Strategies for Addressing ABET Safety Curriculum Requirements

Kimberly Ogden is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona. Her research focus includes bioreactor design for production of alternative fuels from algae and sweet sorghum and microbiological water quality. She is the engineering technical lead for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts or NAABB. NAABB is working to make biofuels and bioproducts from algae a reality. The team consists of multiple universities, government laboratories and industrial partners.

Tom Spicer is a professor and the Ralph E. Martin Leadership Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. In addition to administrative duties, he teaches courses on chemical process safety and process control. He is a member of the AIChE Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) Committee and the AIChE Education and Accreditation Committee. Tom has been a faculty member since 1985 and department head since 2001.