Preliminary Program subject to change
04A01 Curriculum Revision
OverviewChemical Engineering departments across the country are dealing with two competing pressures to their undergraduate curriculum: (1) How to accomodate the expansion of chemical engineering into new areas, most notably biological and (2) How to accommodate state demands to lower the number of credit hours required to complete a degree. Both of these issues boil down to "what to add and what to remove...and why"? Since this is an on-going process, we invite faculty who have/are involved in this process at their school to provide insights on how they addressed this challenge.
Primary SponsorUndergraduate Education (04a)

Chair

Colin S. Howat
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Kansas
4132 Learned Hall
1530 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7609
Phone Number: 785-864-3860
Fax Number: 785-864-4967
Email: cshowat@ku.edu

CoChair

Donald P. Visco Jr.
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Box 5013
Cookeville, TN 38505
Phone Number: 931-372-3606
Fax Number: 931-372-6352
Email: dvisco@tntech.edu
Introductory Remarks
Pillars of Chemical Engineering: a Block-Scheduled Curriculum
Joseph J. McCarthy, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1249 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, Robert S. Parker, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1272 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 and Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1048 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Transforming the Educational Experience of Transfer Students in Chemical Engineering Using a Multi-Dimensional Spiral Curriculum
Vinay K. Gupta, Babu Joseph, Aydin Sunol, Norma Alcantar and Ryan G. Toomey, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
A Flexible Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Francis A. Gadala-Maria and Christopher Williams, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Curricular Reform at Tennessee Technological University
Donald P. Visco1, Joseph J. Biernacki2 and Pedro E. Arce1, (1)Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, (2)Tennessee Technological University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505
"Tracks" for Specialization within a Che Education
Valerie L. Young, Darin Ridgway and Michael Prudich, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, 172 Stocker Center, Athens, OH 45701
Curriculum Revisions for the (Bio)Chemical Engineer
Peter E. Parker, Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, & Imaging, Western Michigan University, Parkview Campus A-217, 4601 Campus Dr., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5462

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