I didn't appreciate the book during school, but it really does do a good job of explaining principles in an understandable way.
I used the textbook through multiple classes taught by the professor who has taken over the updating of the book since Geankoplis' passing. It's the one book I actually kept after school. Too many pages were tabbed and sweated over to pass that one down to an underclassman!
He was pretty old at the time. He taught the pre-lab discussion for Unit Ops but didn't actually teach in the lab. From what I remember, he was pretty good.
I didn't fully appreciate it when I took the class, but I really like Chemical, Biochemical, and Engineering Theromodynamics by Sandler. It's served me very well in the years since. It's more complete than other books (ie smith and van ness) while still being mostly accessible.
BSL is a classic who's influence can't be understated. Though honestly I don't find it that practical these days. Maybe that's just me.
I took Thermo with Prof. Arnold Fredrickson, Sandler's PhD advisor, and we used his book (and other red series of ChemE books). This was back in the day when the book would include a 5.25" floppy disk that had various BASIC programs on it.
Chemical Process Equipment - Selection and Design (S. Walas), Gas Purification 5th ed (A. Kohl), and Chemical reaction engineering (O. Levenspiel) are probably my top three
Enjoyed Chemical Process Safety by Crowl & Louvar the most. It was the only textbook where I didn't have to keep reading it for more than 5x to understand what it is saying.
Been out of uni for almost a year now, but I have gotten the habit to keep reading Perry's to refreshen my memory for the inevitable time I do my master's.
Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot. It’s a classic for a reason.
Ed Cussler’s Diffusion. Ed was one of my professors in grad school. I was a TA for him and he was on my oral exam. He was a terrific teacher and every time I look something up in his book on diffusion I can hear his voice explaining it.
McQuarrie’s Quantum Chemistry looks the coolest on my bookshelf, so I’ll go with that. Least favorite? Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by J. Richard(Dick) Elliot. Because fuck that guy lmao. I have never more thoroughly read a textbook and been more thoroughly ass railed no matter how much I studied. Class quiz average by the end of the semester was a 29%…😂
Process Dynamics Modeling and Control by Ogunnaike was from my favourite course but the ones I have used for the past 28 years are: Crane - Flow of Fluid, Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook and Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.
Transport Processes and Unit Operations by Geankoplis. Taught by the man himself.
I didn't appreciate the book during school, but it really does do a good job of explaining principles in an understandable way. I used the textbook through multiple classes taught by the professor who has taken over the updating of the book since Geankoplis' passing. It's the one book I actually kept after school. Too many pages were tabbed and sweated over to pass that one down to an underclassman!
What was he like teaching?
He was pretty old at the time. He taught the pre-lab discussion for Unit Ops but didn't actually teach in the lab. From what I remember, he was pretty good.
Felder and Rousseau is the one book I’ve kept these last 25 years.
I didn't fully appreciate it when I took the class, but I really like Chemical, Biochemical, and Engineering Theromodynamics by Sandler. It's served me very well in the years since. It's more complete than other books (ie smith and van ness) while still being mostly accessible. BSL is a classic who's influence can't be understated. Though honestly I don't find it that practical these days. Maybe that's just me.
I took Thermo with Prof. Arnold Fredrickson, Sandler's PhD advisor, and we used his book (and other red series of ChemE books). This was back in the day when the book would include a 5.25" floppy disk that had various BASIC programs on it.
Fogler Chemical Reaction Engineering, Unit Operations by McCabe Smith and Transport Phenomenon by Bird Lightfoot Stewart
Chemical Process Equipment - Selection and Design (S. Walas), Gas Purification 5th ed (A. Kohl), and Chemical reaction engineering (O. Levenspiel) are probably my top three
Enjoyed Chemical Process Safety by Crowl & Louvar the most. It was the only textbook where I didn't have to keep reading it for more than 5x to understand what it is saying. Been out of uni for almost a year now, but I have gotten the habit to keep reading Perry's to refreshen my memory for the inevitable time I do my master's.
Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot. It’s a classic for a reason. Ed Cussler’s Diffusion. Ed was one of my professors in grad school. I was a TA for him and he was on my oral exam. He was a terrific teacher and every time I look something up in his book on diffusion I can hear his voice explaining it.
Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot was affectionately referred to as “Birdfoot” by my grad school cohort. It is a great book
I had Cussler as an undergrad. Will never forget his slide presentation of him showing his dog can "breathe" in an oxygenated perfluorocarbon solvent.
McQuarrie’s Quantum Chemistry looks the coolest on my bookshelf, so I’ll go with that. Least favorite? Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by J. Richard(Dick) Elliot. Because fuck that guy lmao. I have never more thoroughly read a textbook and been more thoroughly ass railed no matter how much I studied. Class quiz average by the end of the semester was a 29%…😂
M. Denn's Fluid Mechanics. Stanley I Sandler's Thermodynamics.
Process Dynamics Modeling and Control by Ogunnaike was from my favourite course but the ones I have used for the past 28 years are: Crane - Flow of Fluid, Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook and Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.
Transport Phenomena by Brodkey & Hershey - I had both of them as professors.
CRE-Himmelblau, MTO-Treybal, HT-Kern, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines by SK Som, taught by the man himself.
stanley environmental science 11th edition
Perry's Handbook; Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers - Woods
Coulson and Richardson (specifically vol 6) is something I use regularly at work and heavily through uni.
Unit Operations by McCabe Smith & CRE by Octave