Richard M. Felder Papers
MC 00299
Special Collections Research Center
2.75 Linear feet
1965-2000
The Richard M. Felder Papers contain copies of articles that Felder authored on chemical engineering and on teaching, text copies of presentations he gave, other miscellaneous paper files, a video of one of his presentations, and three plaques representing awards Felder recieved.
Richard M. Felder joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University in 1969. He is currently (2008) Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus in the department.
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5 archival boxes, 1 archival half box
Felder, Richard M., 1939-
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Acquisitions Information
Received in 2001 (accession number 2001-0006)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Richard M. Felder Papers, MC 00299, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Copyright Notice
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Use of audiovisual material may require production of viewing copy.
Processing Information note
Processed by Cate Putirskis, 2008 January
Encoded by Cate Putirskis, 2008 January
Historical Note
Richard M. Felder recieved a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the City College of New York in 1962 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Chemincal Engineering from Princeton University in 1966. Felder worked for the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, England and the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York before becoming a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University in 1969.
Felder is most well-known in the field of chemical engineering for co-authoring the textbook
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (first published in 1986), which is used as the introductory textbook in chemical engineering courses in most universities in the United States and several around the world. In addition, Felder has authored and co-authored over 200 papers on teaching and education-related topics, as well as numerous papers on chemical engineering. Felder has presented his work at many conferences during the course of his career, and is the recipient of several national awards recognizing his contributions to education. Felder is currently (2008) Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at NC State.
This material on Dr. Felder (as well as further information, including lists of his publications and awards) may be found at:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/RMF.html
Scope and Content Note
The Richard M. Felder Papers contain reprints and copies of many of Felder's published articles on teaching and eduacation as well as his articles on chemical engineering. Also included in this collection are text copies of several presentations Felder gave, a VHS copy of one presentation, miscellaneous paper files, and three plaques recognizing awards Felder recieved during his career.
Organization of the Collection
The Richard M. Felder Papers are divided into two series:
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[Series 1. Publications, 1965-2000](ref15)
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[Series 2. Other Materials, 1979-2000](ref169)
Separated Material
Two copies of the textbook Felder co-authored (
Principios Elementales De Los Procesos Quimicos, Segunda Edicion and
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Third Edition) have been removed from this collection and are now located with the Faculty Publications.
Felder, Richard M., 1939-
North Carolina State University--Faculty.
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Chemical engineering--Study and teaching--North Carolina
College teaching--North Carolina
Patents
Publications
Publications
Series 1
2.0 Linear feet
1965-2000
4 archival boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains reprints and copies of several of Felder's publications. The first subseries (Teaching) contains articles he authored and co-authored on teaching and educational topics and philosophies. The second subseries (Research) contains articles on chemical engineering topics. The third subseries (Instructional Materials) contains guides and other informational packets to supplement the teaching of chemical engineering. Finally, the fourth subseries (Other Materials) contains other articles that Felder authored which do not fall into the catagories of the previous subseries.
Materials are arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically therein.
Teaching
1970-2000
"Problems for Teachers"
1
1
Fall 1970
"Today We Will Hear From the ChE Department"
1
2
Summer 1972
"Chemical Process Systems: A Second Course in Chemical Engineering"
1
3
1979
"Does Engineering Education Have Anything to Do with Either?"
1
4
1984
"Cheating - An Ounce of Prevention...Or the Tragic Tale of the Dying Grandmother"
1
5
1985
"The Generic Quiz: A Device to Stimulate Creativitiy and Higher-Level Thinking Skills"
1
6
1985
"Identifying and Dealing with Exceptionally Gifted Children: The Half-Blind Leading the Sighted"
1
7
1986
"The Future ChE Curriculum: Must One Size Fit All?"
1
8
1987
"On Creating Creative Engineers"
1
9
Jan. 1987
"Random Thoughts..."
1
10
1988-2000
"Systems Thinking: An Experimental Course for College Freshman"
1
11
Spring/Summer 1988
"Creativity in Engineering Education"
1
12
Summer 1988
"Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education"
1
13
Apr. 1988
"How Students Learn: Adapting Teaching Styles to Learning Styles"
1
14
Oct. 1988
"Oh God, Not Another Teaching Workshop!"
