What Students and Faculty Should Know About Professional Licensure
Authors
John Wagner
McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at Trine University
William Parrish
licensed P.E. in Oklahoma where he was a senior scientist in R&D at ConocoPhillips. He is on the PE Chemical Exam Committee and involved in professional development activities in AIChE.
Lisa Bullard
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University
Abstract
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Author Biographies
John Wagner, McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at Trine University
Dr. John Wagner is a licensed P.E. in Ohio and Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at Trine University where he teaches courses across the discipline including Process Design and Process Control. He received his B.S. from the University of Colorado and Ph. D. from Rice University both in chemical engineering. John worked for Shell Oil in Refinery Operations and has been a subject matter expert volunteer for NCEES.
William Parrish, licensed P.E. in Oklahoma where he was a senior scientist in R&D at ConocoPhillips. He is on the PE Chemical Exam Committee and involved in professional development activities in AIChE.
Dr. William Parrish received his BSChE from Georgia Tech and Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. He spent over 30 years in industry and is a licensed P.E. in Oklahoma where he was a senior scientist in R&D at ConocoPhillips. He is on the PE Chemical Exam Committee and involved in professional development activities in AIChE. For more than five years he has made presentations at the AIChE Annual Student Conference on licensure and the value of taking the FE exam while a senior. Since retiring, he teaches short courses and is working on the third edition of a natural gas processing book.
Lisa Bullard, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University
Dr. Lisa Bullard is a licensed P.E. in North Carolina and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from NC State and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. A faculty member at NC State since 2000, Dr. Bullard’s research interests lie in the areas of teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, and instruction in material and energy balances and capstone process design.
