OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Education for Chemical Engineers is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Digitalisation in chemical engineering education and training	251
A remote foaming experiment	70
Influence of teaching styles of higher education teachers on students‘ engagement in learning: The mediating role of learning motivation	63
Embedding computer programming into a chemical engineering course: The impact on experiential learning	62
The effectiveness of an interdisciplinary postgraduate-taught program in terms of employability	60
Promoting problem refining, analyzing and solving abilities through active learning in Polymer Chemistry and Physics teaching: A prospective framework for free radical suspension polymerization	41
Hands-on kinetic measurements and simulation for chemical process engineering students	39
Learning analytics system to aid students in engineering thermodynamics: Impact of pre-requisite course attainment	32
Overview of the current situation relating to chemical engineering degree courses	28
Laboratory-independent exploration of stirred bioreactors and their fluid dynamics	24
Project-based learning for an online course of simulation engineering: From bioreactor to epidemiological modeling	23
Opportunities of experiential education in chemical technology and engineering	22
A capstone laboratory course on separations, reactions and control operations	21
Hispanic excellence in chemical engineering: Practical examples for the classroom	20
Machine learning in chemical engineering: Hands-on activities	19
The integrative approach of learning chemical engineering thermodynamics by using simulation-based exercises	19
A practical development of engineering simulation-assisted educational AR environments	19
Improving undergraduate graduation chemical design using green techniques based on green engineering principles	17
Low-cost heat exchanger benches for remote operation	17
Online project-based learning in engineering design: Supporting the acquisition of design skills	16
Digitalisation in chemical engineering: Industrial needs, academic best practice, and curriculum limitations	15
An artificial intelligence course for chemical engineers	14
EUR-ACE accreditation for chemical engineering in Spain: Current situation, lessons learned and challenges	14
Learning by doing using the Life Cycle Assessment tool: LCA projects in collaboration with industries	14
Moodle and Socrative quizzes as formative aids on theory teaching in a chemical engineering subject	13

Impact of Jupyter Notebook as a tool to enhance the learning process in chemical engineering modules	13
Enhancing 360° virtual laboratory safety training with linear learning pathway design: Insights from student experiences	13
Process safety education: A comparative study	12
Assessing the impact of augmented reality application on students’ learning motivation in chemical engineering	12
Exploring the use of large language models (LLMs) in chemical engineering education: Building core course problem models with Chat-GPT	11
Training strategies from the undergraduate degree in chemical engineering focused on bioprocesses using PBL in the last decade	11
Towards Education 4.0: The role of Large Language Models as virtual tutors in chemical engineering	11
An effective blended online teaching and learning strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Teaching for chemical process technicians	10
One-week flipped workshop on heat integration	10
An institutional modernization project in chemical engineering education in Brazil: Developing broader competencies for societal challenges	9
Simulating a sustainable biorefinery process as autonomous learning tool for collaborative work in the chemical engineering degree	9
A laboratory experiment on preparation of 3PbO·PbSO4·H2O using less solvent solid state reaction for undergraduate students	9
Effectiveness of active learning techniques in knowledge retention among engineering students	9
A perspective on the synergistic potential of artificial intelligence and product-based learning strategies in biobased materials education	9
A bibliometric analysis of game-based learning applications in chemical engineering education: Key elements and evolution	9
Teaching pharmaceutical process safety and environmental protection: A case study from Wuhan Institute of Technology	9
Erratum to “Lab at home: 3D printed and low-cost experiments for thermal engineering and separation processes in COVID-19 time” [Educ. Chem. Eng. 36 (2021) 24–37]	8
Online preparation for enhanced practice, confidence and learning, in chemical engineering experimental laboratories	8
Critique – Simulation Apps	8
Development of basic thermodynamics workshops integrating a cubic equations of state simulator and MATLAB Grader courses	8
Online chemical engineering education during COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from Pakistan	8
Reflections on inherently embedding safety teaching within a chemical engineering programme	7
Team formation on the basis of Belbin’s roles to enhance students’ performance in project based learning	7
Gamification in thermal engineering: Does it encourage motivation and learning?	7
Modernizing the chemical engineering curriculum via a student-centered framework that promotes technical, professional, and technology expertise skills: The case of unit operations	7
