Chemical Engineering Mission & PEOs

Mission Statement

The Chemical Engineering Department is dedicated to providing educational opportunities in chemical engineering to a highly selective, predominantly undergraduate student body of talented individuals.  The department encourages close interactions between students and the faculty, who are dedicated to education and are actively engaged in scholarship that enriches the educational program.  The program emphasizes active learning with a strong laboratory component.  The department nurtures the intellectual, professional and personal development of its students and faculty in order to prepare and encourage them to be highly competent professionals and responsible members of society.

Program Educational Objectives

Following the definition presented by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the department's educational objective statement broadly reflects the career accomplishments and expectations of alumni who graduate from the program:

Alumni will experience success in a variety of postgraduate environments, including, but not limited to, chemical engineering professional practice and advanced study. 

Program Outcomes

The objective statement above is supported by program outcomes, the student attainment of which is regularly evaluated.  In particular, these program outcomes are designed to develop graduating seniors that:

 •    demonstrate a knowledge of discipline specific material, mathematics, engineering
      sciences, computer science and natural sciences, as well as the interrelationships
      among the forgoing subjects, acquired through study, experimentation 
      and problem solving involving analysis, computation and critical thinking;  

•    can apply fundamental principles and techniques from engineering, the natural sciences and mathematics to synthesize and evaluate alternative solutions to complex engineering problems with specified constraints;  

•    exhibit professional responsibility and a sensitivity to a broad range of societal concerns including ethical, environmental, political, regulatory, and global issues in making decisions; and  

•    exhibit skills which promote successful professional practice and future growth.  Careers as leaders will require constructive teamwork and leadership, self-confidence, effective communication, and continual learning.