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B. S. Chemical Engineering program

The B. S. Chemical Engineering Program is designed to produce graduates who are prepared to

  1. Apply fundamental knowledge of engineering and science to characterize and analyze engineering systems.
  2. Identify and solve engineering problems.
  3. Participate effectively in engineering teams, utilizing leadership skills, respect for contributions of other team members and appropriate communication skills.
  4. Communicate engineering problems and solutions effectively in both oral and written formats.
  5. Conduct themselves as ethical and responsible professionals as well as articulate the environmental, safety and economic impacts of their work on society.
  6. Engage in lifelong self-directed learning to maintain and enhance professional skills.
  7. Achieve success in engineering or other chosen career path, or in graduate studies.

 

ABET OUTCOME

A Graduate of the SJSU Chemical Engineering Program will be able to:

 

1. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering
  • Analyze systems through material and energy balances  
  • Utilize physics and math to construct theoretical models 
2. Ability to design and conduct experiments and analyze/interpret data
  • Develop a structured design of experiments and analyze results
  • Develop experimental procedures to collect pertinent data
3. Ability to design system, component or process to meet desired needs
  • Analyze, design and evaluate chemical reaction systems
  • Analyze, design and evaluate separation systems for specific applications
  • Design materials handling systems for chemical processes
  • Develop comprehensive process designs for engineering projects
  • Develop process flowsheet to produce a specified product
4. Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
  • Function effectively as both team leader and team member in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural  engineering
  • Utilize knowledge of resources and contribution of other disciplines  to solving engineering problems
5. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
  • Troubleshoot a unit operation process.  Identify problems and recommend corrective action
  • Evaluate the economics of engineering projects and unit operations
  • Design control systems for chemical engineering unit operations
  • Apply background in chemistry and materials science to analyze and optimize chemical systems
6. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
  • Apply engineering ethics and professionalism in conducting projects
7. Ability to communicate effectively
  • Deliver effective presentations of engineering activities in written and oral formats
8. Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context
  • Quantify social impacts of engineering projects, especially with respect to the environment and labor
  • Assess safety aspects for chemical processes
9. Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning
  • Collect data relevant for process comparisons from library resources, including literature and patent searches and alternative sources including electronic and personal
10. Knowledge of contemporary issues
  • Compare and evaluate similar technical processes
  • Evaluate emerging and new technologies
11. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern tools necessary for engineering practice
  • Apply appropropriate software for design and analysis of chemical process systems
  • Design processes for system optimization for TQM

M.S. Chemical Engineering

The M.S. ChE Program is designed to produce graduates who:

  1. Are able to solve complex engineering problems and tasks, and use engineering, science and statistics principles to justify recommendations
  2. Are able to evaluate the impact of their work on society, including ethical, economic, global and environmental aspects.
  3. Can deliver effective presentations of engineering results in written and oral formats.
  4. Have life-long learning skills and are able to apply their engineering knowledge to critically evaluate relevant literature and new technologies or systems.
  5. Are effective leaders, capable of working in diverse environments.
  6. Are able to apply their engineering education to a variety of career paths.

Assessment Schedules

undergraduate (doc)     graduate (doc)

Assessment reports

undergraduate program: 
spring 2007 (doc)       fall 2007 (doc)

graduate program: 
spring 2007 (doc)        fall 2007 (doc) 

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