Monday, November 13, 2006: 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
Van Ness (Hilton San Francisco)
#68 - Curriculum Revision (04A01)
Chemical 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.
Chair:Colin S. Howat
CoChair:Donald P. Visco Jr.
12:30 PM Introductory Remarks
12:35 PM68aPillars of Chemical Engineering: a Block-Scheduled Curriculum
Joseph J. McCarthy, Robert S. Parker, Mary Besterfield-Sacre
1:00 PM68bTransforming the Educational Experience of Transfer Students in Chemical Engineering Using a Multi-Dimensional Spiral Curriculum
Vinay K. Gupta, Babu Joseph, Aydin Sunol, Norma Alcantar, Ryan G. Toomey
1:25 PM68cA Flexible Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Francis A. Gadala-Maria, Christopher Williams
1:50 PM68dCurricular Reform at Tennessee Technological University
Donald P. Visco, Joseph J. Biernacki, Pedro E. Arce
2:15 PM68e"Tracks" for Specialization within a Che Education
Valerie L. Young, Darin Ridgway, Michael Prudich
2:40 PM68fCurriculum Revisions for the (Bio)Chemical Engineer
Peter E. Parker

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