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This week, I am sharing 5 tips for Chemical Engineering Students and recent Graduates. My first tip is a basic but important one: Make the most of your University experience. Do your best, as better grades are more attractive. Where possible, choose optional courses, research and design projects that demonstrate your specific interests. However, having a lower grade is not as bad as you might fear. There are other factors employers consider. Beyond academics, take responsibility for helping to manage a student society or club to build your teamwork and organisation skills. Make the most of your University experience and look out for my second tip tomorrow. #chemicalengineering #processengineering #universitystudent #graduate #earlycareeradvice

College prepares the next generation of professionals to solve the problems facing our society. While covering the fundamentals is critical, it is also important that the curriculum incorporate new and emerging topics that will prepare the next generation of engineers for the workforce. When I first started at Exponent a decade ago, I wrote a paper with a few of my new colleagues (Russell Ogle, Brenton Cox) that was published in Process Safety Progress about the importance of teaching #ProcessSafety to students majoring in #ChemicalEngineering (https://lnkd.in/gmsGYzM3). Making the world a safer place resonates with me, and I felt synthesizing how chemical engineering departments were trying to do that was a worthwhile use of my early career free time. I saw an article this week from Nature Chemical Engineering (credit to Waheed Afzal for posting about it) about rethinking chemical engineering education. It's not often that a paper really sticks with me, but I had to post and share it. The article highlights the importance of working with other disciplines, #Sustainability, #Entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence (#AI), advanced technology, and using more project-based and problem-solving methods in the learning environment. For those passionate about engineering, education, or simply reminiscing about university days, this article is a must-read. It's not only thought-provoking but it's also FREE! - https://lnkd.in/g7eE_cCB #FutureOfEducation

Systems Series Part 1: Chemical Engineering Let's dive into the fascinating world of Chemical Engineering. According to the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers, African Americans make up only 2% of Chemical Engineering faculty in the United States. As an African American woman, recent graduate, and future Chemical Engineering student, I fell in love with the diversity and expansiveness of the field. I also saw the value I could bring with my unique insights and perspectives. I refuse to limit myself to my first degree or my current skillset, as I believe we should all dream big. To me, Chemical Engineering represents a system of necessary skills such as math, physics, and chemistry that make the world go round and fuel new technological advancements that change our futures. Chemical Engineering is responsible for the creation and innovation of raw materials and transforming them into everyday products from oil and gas to shampoo and conditioner. This makes it like a necessary art that many people do not explore. Chemical Engineers work on solving big problems such as how to use materials science to develop new materials, bioengineering plant seeds to yield heat-resistant crops, and even installing fire safety systems in schools and offices. This highlights the diverse opportunities and transferrable skills within the field. I want to be a Chemical Engineer because I want to be a part of the revolution towards a more sustainable Earth! Sustainability is so important to me as our future depends on our current sustainable practices. With so many industries from technology to finance to textiles to pharmaceuticals, I am excited to see where I fit in. Enjoying the series so far? Stay tuned as I explore more systems in this series. Also, enjoy the chemistry of lip balms infographic, down below. #systemsseries #chemicalengineering #STEM #womeninSTEM #blackwomenSTEM #blackwomenengineers #curiosity #futurewomanengineer #futureblackwomanengineer

==== 🔵 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗨𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!🔵 ==== Dear LinkedIn Community, As part of our commitment to delivering a cutting-edge education that bridges academia and industry, we are in the process of revamping our Engineering Chemistry syllabus for undergraduate students. We believe that the best curriculum is one that integrates the latest advancements and real-world applications, and who better to help us identify these key areas than professionals like you? 🔍 We are seeking your input on topics that are: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬: Fundamental principles and emerging areas in chemistry that every engineering student should know. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭: Practical knowledge and skills that are in high demand in the industry today and anticipated to be crucial in the future. Your insights and experiences are invaluable to us. Whether you’re an academic, a researcher, or an industry professional, your suggestions can help shape a curriculum that is both comprehensive and forward-thinking. 📩 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞: 🔵 Comment below with your topic suggestions. 🔵Share your thoughts and experiences on emerging trends. 🔵Feel free to message me directly if you have detailed input. Thank you for helping us educate the engineers of tomorrow! #EngineeringChemistry #CurriculumDevelopment #HigherEducation #IndustryAcademia #FutureEngineers