1
15
Sep./Oct. 1989
"Back to Basics, or More of the Same?"
1
16
3 Dec. 1989
"Stoichiometry Without Tears"
1
17
Fall 1990
"A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention" (Article)
1
18
1992
"A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention" (Report)
1
19
1992
"Who Gets it and Who Doesn't: A Study of Student Performance in an Introductory Chemical Engineering Course"
1
20
1992
"Writing Assignments - Pathways to Connections, Clarity, Creativity"
1
21
1992
"Is the Quality of American Students Really Declining?"
1
22
Jun. 1992
"An Engineering Student Survival Guide"
1
23
1993
"Knowledge Structure of the Stoichiometry Course"
1
24
1993
"Rural and Small Town Engineering Students: Another Population at Risk"
1
25
1993
"Technical Training: Hit the Ground Running"
1
26
1993
"A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention" (Parts 1-5)
1
27
1993-1998
"Reaching the Second Tier - Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education"
1
28
Mar./Apr. 1993
"American Engineering Education: Current Issues and Future Directions"
1
29
Aug. 1993
"A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention: Gender Differences in Student Performances and Attitudes"
1
30
Feb. 1994
"The Myth of the Superhuman Professor"
1
31
Apr. 1994
"Women in Engineering: Falling Into the Gender Gap"
1
32
Jun. 1994
"Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls, and Payoffs"
1
57
Oct. 1994
"Cooperative Learning in a Sequence of Engineering Courses: A Success Story"
1
33
1995
"Learning and Teaching Styles in Foreign and Second Language Education"
1
34
1995
"An Integrated First-Year Engineering Curriculum at North Carolina State University"
1
35
Nov. 1995
"Active-Inductive-Cooperative Learning: An Instructional Model for Chemistry"
1
36
1996
"Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction"
1
37
1996
"Team-Teaching in an Integrated Freshman Engineering Curriculum"
1
38
1996
"Who Teaches the Teachers? About 'El Perfil del Professor Universitario,' by Armando Rugarcia"
1
39
1996
"A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention" Survey Questions
1
40
Feb. 1996
"IMPEC: An Integrated First-Year Engineering Curriculum"
1
41
Jun. 1996
"Matters of Style: Effective Education Teaches to Students' Learning Style Weaknesses as Well as Their Strengths"
1
42
Dec. 1996
"Preparing the Professoriate: A Study in Mentorship"
1
43
1997
"Who Needs These Headaches? Reflections of Teaching First-Year Engineering Students"
1
44
Fall 1997
"Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes"
1
45
Jun. 1997
"Update on IMPEC: An Integrated First-Year Engineering Curriculum at N.C. State University"
1
46
Jun. 1997
"Tips on Quantitative Tests"
1
47
Nov. 1997
"How to Improve Teaching Quality"
1
48
1999
"It's A Start"
1
49
1999
"Success Through Innovation"
1
50
Fall 1999
"L'Apprendimento Cooperativo: Un Metaodo per Migliorare la Preparazione e L'Acquisizione di Abilita Cognitive Negli Studenti"
1
51
Jan./Feb. 1999
"Faculty Teaching Practices in an Engineering Education Coalition"
1
52
Jun. 1999
"A Model Program for Promoting Effective Teaching in Colleges of Engineering"
1
53
Jun. 1999
"The Future of Engineering Education" (Parts 1-6)
1
54
2000
"Accounting for Individual Effort in Cooperative Learning Teams"
1
55
Apr. 2000
"Dynamics of Peer Education in Cooperative Learning Workgroups"
1
56
Jul. 2000
Research
1965-1994
"Effects of Mixing on Chain Reactions in Isothermal Photoreactors"
2
1
Sep. 1965
"Collision Density of Hot Atoms"
2
2
Nov. 1965