The evolving engineer; professional accreditation sustainability criteria and societal imperatives and norms	7
Spreadsheet-based application integrated with Virtual reality for teaching economic and environmental assessment of subsurface gasification and combustion for hydrogen production	7
Lab at home: 3D printed and low-cost experiments for thermal engineering and separation processes in COVID-19 time	7
Off-campus but hands-on: Mail out practicals with synchronous online activities during COVID-19	7
Virtual reality in chemical and biochemical engineering education and training	6
A tool for mass transfer evaluation in packed-bed columns for chemical engineering students	6
Technology enhanced learning of quantitative critical thinking	6
Enhancement of efficiency of the training process with the use of digital technologies	6
Design, implementation, and evaluation of an online flipped classroom with collaborative learning model in an undergraduate chemical engineering course	6
Crystallisation: Solving crystal nucleation problem in the chemical engineering classroom based on the research grade experiments deployed in virtual mode	6
Exploring the impact of an NSERC CREATE program on job readiness among science and engineering graduate students and postdoctoral fellows	6
Enabling in-depth analysis in heat exchanger network synthesis via graph-theoretic tool: Experiences in Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	6
Effective management of work groups through the behavioural roles applied in higher education students	5
Analysis of China students’ laboratory accidents in the past 39 years and the laboratory management reform in the future	5
Developing middle school students’ problem-solving ability through interdisciplinary project-based learning	5
FLUID-LABVIR, an immersive online platform as complement to enhance the student’s learning experience in experimental laboratories of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering	5
Design and implementation of the interdisciplinary curriculum for intelligent chemical engineering program at Taiyuan University of Technology	5
An interactive graph resource for chemical engineering teaching	5
Implementing humanistic view via pass-through game style in teaching: A case study in teaching chemical engineering principles for undergraduates	5
Challenges, benefits & drawbacks of chemical engineering on-line teaching during Covid-19 pandemic	5
Updating chemical engineering degree accreditation in changing times	5
CREATE labs – Student centric hybrid teaching laboratories	5
Chemical engineering design project undertaken through remote learning	4
Sustainable leadership and management of complex engineering systems: A team based structured case study approach	4

Benefits and impact of emergency training in a VR environment	4
Design and assessment of a project-based learning in a laboratory for integrating knowledge and improving engineering design skills	4
Teaching cellular metabolism using metabolic model simulations	4
A retrospective analysis on the impacts of an immersive digital environment on chemical engineering students’ moral reasoning	4
Harnessing generative AI in chemical engineering education: Implementation and evaluation of the large language model ChatGPT v3.5	4
Learner agency in a chemical engineering curriculum: Perceptions and critical thinking	4
Integration of chemical engineering skills in the curriculum of a master course in industrial engineering	4
Assessment of a particle sedimentation hands-on learning tool with application in blood cell separations	4
An “Agile” project planning course: Learning by doing in process engineering education	4
Design and implementation of a portable heat exchanger kit in an undergraduate engineering heat and mass transfer course	4
Integration of sustainable development goals in the field of process engineering through active learning methodologies	3
Critique – Comparison between P-HENS and Aspen Energy Analyzer for heat exchanger network synthesis	3
Sustainability − The core of responsible engineering practice and education: Reality or still just utopia? A comparative study between China and the Rest of the World	3
Mobile learning in chemical engineering: An outlook based on case studies	3
Comparison of undergraduate chemical engineering curricula between China and America Universities based on statistical analysis	3
Changes in motivation and its relationship with academic performance among first-year chemical engineering students	3
STEM activities for heat transfer learning: Integrating simulation, mathematical modeling, and experimental validation in transport phenomena education	3
Bridging the academia-industry gap in the food sector through collaborative courses and internships	3
Editorial: The modern face of chemical engineering in Latin America	3
The flip side of teaching process design and process control to chemical engineering undergraduates – And completely online to boot	3
Fostering technical proficiency and professional skills: A multifaceted PO-PBL strategy for unit operations education	3
Enhancing PFD comprehension for non-majors: An innovative approach using a petrochemical pilot plant	3
Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statements in previously published articles	3