Faculty: Dr. D.R. Woods 

Dr. D.R. Woods

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering

McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton
Ontario, Canada  L8S 4L7

office: JHE-117
email: woodsdr@mcmaster.ca
voice: (905) 525-9140 ext.27339

B.Sc. Queens University (1957), M.S., University of Wisconsin (1958), Ph.D.University of Wisconsin (1961), D.Sc. Queen's University (1996), F.C.I.C., F.A.I.Ch.E., P.Eng.

Research Interests

Dr. Woods's research interests include improving student learning, the use of problem
based learning, surface phenomena, cost estimation, trouble shooting, decision
making and problem solving. Dr.Woods retired in 2000 and his research program is
no longer active in terms of considering applications for research employment, graduate
student admission, or summer internships

Selected Publications 2004 - 2008

D.R. Woods and H. D. Sheardown (2004) AAn Approach to developing Student's skill in
Self Assessment” paper # 832, ASEE Conference, Salt Lake City, June 20 - 24, 2004

D.R. Woods (2004) "Ideas to improve learning: motivate and provide prompt feedback"
paper #834, ASEE Conference, Salt Lake City, June 20 - 24, 2004;

D.R. Woods (2004) ASEE workshop "Motivating and Rewarding Faculty" Session 0413,
Sunday, June 20

D.R. Woods (2004) "For the sake of argument.. Who will teach the core Chem E courses?”
guest editorial, Chem. Eng. Ed. 38, (1) front page

D.R. Woods (2005) session 312 at AIChE Cincinnati meeting, workshop on “Recruiting,
mentoring and motivating faculty", the Department Heads forum, Cincinnati, OH,
Nov 2, 2005, workshop notes

D.R. Woods (2005) session 424 at the AIChE Cincinnati meeting, workshop on
"Assessing Teaching", Cincinnati, OH, Nov 2, 2005; workshop notes

D.R. Woods (2006) "For the sake of argument... If the conventional lecture is dead,
why is it alive and thriving?" Editorial, Chemical Engineering Education. 40, no. 2,
Spring, inside front cover page

D.R. Woods (2006) "Successful Trouble Shooting for process engineers: a complete
course in case studies" Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany

D.R. Woods (2007) "Preparing for PBL" 3rd ed., McMaster University, Hamilton ON posted
on the web 2007 at http://www.chemeng.mcmaster.ca/innov1.htm

D.R. Woods (2007) “Rules of Thumb in Engineering Practice”, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany

D.R. Woods (2007), "Helping students gain the most from their PBL experience" chapter
in book "Management of Change: Implementation of Problem-based and Project-based
Learning in Engineering”, Erik de Graaf and Anette Kolmos, eds., Sense Publishers,
p. 181 - 195

D.R. Woods (2008) “The MPS program”, updating materials on the web 2007 at http://www.chemeng.mcmaster.ca/innov1.htm

D.R. Woods, J. Couper and A.N. Hrymak (2008) “Conceptual Process Design, Process
Improvement and Trouble shooting," Chapter 16 in Albright’s Chemical Engineers Handbook"
L.F. Albright, ed., Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL