Acknowledgement

This project is made possible with funding by the Government of Ontario and through eCampusOntario’s support of the Virtual Learning Strategy. To learn more about the Virtual Learning Strategy visit: https://vls.ecampusontario.ca

© John Zhang, Eric Croiset, Marios Ioannidis, and the University of Waterloo. Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering Through Integration of 360 VR Tours, Open-Source Based Simulation and Multimedia Assets is available under an Ontario Commons License and a Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Third-party copyright material is not considered part of the project for the purposes of licensing.

We would like to acknowledge the following people and departments who contributed to this project:

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo:

Authors/Subject Matter Experts

• John Zhang, Senior Laboratory Instructor/Manager
• Eric Croiset, PhD, Professor
• Marios Ioannidis, PhD, Professor

Subject Matter Experts for video narration:

• Eline Boghaert, PhD P.L.Eng, Lecturer
• Jason Grove, PhD Peng, Lecturer

Python simulator software:

Instructional Technologies and Media Services (ITMS), University of Waterloo:

Video production

Rob Laurin, Media Production Specialist

Centre for Extended Learning, University of Waterloo

• Instructional design & project management: Felicia Pantazi, MD, MSc, Online Learning Consultant
• Media development: Antonina Joukova, Instructional Media Developer
• Quality assurance review: Anisha Kuppa, MSc Math, Quality Assurance/LMS Specialist
• Media development advisor: Matt Justice, Senior Production Manager
• Copyright: Kathryn Blair, Copyright Specialist
• Content/design evaluation: Micheline Lang, BSc, BEd, MSc, Online Learning Consultant
• AODA review: Stephanie Boragina, BA, MMath, Online Learning Consultant
• Image Description Writers:
  • Emma Dost, BMath, MEd, Instructional Media Developer
  • Igor Paravinja, BMath, Instructional Media Developer
  • David Skoryk, OCT, BMath, BEd, Instructional Media Developer
  • Subasha Wickramarachchi, Instructional Media Developer
  • Vincent Sweeney, OCT, BMath, BEd, Manager, Developers (STEM)
• Reporting to eCampus Ontario: Meg Nietsch, Online Learning Project Manager
• Panorama photography coordinator: Gillian Dabrowski, MEd, PMP, Online Learning Consultant
• Systems/server support: Michael Park, Systems Administrator
• Software testing: Francisco Moreno, Instructional Media Developer

Engineering Computing, University of Waterloo

• Erick Engelke, Director
• Ray White, UNIX Application Specialist
• Mike Hurst, System Support Specialist

Independent Consultants

Panorama photographer: Martin Broomfield