"Analysis of Chemical Reactions Initiated by Intermittent Irradiation"
2
3
1966
"Energy Distribution of Energetic Atoms in an Irradiated Medium. II. Single Species Case: Application to Radiation Damage Calculations"
2
4
Feb. 1966
"Displacement Cascades in Diatomic Solids"
2
5
1967
"Energy Distribution of Hot Atoms in a Reactive System"
2
6
Apr. 1967
"Classical Differential Cross Sections for Scattering From an Inverse Power Potential"
2
7
Mar. 1968
"Classical Differential Cross Sections for Scattering from a Repulsive Inverse-Power Potential"
2
8
Aug. 1968
"Mixing Effects in Chemical Reactors - I. Reactant Mixing in Batch and Flow Systems"
2
9
1969
"Angular Distribution of Charged Particles Emitted From a Semi-Infinite Slab Source"
2
10
Jan. 1969
"Code for Calculating Energy and Angular Spectra of Beta Particles Emerging From a Semi-Infinite Slab Source"
2
11
Jan. 1969
"MOGUS - A Code for Evaluating the Mott Scattering Cross Section and the Goudsmit-Saunderson Angular Multi-Scattering Distribution for Use in Electron Transport Calculations"
2
12
Jul. 1969
"Evaluation of the Mott Scattering Cross Section and the Goudsmit-Saunderson Multiple Scattering Distribution for Electron Transport Calculations"
2
13
1970
"Mixing Effects in Chemical Reactors: Chain Reactions in Batch and Flow Systems"
2
14
1970
"Nonisothermal Chemical Kinetics"
2
15
Dec. 1970
"Optimization of a Radiotracer Distance Measuring Gauge"
2
16
Jul. 1971
"Applications of Isotopes and Radiation - General"
2
17
1972
"Solid Angle Subtended by a Circular Cylinder"
2
18
1972
"Processing of Liquid Wastes in the Food Industry, Part II: Membrane Processes: Effects of Surfactants on Flux-Limiting Condcentration Polarization in Ultrafiltration Processing"
2
19
May 1972
"Flow Modeling and Parameter Estimation Using Radiotracers"
2
20
1973
"Tracer Concentration Repsonses and Moments for Measurements of Laminar Flow in Circular Tubes"
2
21
1973
"Permeation of Sulfur Dioxide Through Polymeric Stack Sampling Interfaces"
2
22
Jun. 1973
"Effects of Solute-Membrane Interactions on Flux-Limiting Concentration Polarization in Ultrafiltration Processing"
2
23
Nov. 1973
"Accuracy of Parameter Estimation by Frequency Response Analysis"
2
24
1974
"Effects of Moisture on the Performance of Permeation Sampling Devices"
2
25
1974
"Experimental Investigation of Isokinetic and Anisokinetic Sampling of Particulates in Stack Gases"
2
26
1974
"A Model of Steady Blood Flow"
2
27
1974
"Paramter Estimation by Curve-Fitting Techniques and the Method of Moments"
2
28
1974
"A Method for the Dynamic Measurement of Diffusivities of Gases in Polymers"
2
29
1975
"Permeation of Sulfur Dioxide Through Polymers"
2
30
1975
"Benzion- and Benzion Methyl Ether-Sensitized Photopolymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate: Quantum Yields and Mixing Effects"
2
31
Nov. 1975
"Polymeric Interfaces for Continuous SO2 Monitoring in Process and Power Plant Stacks"
2
32
May 1976
"A Method of Moments for Measuring Diffusivities of Gases in Polymers"
2
33
Jul. 1976
"Estimation of Gas Transport Coefficitents from Differential Permeation, Integral Permeation, and Sorption Rate Data"
2
34
1978
"A Technique for Measurement of Biogenic Sulfur Emission Fluxes"
2
35
1978
"Continuous Stack Monitoring Using Polymer Interfaces"
2
36
Jun. 1978
"Automated Continuous Stack Monitoring of Gaseous Pollutants Using Polymer Interfaces"
2
37
1979
"A Coal Gasification - Gas Cleaning Pilot Plant at North Carolina State University"
2
38
1979
"Residence Time Distributions of Paper Pulp Slurries in Vertical Laminar Flow"
2
