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Chemical Engineering Employer Survey 2007-2008

TO BE COMPLETED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILIAR WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF OSU CHEMICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATES

This survey has been designed to help us evaluate our educational programs based on the performance of our alumni in the workplace. Your feedback is solicited as a method for continuously improving the quality of our education program. Please help us by completing this survey from Chemical Engineering. Your survey input will remain anonymous. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

Questions marked with a * are required.

 
*1. Company Name?
 
*2. Company City?
 
*3. Company State?
 
*4. Your firm's industry (Please choose one):
Biological
Biotechnology
Chemical
Civil/Construction
Computer
Consulting/Contractual
Defense
Education
Energy
Environmental
Financial Services/Accounting
Food/Beverage/Tobacco
Government
Health Care
Human Resources
Mechanical
Metals
Microelectronics/Electrical
Pharmaceutical
Pulp and paper or Forest products
Research
Higher Education
!Other 
 
*5. Please rate the extent to which your OSU CHE employee has satisfied your expectations for quality work.
Very satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
 
*6. Please rate the attitude and work ethic of your OSU CHE employee with (1 being very poor and 5 being very good).
1 2 3 4 5 N/A
Attitude
Work Ethic
 
Listed below are the EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES for the undergraduate Chemical engineering program at OSU. Please rate the importance of each objective in your workplace. Please also rate how well our OSU alumni are prepared to meet each objective. Rate each from 1 to 5, with 1 being least important/prepared and 5 being most important/prepared.
 
*7. Graduates will be prepared for success either as a chemical engineer in an industrial, service or governmental organization or a graduate student studying in more depth a field related to chemical engineering.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*8. Graduates will be proficient at mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences relevant to modern chemical engineering so that they can critically integrate and synthesize knowledge in order to think creatively and design appropriate solutions to unfamiliar problems.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*9. Graduates will have the ability to communicate effectively and to work collaboratively in diverse team environments.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*10. Graduates will have developed an awareness of the evolving nature of engineering sciences, the state of current prossional practice, contemporary issues, the impact of engineering actions in a societal and global context, their professional and ethical responsibilities, and the need for lifelong learning.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
ABET accrediation also requires evaluation of the OUTCOMES for our Education Programs. Again, from your experience in hiring and working with a graduate of the Chemical engineering program, please evaluate the importance of each outcome in your workplace, and how well our OSU alumni are prepared to meet each one. Rate each from 1 to 5, with 1 being least important/prepared and 5 being most important/prepared.
 
*11. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*12. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*13. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufaturability, and sustainability.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*14. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*15. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*16. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*17. An ability to communicate effectively.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*18. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*19. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*20. A knowledge of contemporary issues.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*21. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*22. An ability to implement formal practices of project planning and management.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*23. An ability to identify what information is missing and to formulate specific critical engineering problems when given complex process problems.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*24. An ability to make rapid and intelligent engineering decisions with minimal data.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*25. An ability to find trends in large quantities of process data and relate those trends back to fundamental chemical engineering process principles.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*26. An ability to identify modifications to process equipment to improve process performance.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
*27. An ability to evaluate multiple process technologies in a broad context, i.e. safety, environment, cost, etc.
1 2 3 4 5
Importance
Quality of Preparation
 
28. How satisfied are you with your OSU Chemical engineering employee's educational preparation?
Very satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
 
29. Would you hire another OSU Chemical engineering graduate?
Definitely Yes
Most likely yes
Maybe
Probably Not
Definitely Not
 
30. If you hire from other universities and programs, please list preparation that they provide that you would like OSU Chemical engineering to do a better job of providing.
 
31. Please provide any other feedback or suggestions for Improving the OSU/Chemical engineering program.