New Frontiers in Chemical Engineering: Impact on Undergraduate Education

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New Frontiers in Chemical EngineeringImpact on
Undergraduate Education

• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Worcester, MA 01609

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The Center of the Universe
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UG Degrees in Different Disciplines
Inside Engineering Education, May 2003
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UG Degrees in Other Disciplines
Inside Engineering Education, May 2003
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Employment for BS ChEs
AIChE Department of Career Services, Sept. 2001
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Questions?

• Where are the future opportunities and challenges
  in chemical engineering?
• What will the ChEs of tomorrow be doing?
• What skill sets will be required of them?
• Will the traditional ChE curriculum suffice?
• If not, what changes must be made?
• How can we ensure vitality of ChE by attracting
  young talented students in sufficient numbers?