39
Jan. 1979
"Coal Devolatilization and Elemental Release in Batch and Laminar Flow Furnace Reactors"
2
40
1980
"Kinetics and Equilibria of Sulfur Dioxide Sorption in Kapton Polyimide"
2
41
1980
"Permeation, Diffusion, and Sorption of Gases and Vapors"
2
42
1980
"Radiotracer Measurement of Particle Deposition and Reentrainment in an Electrostatic Precipitator"
2
43
1980
"Selective Permeation of Hydrocarbon Gases in Poly(tetraflouroethylene) and Poly(flouroethylene-Propylene) Copolymer"
2
44
1980
"Pollutants from Coal Gasification Scrutinized"
2
45
Jan. 1980
"How Clean Gas is Made From Coal"
2
46
Jun. 1980
"Coal Gasification in a Pilot Scale Fluidized Bed Reactor. 1. Gasification of a Devolatilized Bituminous Coal"
2
47
1981
"Oxygen Permeation Through FEP Teflon and Kapton Polyimide"
2
48
1981
"Reduction of the Oxygen Effect in Flame Ionization Detection"
2
49
1981
"High Gradient Magnetic Filtration of Fine Particles from a Gas Stream"
2
50
Mar. 1981
"Permeation of Methyl Chloride and Benzene Through FEP Teflon"
2
51
1983
"Simulation - A Tool for Optimizing Batch-Process Production"
2
52
Apr. 1983
"Simulation/Optimization of a Specialties Plant"
2
53
Jun. 1983
"Calculation of Voltage and Space Charge Distributions in a Wire-Plate Electrostatic Precipitator"
2
54
1984
"Coal Gasification in a Pilot Scale Fluidized Bed Reactor. 2. Gasification of a New Mexico Subbituminous Coal"
2
55
1984
"Sorption and Transport of Benzene in Poly(ethylene Terephthalate)
2
56
1984
"A Mathematical Model for a Fluidized-Bed Coal Gasifier"
3
1
Jul. 1984
"Analysis of Volatile Products from the Slow Pyrolysis of Coal"
3
2
Sep. 1984
"Analysis of Nitrogenous Compounds in the Effluenet Streams From a Fluidized Bed Coal Gasification Reactor"
3
3
1985
"Radiotracer Measurement of Local Deposition Profiles, Friction Reentrainment, and Impaction Reentrainment in an Electrostatic Precipitator"
3
4
Jan. 1985
"Simulation for the Capacity Planning of Specialty Chemicals Production"
3
5
Jun. 1985
"Coal Gasification in a Pilot-Scale Fluidized Bed Reactor. 3. Gasification of a Texas Lignite"
3
6
1987
"Dynamic Modeling of a Pilot-Scale Fluidized-Bed Coal Gasification Reactor"
3
7
1987
"Modeling a Pilot-Scale Fluidized Bed Coal Gasificatioin Reactor"
3
8
1988
"Evolution of Hydrogen Sulfide in a Fluidized Bed Coal Gasification Reactor"
3
9
1989
"Modeling the Cucumber Fermentation: Growth of Lactobacillus plantarum"
3
10
1993
"Kinetics and Modeling of Lactic Acid Production by Lactobacillus Plantarum"
3
11
Jul. 1994
"Analysis of Volatile Products from the Slow Pyrolysis of Coal"
3
12
undated
Instructional Materials
1986-1997
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes: Chapter One: What Chemical Engineers Sometimes Do for a Living
3
13
1986
"Statistical Analysis of Engineering Processes"
3
14
Oct. 1988
"Word Processing Using Latex"
3
15
Dec. 1988
"Notes on Process Variable Measurement"
3
16
Jan. 1991
"Fortran Programming on the NCSU-EOS Workstations"
3
17
1994
"Process Optimization"
3
18
Feb. 1995
"Solving Differential Equations with MATLAB"
3
19
Feb. 1997
"Steady-State Flowsheet Simulation with Aspen Plus and ModelManager: Introduction and Tutorial"
3
20
Mar. 1997
"Introduction to Process and Production Optimization I. Setting Up a Process Optimization"
3
21
undated
"Introduction to Process and Production Optimization II. Optimization Techniques"
3
22
undated
"Membrane Separation Processes"
3
23
undated
"Mixing Effects in Chemical Reactors" (Parts 1-5)
4
1
undated
"Notes on Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering: Ideal Reactor Networks"
