Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 3:15 PM-5:45 PM
Salon B (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown)

Topical 6: AIChE Centennial: Chemical Engineering Education: Past and Future (T6)

#531 - Department Level Curriculum Reform (T6011)
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 (04)
3:15 PMWelcoming Remarks
3:20 PMNSF and Engineering Education
John Daniels
3:35 PMCurriculum Reform in the Systems Area
Thomas F. Edgar
3:50 PMTwo Innovations: Five-Year Program in Engineering and Management and the Mps Program
Donald R. Woods
4:05 PMThe Pillars of Che: An Integrated Curriculum at Pittsburgh
Joseph J. McCarthy
4:20 PMA Spiral Curriculum for Chemical Engineering
Vinay K. Gupta, Babu Joseph, Norma Alcantar, Ryan Toomey, Aydin Sunol
4:35 PMPanel discussion: speakers and audience
5:25 PMConcluding Remarks

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