRODUCTS BEING DESIGNED THROUGHOUT THE CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL, COSMETICS, ELECTRONICS, AGROCHEMICALS, FOODS, AND SIMILAR INDUSTRIES – USING SOME OF THE LATEST SOFTWARE FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCT DESIGN.  It focuses on innovation; taking new technologies from R&D and creating new products to satisfy the needs of consumers.  What products might evolve from your research?

Lecture:            MWF 1:45 p.m.
Recitation:        M 3:30 p.m.
No Classes:       Spring Break – 3/6, 3/8, 3/10
Instructor:         Prof. Warren D. Seider, Rm. 372 TB, 215-898-7953, seider@seas.upenn.edu

Text:
Seider, W.D., D.R., Lewin, J.D. Seader, S. Widagdo, R. Gani, K.M. Ng, Product and Process Design Principles, 4th Ed., VitalSource  E-book, Wiley, 2017.

Outline:

    1. Introduction to Product Design
    2. Molecule and Molecular Mixture Design– ICAS (ProPred and ProCAMD)
    3. Chemical Devices
      1. Lab-on-a-Chip Design – High-Throughput Screening-Kinase Inhibitor
      2. Home Hemodialysis Device
      3. Thin Glass Substrates for LCDs
    4. Functional Product Design – Herbicide Distribution
    5. Formulated Product Design – Sunscreen Design
    6. Batch Process Design and Simulation – Pharmaceutical Products – SUPERPRO DESIGNER
    7. Six-Sigma Product Design
    8. Business Decision Making
    9. Design Optimization
    10. Optimal Design and Scheduling of Batch Processes

Exam:                1 hr at end of semester
Homework:       Graded homework assignments to illustrate concepts

Term Project:

Each student will carry out a small term project.  It does not involve carrying out a product design project.  Instead, it emphasizes how a new product has evolved and its likely future directions.  Possible products include growth of Si crystals for chips; conversion of CO2 (decarbonization) to high-value chemical products (e.g., omega-3 fatty acids); plastics upcycling to high-value proteins; hemp to nutraceuticals; waste foods to biogas and electricity)

Intended For:   Graduate students (first year especially), CBE juniors and seniors with permission

Taught Initially:         Spring 2020, 2021, 2022

CBE 5150 CHEMICAL PRODUCT DESIGN SYLLABUS ADDENDUM

Spring 2023

Overall Objectives

To teach modern approaches for carrying out chemical product design.  Most companies apply these approaches to utilize the latest research and development technologies to innovate in satisfying customer needs through the design new chemical products.  In addition, to illustrate these approaches, design scenarios for well-known new chemical products are described.  This course should help students create start-up companies and/or enjoy satisfying careers in leading consumer-product companies such as 3M Company, Dow/DuPont, Proctor and Gamble, L’Oreal, and GE.

Lectures and Homework

Through the first half of the semester, lectures focus on techniques and scenarios for design of several leading chemical products involving new molecules and mixtures, chemical devices, functional and formulated products, as well as business decision-making and design optimization.  Solution of several homework problems helps to clarify the techniques and scenarios.

Term Project

In the second half of the semester, each student will prepare a term project showing how a new product has evolved and its likely future directions.  Each semester, several of the latest products will be suggested, either by Prof. Seider or the students.

Student Power-Point Presentation.  Each student will prepare a 50-min presentation about his/her chemical product.  His/her screen will be shared to be viewed by the entire class.  Prof. Seider will receive a PPT file 2-hours in advance of the presentation.  If requested, Prof. Seider will enjoy assisting in organizing the topics to be covered.  During Q & A, additional topics may be suggested.

Written Term-Project Report.  Throughout this period, each student will be preparing a written report – these reports are not the result of an entirely new product design (as described in Chapter 23).  This report will be in a PDF file, due to Prof. Seider on the last reading day of the Spring Semester (April 30).  Students can request advice from Prof. Seider regarding sections to be included.

Course Grades

Grades will be based upon: (1) homework assignments – 30%; (2) the oral term-project report – 20%; (3) the written term-project report – 30%; (4) a 50-min closed book exam taken over the Internet (not a 2-hour final exam) scheduled at a convenient time for students – 20%.  Prof. Seider will hold a Review Session to help students prepare for the exam.

CBE 5150 Chemical Product Design graphic

RESERVE BOOKS

  1. Cussler, E. L., and G. D. Moggridge, Chemical Product Design, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  2. Wei, J., Product Engineering: Molecular Structure and Properties, Oxford University Press, 2007.
  3. Ng, K. M., R. Gani, and K. Dam-Johansen (Eds.), Chemical Product Design: Towards a Perspective Through Case Studies, Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, 23, Elsevier, 2007.
  4. Pissano, G. P., The Development Factory: Lessons from Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
  5. Ulrich, K. T., and S. D. Eppinger, Product Design and Development, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  6. Gundling, E., The 3M Way to Innovation: Balancing People and Profit, Kodansha International, New York, 2000.
  7. Coe, J. T., Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry, AIChE, 2000.
  8. Cagan, J., and C. M. Vogel, Creating Breakthrough Products: Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval, Prentice-Hall PTR, 2002.
  9. Gladwell, M., The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Little, Brown, and Co., New York, 2002.