"Chemical Engineering for the Future Moving Away From Petroleum-Based Education 

 

F. Joseph Schork 

Professor and Chair 

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 

Clark School of engineering 

University of Maryland

Abstract: Will we go the way of mining engineering? petroleum engineering? textile engineering? metallurgical engineering? ceramic engineering? Or will the next generation of chemical engineering be as impressive as the first? This talk with discuss the author's thoughts on chemical engineering in the future, and how the education of new chemical engineers must be changed to fit the new paradigms..