Undergraduate Program Objectives

Program Objective

Graduates from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Mississippi are:

1. Globally competitive in the professional world
2. Prepared for success in their chosen career or in continued education
3. Equipped with flexible problem solving skills to address complex issues in society

Program Outcomes

1. apply basic principles of math, science and engineering, and particularly of advanced chemistry, to identify, analyze, formulate and solve a wide variety of engineering problems;
2. apply the core chemical engineering content (material and energy balances, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, separations, and chemical reaction engineering) to analysis, problem solving, and design;
3. analyze and design safe and economic process systems using skills and tools appropriate at any phase, from synthesis through optimization and control to operability;
4. design and conduct experiments, and analyze and interpret technical data using modern experimental and computational techniques and tools;
5. communicate technical information through effective presentations, memoranda and reports;
6. contribute to the success of multi-disciplinary teams characteristic of today's workplace;
7. understand the professional and ethical responsibility of the engineer, the safety and environmental aspects of engineering decisions, and the impact of engineering solutions in the context of societal needs and contemporary issues;
8. continue their education and pursue new concepts through self-directed study.

These objectives and outcomes were adopted by the Ch.E. faculty in October 2000 and revised in May 2001. They build upon a previous set of goals, which were included in the 2001 Undergraduate Catalog.

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