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Program Objectives

OBJECTIVES | OUTCOMES

1   Students have the ability to appropriately use modern computational tools to solve problems in mass, energy, momentum transport, process design and analysis, and process control.
2   Students have the ability to apply chemical engineering fundamentals to the design and analysis of production processes.
3   Students understand the AIChE code of ethics, have the ability to recognize ethical dilemmas, and have the skills to apply ethical reasoning to difficult ethical situations.
4   Students have a demonstrated capability in material energy balances, transport processes, reactor design, separations fundamentals, process control, and the design and analysis of experiments.
5   Students can communicate effectively with a variety of constituents using both written and oral reports and can use graphic aids to enhance the effectiveness of the communication.
6   Students have the broad education necessary to understand the attitudes and cultural differences of other people and to place engineering solutions in the global societal context.
7   Students have a demonstrated competence in one of the following options:
  • Pulp and PaperImaging and Inks
  • Pollution Abatement
  • Life Sciences
  • Energy Management

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