TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges of implementing
T2 - A joint industrial-academic research project - As part of a nontraditional industrial Ph.D. dissertation
AU - Seay, Jeffrey R.
AU - Eden, Mario R.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - The distance-education doctorate in engineering seem ridiculous enough by itself, but the fact that the prospective student intends to maintain full-time employment as a senior process engineer with a chemical manufacturing company. The real key to making the unlikely dissertation project a reality is to negotiate a scenario where all parties involved the student, the universities, and the company have something to gain from a successful collaboration. The universities benefits greatly from the improved intellectual diversity stemming from adding industrial experience to academic research groups. The research project is originally conceived as a conceptual process-development project for the production of an industrial chemical from renewable, bio-based feed stocks. The experience serve as a model for other manufacturing companies looking to bring an academic perspective to a research project, and for universities looking to bring an industry focus to chemical engineering education.
AB - The distance-education doctorate in engineering seem ridiculous enough by itself, but the fact that the prospective student intends to maintain full-time employment as a senior process engineer with a chemical manufacturing company. The real key to making the unlikely dissertation project a reality is to negotiate a scenario where all parties involved the student, the universities, and the company have something to gain from a successful collaboration. The universities benefits greatly from the improved intellectual diversity stemming from adding industrial experience to academic research groups. The research project is originally conceived as a conceptual process-development project for the production of an industrial chemical from renewable, bio-based feed stocks. The experience serve as a model for other manufacturing companies looking to bring an academic perspective to a research project, and for universities looking to bring an industry focus to chemical engineering education.
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M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:44849141435
SN - 0009-2479
VL - 42
SP - 112
EP - 116
JO - Chemical Engineering Education
JF - Chemical Engineering Education
IS - 2
ER -