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Celebrating 100 Years of Chemical Engineering at LSU

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Centennial Celebration

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Department Mission

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New Building for Chemical Engineering

Fund-Raising Campaign
for the New Building

Contributions Forever LSU

Department Committees

National Academy of Engineering Members

Research Profile

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Goals and Objectives

Strategic Goals

  1. To develop and enhance region-important research and scholarship through improved physical facilities and equipment as well as stronger industrial ties.
  2. To magnify departmental national and international reputation in research and teaching through public, corporate, academic, and alumni relations. Enhancement of reputation will also come through the hiring of five distinguished scholars to fill the Cain Endowed Chairs.
  3. To increase the retention rate and recruitment of outstanding students by strengthening all programs, by attracting eminent scholars, by retaining current faculty, and by modernizing laboratories and computer facilities.

Objectives

Strategic Goal #1: To develop and enhance region-important research and scholarship through improved physical facilities and equipment as well as stronger industrial ties.

Strategic Goal #2 To magnify departmental national and international reputation in research and teaching through public, corporate, academic, and alumni relations. Enhancement of reputation will also come through the hiring of five distinguished scholars to fill the Cain Chairs.

Strategic Goal #3: To increase the retention rate and recruitment of outstanding students by strengthening all programs, by attracting eminent scholars, by retaining current faculty, and by modernizing laboratories and computer facilities.

Peer and Benchmark Institutions

The Peer and Benchmark Institutions that will be used in assessing the progress of the Chemical Engineering Department are as follows:

  • Auburn University-Main Campus
  • Mississippi State University
  • North Carolina State University-Raleigh Campus
  • Texas A & M University
  • University of Florida
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Maryland-College Park Campus
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Tennessee
  • Virginia Polytechnical Institute & State University
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