Frontiers of Chemical Engineering: A Chemical Engineering Freshman Seminar

Authors

  • Frank M. Bowman Vanderbilt University
  • R. Robert Balcarcel Vanderbilt University
  • G. Kane Jennings Vanderbilt University
  • Bridget R. Rogers Vanderbilt University

Abstract

In this paper a new seminar elective for freshman engineering students is described. It was designed to introduce freshmen to the field and profession of chemical engineering by using examples from cutting-edge research to illustrate fundamental concepts. Exposing students to chemical engineering in their first semester provides an earlier chance for them to catch the excitement of chemical engineering and should help them make better-informed decisions regarding their educational plans.

Author Biographies

Frank M. Bowman, Vanderbilt University

Frank Bowman is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He received his BS from Brigham Young University in 1991 and his PhD from Caltech in 1997, both in chemical engineering. His research interests include atmospheric aerosol modeling and chemical mechanism analysis.

R. Robert Balcarcel, Vanderbilt University

Robert Balcarcel is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He received his BS from the University of California. Berkeley, in 1993 and his PhD from MIT in 1999, both in chemical engineering. His research interests include improvement and metabolic engineering of mammalian cell cultures for biopharmaceutical production and analysis of chemical and biological agents.

G. Kane Jennings, Vanderbilt University

Kane Jennings is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He received his BS in chemical engineering from Auburn University in 1993, an MS in chemical engineering practice from MIT in 1996, and a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT in 1998. His research is focused on ultra thin organic films.

Bridget R. Rogers, Vanderbilt University

Bridget Rogers is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She received her PhD and MS degrees from Arizona State University and her BS degree from the University of Colorado. Boulder, all in chemical engineering. Her research program focuses on film formation, microstructure evolution, and material properties of UHV-CVD deposited high permittivity dielectric thin films.

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Published

2003-01-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2003): Winter 2003

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