Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Program Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes
Constituents
1. Undergraduate students in the ChEn Program
2. Alumni of the ChEn Program
3. Industrial advisors to the ChEn Program
4. Faculty of the ChEn Program
Program Educational Objectives (PEO's)
To provide educational experiences which challenge students to:
- learn the scientific and engineering principles underlying
the six major elements of chemical engineering: balances of material
and energy; thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria;
transport of heat, mass, and momentum; reaction kinetics and reactor
analysis; separation operations; and process dynamics and control.
- apply and integrate knowledge of the elements of chemical engineering
to identify, formulate, and solve chemical process design problems.
- learn to use and apply modern experimental and computational
techniques in chemical engineering.
- conduct experiments, including: design of experiment, execution
and recording, analysis and interpretation of results, and professional
reporting of results.
- prepare for a career in chemical engineering and related fields
by developing communication skills and coming to understand the
importance of lifelong learning, professionalism, and ethical responsibility.
Program Outcomes (PO's)
(adapted to Chemical Engineering from ABET Criteria 3a-k)
Graduates who have:
- an ability to apply scientific and engineering principles underlying
the major elements of chemical engineering (from ABET a).
- an ability to design, conduct, analyze, and report on experiments
and computational projects in chemical engineering (from ABET b
and k).
- an ability to apply and integrate the major elements of chemical
engineering to formulate and solve chemical process design problems
(from ABET c and e).
- an ability to work in teams, including a beginning ability to
work in multi-disciplinary teams (from ABET d).
- an appreciation of the importance of professional and ethical
responsibility (ABET f) and of learning and applying further scientific
and engineering principles throughout their career (from ABET i).
- an ability to communicate effectively (ABET g).
- a beginning understanding of the impact of engineering solutions
on society, including safety, economic, and environmental impacts,
and of the importance of learning more in these areas throughout
their career (ABET h and i).
- an introduction to contemporary issues in chemical engineering
(ABET j).
