How the Journal Chemical Engineering Education Started…and a Brief Report on the History of Other Disciplinary Based Journals in Engineering Education

Authors

  • Donald P. Visco, Jr. The University of Akron, United States
  • Phillip C. Wankat Purdue University, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-141427

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Abstract

The report describes the initial formation of Chemical Engineering Education as a journal, plus looks at options for faculty in a few other engineering disciplines to publish their engineering education work within disciplinary-based engineering education journals.

Author Biographies

Donald P. Visco, Jr., The University of Akron, United States

Donald P. Visco, Jr. is a Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at the University of Akron. He earned his BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, with a stint in the US Navy in between.  He is a former dean at Akron, a co-author of an undergraduate chemical thermodynamics textbook, and the current editor of Chemical Engineering Education

Corresponding author: dviscoj@uakron.edu

Phillip C. Wankat, Purdue University, United States

Phillip C. Wankat is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned his BS from Purdue, his PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University and a MSEd from Purdue. His research interests include adsorption, large-scale chromatography, simulated moving bed systems, distillation, and improvements in engineering education. He served on the editorial staff of Chemical Engineering Education from 1992 through 2019 and was the editor from 2014 through 2019. 

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Published

2026-04-12

Issue

Ahead of Print (Articles ASAP)

Section

60th Anniversary Special Section