MATERIALS SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Educating chemical engineers for coming challenges
Chemical Engineering Education -Poster Session (T6-P)
Keywords: material science, chemical engineering,, education
The teaching of students in material science covers large areas of chemistry, physics and other sciences. The main directions of material science education usually concern basic aspects of the synthesis and characterization of materials. The study of the processes in materials, especially for the purposes of the industrial application and other applied topics often are out of the main teaching activities. On the other side the study of materials often is out of the frame of chemical engineering education also. Moreover materials science continues to be one of the most expensive fields of the education. Such situation is typical both for technical and classical universities.
This report is focuses on the innovative process to introduce Materials Science in Saint-Petersburg State University in the frame of Russian National Project “Education”. Our program “Chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials” had been organized to develop the education in material science on the base of multidisciplinary approach. One of the peculiarities of such approach is the combination of basic and applied subjects. Creation of experimental base for complex teaching and mechanism of combining in the same educational program different components - chemistry, physics and mechanics of materials – is considered as the way to grow up a generation able to solve many problems in Chemical Engineering, Applied Science and Technology. We consider the knowledge in material science as a necessary and integral part of Chemical Engineering education. An important aspect of Materials Science in Chemical Engineering education reflects the partnership with business structures and industry. It is important for the level of future bachelors and masters is their activity in research during study. The success of the introducing new way and new educational program is connected to international collaboration and common efforts for Materials Science in Chemical Engineering education. The peculiarities of our new program and future development of multidisciplinary education in material science and chemical engineering in classical university will be presented in the lecture.
Acknowledgements Authors are grateful for the financial support of the Federal Education Agency of Russia. The present contribution was developed within the framework of the project "Innovative educational environment in the classical university" by the St. Petersburg State University.
Presented Monday 17, 13:30 to 15:00, in session Chemical Engineering Education -Poster Session (T6-P).
