This course describes methods used to model dynamic chemical processing systems with linearized approximations.  The tools to analyze  the dynamic response of multiple sub-processes combined in complex configurations is described.  The implementation, operation, and optimization of a single loop feedback control process is described.  Advanced process control techniques such as cascade control, feedfoward control and deadtime compensation control are described.  The course has a major laboratory portion in which students perform process modelling and validation, the instruments and organization of instruments in a feedback control loop, the  operation of  a feedback control process, and the optimization of  a feedback control process.  Download PDF version of syllabus.

Selected topics in chemical engineering as applied to problems in the Pulp and Paper Industry.  Emphasis on computational practice. Emphasis will be on basic principles of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and thermodynamics. Download PDF version of syllabus.

This distance education course describes the paper recyling industry, unit operations in paper recycling, the changes in paper fibers upon recycling, the impacts of recycling on the environment, major paper recycling facilities, and other special topics in paper recycling of interest to advanced pulp and paper students. Approximately 30 videotaped lectures, from Dr. Venditti and several leading experts in the recycling field, several reading assignments from the course textbook and several research papers, and six homework assignments are included in the course. A major portion of the course involves an in depth study of a focussed area of paper recycling chosen by the student. The project involves the writing of a literature review and a research proposal.