Teaching Activities of Chunshan Song

Teaching and Learning Concepts:

• Focuses on the basic concepts and guiding principles to build a solid foundation of fundamental principles.

• Promotes a lifetime of self-learning.

• Brings a real-life knowledge to classroom to enhance interest level.

• Makes the students comfortable in the learning environment.

• Promotes critical thinking.

• Collects and reviews news articles that demonstrate learning and educational concepts.

• Explains changes in real world happenings, then adapts the student learning concepts to the changing environment/industry.

Courses:

F SC 431 THE CHEMISTRY OF FUELS (3) Nature and properties of fossil and other fuels, including aerospace, in relation to use; preparation of fuels; by-products; fuel analysis. Prerequisite: F SC 301 or F SC 401

F SC 435 (CH E 435) INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Chemistry and processes for producing organic chemicals and materials in existing and emerging new manufacturing sectors of organic chemical industry. Prerequisite: CHEM 038

EGEE 410 HYDROGEN and FUEL CELLS (3) Introduction to hydrogen production, storage, and utilization by fuel cells and related fuel cell technology.   Prerequisite: MATH 141, PHYS 212.

F SC 503 PROBLEMS IN FUEL SCIENCE (5) A problem-based, active learning course on the fundmental principles of fuel science applied to fuel processing, combustion, and conversion. Prerequisites: F SC 421, 422, 431.

MATSE 570 CATALYTIC MATERIALS (3) Preparation and characterization of solid catalytic materials. Relationships between their surface, defect, and electronic properties and catalytic activity. Prerequisite: CHEM 452.

EGEE 580  DESIGN ENGINEERING (5). Problem-based design engineering of energy and environmental systems.

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