Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Woods, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

10% of responders o University resources and skills to do well (20, 34) or 10% of responders. Page 15.658.13 - How to succeed in university (1, 20)Other priorities were - to teach design (13) or 5% - to introduce Math and ChE concepts (5, 11, 30, 38, 43, 46) or 30% of responders.What is ChE? - Pease of the University of Utah has an excellent, three paragraph introduction the profession of ChE. This is included in his syllabus for Introduction to Chemical Engineering (Computing), CHEN 1703. (43) - The University of Arkansas with a 3 credit course describes alternatives to traditional chemical

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

development in chemical engineering at a large publicuniversity. The topical content which has been developed may also be used “À la carte” forincorporating elements into existing engineering courses if there is not room in the curriculumfor an integrated course of this type. The complete course content, including the syllabus,subject matter presentations, assignments, and relevant links, is available on a public web sitefor use by engineering instructors: (www.courses.ncsu.edu/che395). Course evaluationsindicate that students assign high values to this required seminar.IntroductionEngineering departments employ different strategies for introducing soft skills such as writing,oral presentation, teamwork, information literacy, and ethics. A frequently