Feedback form for DWSIM-Advanced Workshop on 25 Aug 2020

Dear Participant,

We thank you for attending the Advanced workshop on DWSIM. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and the Self-Learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly click on the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.

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1 A. Your background

  Teaching faculty in Engineering
  Teaching faculty in Science
  Teaching faculty in Commerce
  Teaching faculty in Polytechnic
  Teaching faculty in ITI’s
  Research Scholars/ PhD Student
  Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc/Any other bachelor's degree)
  Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/Any other Master's degree)
  Working Professional in a Chemical Industry
  Other




1B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





2. This question refers to any workshop/training on any chemical process simulator that you may have attended BEFORE this workshop. Please enter the total number of days of the workshop/training you have undergone before. If you have not gone through any such workshop/training before, please choose 0 days.

  0 days            1 day            2-4 days            5-7 days            Above 7 days         



3. Do you use any Chemical Process Simulator (Other than DWSIM) in your college/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes            No            Not Sure         



4. If you have already used any Chemical Process Simulator (Other than DWSIM) in your college/organization, please mention the name of the simulator. If not used, enter as "Not Applicable".





5. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned Chemical Process Simulator? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

  Never used before
  less than 1 year
  less than 3 years
  less than 5 years
  more than 5 years




6. Do you already use DWSIM in your college/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes            No            Not Sure         



7. Rate your understanding and experience in DWSIM before solving the assigned flowsheet to qualify for the advanced workshop. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "amateur" and 5 implies "expert".)

  1            2            3            4            5            Not Applicable         



8. Rate your efforts you needed to learn DWSIM in order to solve the assigned flowsheet to qualify for advanced workshop. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "No learning required" and 5 implies "Had to learn DWSIM from scratch".)

  1            2            3            4            5            Not Applicable         



9. Rate your understanding and experience about DWSIM after you solved the assigned flowsheet to qualify for the advanced workshop. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Still amatuer" and 5 implies "expert".)

  1            2            3            4            5            Not Applicable         



10. Rate your experience in understanding and following spoken tutorials on DWSIM during the workshop.(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy to understand and follow" and 5 implies "extremely difficult to understand and follow".)

  1     2     3     4     5     Not Attempted     Not Applicable  
Spoken Tutorial on Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction
Spoken Tutorial on Custom Modeling using Python
Spoken Tutorial on Custom Modeling using Scilab





11. Rate your experience in understanding and following live demonstration of DWSIM during the workshop.(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy to understand and follow" and 5 implies "extremely difficult to understand and follow".)

  1     2     3     4     5     Not Attempted     Not Applicable  
Compound Creation Tool
Data Regression Study to generate Binary Interaction Parameters
Petroleum Characterization





12. Rate your experience in performing the following practice problems during the workshop.(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy" and 5 implies "extremely difficult".)

  1     2     3     4     5     Not Attempted     Not Applicable  
Problem 1 : Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction
Problem 2 : Custom Modeling using Python





13. How would you rate your level of knowledge of using DWSIM for simulating a heterogeneous catalytic reaction before and after the workshop:

  Unaware     Novice     Amateur     Competent     Proficient     Expert  
Before the workshop
After the workshop





14. How would you rate your knowledge and skills in creating a custom model using Python in DWSIM before and after the workshop:

  Unaware     Novice     Amateur     Competent     Proficient     Expert  
Before the workshop
After the workshop





15. How would you rate your knowledge and skills in creating a compound using compound creation tool in DWSIM before and after the workshop:

  Unaware     Novice     Amateur     Competent     Proficient     Expert  
Before the workshop
After the workshop





16. How would you rate your knowledge and skills in performing petroleum characterization in DWSIM before and after the workshop:

  Unaware     Novice     Amateur     Competent     Proficient     Expert  
Before the workshop
After the workshop





17. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:

  Excellent     Good     Acceptable     Bad     Extremely bad     Not Applicable  
Quality of instructional material
Self learning experience through Spoken Tutorial
Live demonstration session on DWSIM
Discussion on DWSIM flowsheets solved to qualify for advanced workshop
Online discussion session
Demonstration of OpenModelica for Chemical Process SImulation
Interaction with Daniel Wagner
Quality of the workshop
overall





18. Select the response that describes your views/responses

  Strongly Disagree     Disagree     Neither Disagree Nor Agree     Agree     Strongly Agree     Not Applicable  
The workshop exposed me to new knowledge and practices.
I am unhappy with the format of this workshop
I am willing to participate in various DWSIM Projects/Activities in FOSSEE
I did not learn much from this workshop
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use DWSIM





19. Would you like to participate in any of the ongoing activities in the DWSIM project by FOSSEE?

  DWSIM Flowsheeting Project
  DWSIM Custom Modeling Project
  DWSIM Lab Migration Project
  I am not willing to participate in any activities




20. Would you like to try out OpenModelica for Chemical Process Simulation?

  Yes
  I want to learn more
  No
  I am not interested
  Didn't understand much about the software




21. What aspect(s) did you like most about the workshop?





22. Any suggestions for improvement





23. Please give your feedback on our forum approach to answer doubts





24. How do you hope to use the learnings from this workshop into practice?





25. Any other feedback