Preliminary Program subject to change
04A02 B.S. Ch E: What Is It?
OverviewThis session invites papers discussing ideas and opinions about how chemical engineering undergraduate education has evolved and what to anticipate for the future. Proposals to present might include data on what is taught in various curricula, information regarding job opportunities and the demographics of jobs, differences between the undergraduate and graduate focus and how the definition of chemical engineering might differ between them. Any topic that helps us to define a "BS ChE, what is it?" are welcome.
Primary SponsorUndergraduate Education (04a)

Chair

Joseph J. Biernacki
Professor
Tennessee Technological University
Department of Chemical Engineering
P.O. Box 5013
Cookeville, TN 38505
Phone Number: (931) 372-3667
Fax Number: (931) 372-6352
Email: jbiernacki@tntech.edu

CoChair

Tamara Floyd-Smith
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone Number: 334-727-8975
Email: tamara.floyd@tuskegee.edu
Trends in Engineering Educational Research and Curriculum Reform
Maria K. Burka, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 525, Arlington, VA 22230
Tuning the Chemical Engineering Curriculum to Meet New Challenges and the Demand of the Job Market
Jamil Naser, Tamara Floyd-Smith, Nosa Egiebor and Nader Vahdat, Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Engineering Building, Tuskegee, AL 36088
Looking out a Few Years
Jeffrey J. Siirola, Eastman Chemical Company, PO Box 1972, 200 South Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN 37662-5150
Che. --- the Most Versatile Degree
Jonathan H. Worstell, HODER, Shell Global Solutions US, 3333 Highway 6 South, Room E-2061, Houston, TX 77082
Chemical Engineering - the Liberal Arts Degree for the Next Century
Kirk H. Schulz, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762

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