4
2
undated
"Notes on Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering: Steady-State Kinetics"
4
3
undated
"Notes on Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering: Systems Involving Multiple Reactions"
4
4
undated
"Notes on Laplace Transforms"
4
5
undated
"Optimization of Experimental System"
4
6
undated
Other Materials
1979-1999
"NC State,"
4
7
Winter 1979
Review of "Catalytic Reactor Design," by M. Orhan Tarhan
4
8
Jan. 1984
Review of "How to Solve Problems," by Donald Scarl; "Strategies for Creative Problem Solving," by H. Scott Fogler and Steven E. LeBlanc; and "Problem-Based Learning: How to Gain the Most From PBL," by Donald R. Woods
4
9
Summer 1995
Review, "Comment on 'Effect of In-Class Student-Student Interaction on the Learning of Physics in a College Physics Course,' by M. Samiullah"
4
10
1996
"Carol Hall of North Carolina State University"
4
11
1999
Other Materials
Series 2
0.75 Linear feet
1979-2000
1 archival box, 1 archival half box
Scope and Contents note
This series contains the text copies of presentations Felder gave, miscellaneous files related to his teaching activities in the chemical engineering department, the patent Felder recieved for an invention, a VHS copy of one of his presentations, and three plaques recognizing accomplishments Felder achieved.
Materials are arrange alphabetically and then chronologically therein.
"Active Learning" lecture by Dr. Richard Felder (VHS cassette)
5
undated
Award: AIChE Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award, Richard M. Felder, Eastern North Carolina Section (plaque)
6
20 Mar. 1986
Award: Frontiers in Education Conference Paper Award, Presented to Richard M. Felder, Frontiers in Education Conference Education Society, IEEE ERM Division, ASEE (plaque)
6
1988
Award: The College of Engineering of Wichita State University Acknowledges with Sincerest Appreciation the Contributions of Dr. Richard M. Felder to the Faculty, Students, and Practitioners as the 1999 Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Engineer-in-Residence (plaque)
6
4 Nov. 1999
Course Handouts
4
12
undated
Patent
4
13
28 Aug. 1979
Presentation: "Carbon Conversion, Make Gas Production, and Formation of Sulfur Gas Species in a Pilot-Scale Fluidized Bed Gasifier" (St. Louis, Missouri)
4
14
Sep. 1980
Presentaion: "Coal Gasification and Gas Cleaning in an Integrated Pilot Plant" (New Orleans, Louisiana)
4
15
Dec. 1980
Presentation: "Removal of Acid Gases and Other Contaminates From Coal Gas Using Refrigerated Methanol" (Denver, Colorado)
4
16
Oct. 1981
Presentation: "Does Engineering Education Have Anything to do With Either One?" (Raleigh, North Carolina)
4
17
12 Oct. 1982
Presentation: "Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Condensed Phases Associated with Coal Gasification" (Columbus, Ohio)
4
18
26-28 Oct. 1982
Presentation: "Simulation and Optimization of a Specialty Chemicals Production Plant" (Los Angeles, California)
4
19
19 Nov. 1982
Presentation: "Calculo de la Distribucion de Carga y Voltaje en un Precipitador Electrostatico" (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
4
20
23-25 Dec. 1983
Presentation: "Effective Teaching: A Workshop" (Raleigh, North Carolina)
4
21
12-14 Aug. 1997
Presentation: "National Effective Teaching Institute" (Seattle, Washington)
4
22
25-27 Jun. 1998
Review of "Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes"
5
1
Jun. 2000
"Richard M. Felder," biography by R. W. Rousseau
5
2
1981
Sample Reference Letters
5
3
1997-2000