When I examine the experience of these six contributors, I discover a grand total of 10 years of industry experience (out of a collective of more than a century), 5 of which was as a practicing engineer outside of a lab, all of that in the 1980s. What non-academic organization would review its products without consulting the customers, which for ChE undergrads are largely manufacturers and the engineering firms that serve them? Not surprisingly, what we hear from the researchers is the usual academic politics of UN goals, respect for indigenous people, repeated use of the word sustainability in every possible context, and how the fight against climate change is the only righteous path; necessary language for academics who wish to publish, but not very relevant to the question at hand. Each in turn talks about how undergrads should learn more about (surprise!) their particular research area. Yes, ChE undergraduate education needs reform, but asking academics rather than professionals provides little insight into what direction that reform should take. Ask engineering hiring managers; they'll tell you ChEs taught by academics are insufficiently prepared to address the practical design and safety tasks that will greet them.

Our February Issue touches on a topic that is very near and dear to our hearts: undergraduate chemical engineering education. https://lnkd.in/e9qFnsGW This issue's Viewpoint discusses current strengths and areas of potential needed development for modern chemical engineering curricula. We felt that the time was right for this discussion piece given that the field continues to broaden topically (see Editorial 1) and in light of rapid technological advancements. These are compounded by the growing need for systems-level engineering analyses, with techno-economic and life cycle assessments becoming increasingly important early in design (see Editorial 2). Incorporating and integrating better these new approaches and topics into a curriculum with a fixed number of course hours presents a major design challenge. This Viewpoint, although not comprehensive, begins a timely discussion. The first three viewpoints tackle chemical engineering education from the broader perspective of overall curriculum design, while the second three propose specific topics warranting further consideration in course redesign like data science and analytics, artificial intelligence, and electrochemical engineering. A huge thank you to Jinlong Gong, David Shallcross, Yan Jiao, Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Richard Davis, and Chris Arges for their insightful essays. Feel free to leave feedback below! #chemicalengineering #catalysis #sustainability #education #engineering

"Your time in academia is primarily about your training as a scholar, not just about the research you produce. As such, my advice would be that the direction you take your research ought not to be motivated only by the scientific results, but also by what you want to learn and grow into. What role would you like to have after you finish your program? What skills do you enjoy using? What kinds of challenges do you want to contribute to solving? There are many such questions to ask about what work you want to do, just as there are numerous decision points in any research project: What system are we studying? What questions are we asking about this system? How do we go about answering them? These questions about personal goals and scientific direction ought to be considered together. There are often constraints on these decisions, many outside our direct control. Nonetheless, I think prioritizing your personal preferences will increase the chances that you spend your time on ideas you find compelling, in a way you hopefully find fulfilling and enjoyable.” - Wesley Michaels, Ph.D. '22, Chemical Engineering Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4Pyf5pc #StanfordChemE

About a job ad/candidate brief of Lecturer in Chemical Engineering: First few points already sieve aside non-Chemical Engineering graduates. In my home country (Indonesia), we call this linearity requirement. I thought this was a thing of the past in advanced countries. But I found this among ads from Russell's Group university lectureship openings. If you were a hiring manager, would you consider applicants whose first degrees were in Chemistry, Engineering Physics or Materials Science but had conducted research in Chem Eng department during her/his PhD or postdoctoral stints to teach in your chemical engineering department?

Hi LinkedIn friends! Here is some promo filming work I did for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield last June (still MEng student then) and was recently made available in The University of Sheffield website. What is #chemicalengineering? What can you do with this degree? Check out the video in the attached webpage!

Can one be too young for Engineering? Based on an article by "The Chemical Engineer" children typically have career aspirations which are narrow and out of sync with labour market demands. Not that anyone intends to employ children, but this may impede their knowledge and early interest in areas such as Chemical Engineering and the broader STEM subjects. Chemical Engineering is a challenging concept for young children to understand, but the assertion is that there is little need to get caught up in the technicalities. To engage very young children with Engineering (Chemical), the IChemE, recommends showing them its relevance to their own lives to spark their imagination, creativity, and interest. Since this cannot be the sole responsibility of educators, please take time to discuss the poster below with your little ones. Let's all empower the future generation to have the ability to correct the errors of the past. We are the change we want! (Poster by Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE))