Teaching

Concepts of sustainable system design in engineering with an emphasis on measuring sustainability, designing for sustainability, and implementing sustainability. Applications include a chemical focus that incorporates process engineering fundamentals and green chemistry principles. Image: LLNL

Next Scheduled Offering: Spring 2023

The content will focus on industrial and large-scale processes with details of natural pollution sources as well as how natural phenomena exacerbate specific problems. Topics include health effects and why we study air and water pollution; regulations, laws, economics, and emission estimates; meteorology and pollutant concentration models; particulate pollutants and control strategies; chemistry and control of VOCs, NOx, and SOx; and global climate and greenhouse gases, aerosols, and CFCs. Additional engineering aspects of the class will include the design of control equipment, HVAC and indoor pollution, and discussions of cleanup, abatement, and control strategies. Image: CMM Group.

Next Scheduled Offering: Fall 2023

This is a one-unit lab course to be conducted once per week. In these meetings, principles and practice of thermal analysis will be discussed with applications and the potential inclusion of current research being performed in the college. Major topics of basic theory and skills development of thermogravimetry (e.g. TGA) and calorimetry (e.g. DSC) will be discussed. Analysis of devolatilization, heating, cooling, and phase transitions of materials/samples will be performed by students in dedicated non-lecture-based sessions.

Next Scheduled Offering: Fall 2022

By the end of the two-semester 165A/B courses, teams of students will complete a study to evaluate the technical and economic potential of a proposed project. CHE 165A introduces students to the skills and techniques required for both courses; these include engineering economics, flowsheeting, scientific communication, and team management. Work on the study will proceed in parallel to class discussions.

Fall 2021 Syllabus (CHE 165A): https://www.sjsu.edu/syllabus/2021/fall/CHE/CHE%20165A%20-%20F21.php

Spring 2022 Syllabus (CHE 165B): Coming soon

This course can be one, two, or three credit hours depending on the level of work to be performed. A discussion between Dr. Wagner and the student will take place at the beginning of the semester and an agreed upon work load will be decided. If work is of high enough quality to submit for a journal publication of conference proceeding, the student and instructor will discuss this outside of the requirements for the course.

Perpetual Semester Syllabus: Coming Soon

Theoretical background of simple homogeneous reactions, collision theory, and absolute reaction rate theory. Mechanisms of complex homogeneous reactions and reactions catalyzed by solids; diffusion in solid catalysts. Reactor design is also included. Image: COMSOL

Spring 2021 Syllabus: https://www.sjsu.edu/syllabus/2021/spring/CHE/CHE%20218-01.php

In the past, I have taught a voluntary seminar in which we delve into the requirements of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). In lieu of these seminars moving forward, I have constructed a page of resources for the exam that I find to be the best or at least good enough so that you can focus on studying and not waste time with bad websites and resources. Image: Florida Board of PE

For more information, please visit the NCEES website: https://ncees.org/