December Education Division Announcements

1. News from the Vice Chairs

2. Inaugural Education Division Webinar

3. Chemical Engineering Graduate Program App

4. Position Announcement: Engineering Education Post-Doc

5. Instructions for submitting EdDiv announcements

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1. NEWS FROM THE VICE CHAIRS

Looking back: The Education Division program was a great success at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco. With over 130 abstracts accepted, the program may have been the largest in the EdDiv’s history. We want to thank the session chairs, workshop organizers, and presenters for all of their hard work. 

Looking ahead: December is the time where we work on putting the program together for the next Annual Meeting. We have over 20 sessions planned and are grateful to have lots of great ideas for sessions and volunteers to serve as session chairs.

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2.  INAUGURAL EDUCATION DIVISION WEBINAR

Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 24th at 2pm ET for our first EdDiv webinar. Professor Milo Koretsky from Oregon State University will be presenting on the AIChE Concept Warehouse, which is a great resource for our community. 

Instructions for joining the webinar will be included in the January announcements.

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3. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE PROGRAMS APP

Please advertise the following new app amongst your undergraduate students:

Interested in graduate school in chemical engineering, but don’t know where to start looking? The journal Chemical Engineering Education has released a free app for iPhone and iPad that gives information and links to over 100 graduate programs. The app can be downloaded from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chemical-engineering-grad/id1048394040?mt=8

If you don’t have an iPhone or iPad, you can access the graduate school information using your browser: go to http://www.che.ufl.edu/cee/ and click on Graduate Programs.

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4. ENGINEERING EDUCATION POST-DOC POSITION AT NCSU

North Carolina State University has a one-year post-doctoral position is to develop the content, structure, and delivery vehicle of an on-line bridging course for non-chemical engineering students interested in pursuing graduate work in chemical engineering. The post-doc will work primarily with Dr. Lisa Bullard, Dr. Matthew Cooper, and Dr. Richard Felder, as well as other Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering faculty, to develop the course materials and implement the course structure. 

Candidates should have an undergraduate or graduate background in chemical engineering as well as a background in technology-assisted instruction/online education. The candidate ideally would have experience in working with course management systems. A PhD in Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, or related area is preferred.

For more information about this position, see the posting at https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/77274 or contact Dr. Lisa Bullard at lisa_bullard@ncsu.edu.

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5. SUBMITTING ED-DIV ANNOUNCEMENTS

To submit an EdDiv announcement, please prepare a maximum of a 2-3 paragraph description including any relevant URLs and contact information as well as a subject line. Do not include any attachments. Email this information to Katie Cadwell <kdcadwel@syr.edu> with the email heading “For EdDiv Announcements.” Announcements will be sent out near the beginning of each month.  Each announcement will be included once, unless otherwise requested. Announcements will also be recorded on the Division website: http://www.aiche.org/community/sites/divisions-forums/education-division .

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