The chemical engineering field of study is undergoing changes, with more focus on emerging areas in molecular chemistry and biology, product design, and micro- and nanotechnology. On the other hand, design courses are still considered the capstone of an undergraduate chemical engineering program. This article describes a recently developed course for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES) at the RWTH Aachen. The course considers the design of microfabricated fuel cell systems for man-portable power generation.
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