Chemical Engineering Academia-Industry Alignment

1450158 - ChinThis项目将确定和制定步骤，使化学工程师的本科和研究生教育与行业的职业需求保持一致，使用调查，行业-学术研讨会，以及对调查结果的分析和交流。随着新的研究领域的出现，化学工程的专业领域不断扩大，但其应用的核心是制造过程。化学工程师仍然是传统化学加工行业（CPI）的领导者，制造燃料，化学品和聚合物，但他们也在食品，微电子，制药和纳米技术等领域工作。随着这一不断扩大的范围，拟议的为期两天的研讨会旨在确定潜在的增强化学工程课程，这将有利于影响学生的工业部门的准备。在讲习班之前，将进行一次正式调查，以确定工业需求和化学工程课程中需要填补的与这些需求有关的任何空白。调查结果将在研讨会上与来自学术界和工业界的受邀与会者进行讨论和分析。讲习班的预期产出是一份报告和关于进一步使化学工程课程与工业需求相一致的行动方案建议。研讨会的结果将在全国AIChE会议上公布，并在AIChE网站上公布。智力优势：该项目的主要智力优势是确定在工业中取得职业成功所需的本科生和研究生教育，检查教师的专业知识和方法如何与这些需求保持一致，并建议采取措施改善这种一致性。更广泛的影响：研讨会的更广泛的影响包括改善本科生，研究生和教师的教育，提高化学工程毕业生在各种职业中的效率。

1450158 - ChinThis project will identify and develop steps to align the undergraduate and graduate education of chemical engineers with career needs in industry, using a survey, an industry-academia workshop, and analysis and communication of the findings. Chemical engineering's domain of expertise continues to expand as new fields of research arise, but a core of its application is processes for manufacturing. Chemical engineers continue to be leaders in the traditional chemical process industries (CPI), making fuels, chemicals, and polymers, but they also work in foods, microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, and in horizon areas such as nanotechnology. With this ever-expanding scope, the proposed two-day workshop aims to identify potential enhancements to the chemical engineering curriculum that would favorably impact student preparedness for the industrial sector. Prior to the workshop, a formal survey will be conducted to identify industry needs and any gaps that need to be filled in the chemical engineering curricula with respect to those needs. The survey results will be discussed and analyzed at the workshop with an invited group of attendees from academia and industry. The expected outputs of the workshop are a report and recommended course of action on further aligning the chemical engineering curriculum with industry needs. The results of the workshop will be presented at a national AIChE meeting, as well as posted on the AIChE website.Intellectual Merit :The principal intellectual merits of the project are identification of undergraduate and graduate education needed for career success in industry, examination of how faculty expertise and approaches align with these needs, and recommendation of steps to improve this alignment.Broader Impacts :Broader impacts of the workshop include improved education for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty and improved effectiveness of chemical engineering graduates for a diverse range of careers.