Volume 42, Issue 11 pp. 2258-2274
Review

Product Design and Engineering in Chemical Engineering: Past, Present State, and Future

Jens Uhlemann

Corresponding Author

Jens Uhlemann

Bayer AG, Head of Environmental Science Formulation Technology, Crop Science Division, Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, 40789 Monheim, Germany

Correspondence: Jens Uhlemann ([email protected]), Bayer AG, Head of Environmental Science Formulation Technology, Crop Science Division, Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, 40789 Monheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this author
Raquel Costa

Raquel Costa

University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF – Chemical Engineering Processes and Forest Products Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rua Silvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal

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Jean-Claude Charpentier

Jean-Claude Charpentier

Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, CNRS – ENSIC, 1, rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France

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First published: 17 June 2019
Citations: 16

Abstract

Product design and engineering (PDE), originally heralded as a new paradigm of chemical engineering, aims to define new and/or improved products based on customer needs and/or new technologies. A comprehensive discussion of PDE as a building block for chemical engineering education, research, and practice is still lacking, preventing a broader impact on academic and industry realities more and more concerned with the “knowledge economy”. The purpose of the present paper was to contribute to the mitigation of this gap by presenting the results of the EFCE Section Group PDE survey based on PDE academia and industry expert and practitioner feedback as well as on a literature review. Status and challenges of PDE are discussed and academic and industry perspectives are mapped.

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