Topical 6: AIChE Centennial: ChEmical Engineering Education: Past and Future

Session 531 - Department Level Curriculum Reform
Over the last few years, a number of universities have undertaken or planned to undertake departmental level reforms in chemical engineering. The purpose of this session is to bring as many of these investigators as possible in one session to present and discuss their ideas and efforts. The format of the session would be to have a 10-15 minute presentation followed by a panel discussion with the audience.
Chair: Babu Joseph
CoChair: Vinay K. Gupta
CoSponsor(s): Education
  Welcoming Remarks
  NSF and Engineering Education
John Daniels
  Curriculum Reform In the Systems Area
Thomas F. Edgar
  Two Innovations: Five-Year Program in Engineering and Management and the MPS Program
Donald R. Woods
  The Pillars of ChE: An Integrated Curriculum at Pittsburgh
Joseph J. McCarthy
  A Spiral Curriculum for ChEmical Engineering
Vinay K. Gupta, Babu Joseph, Norma Alcantar, Ryan Toomey, Aydin Sunol
  Panel discussion: speakers and audience
  Concluding Remarks

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