The vision of Chemical Engineering at Dalhousie University is to achieve national and international recognition through the educational and research achievements and the professional service of our faculty, staff and students.
Our mission is to provide students with quality engineering education, to carry out basic and applied research, and to provide services to the wider community.
Specifically, we strive to:
Provide an overall educational experience that prepares our students to become successful professional chemical engineers capable of undertaking both life-long learning and further advanced studies.
Provide an environment that enables students, staff and faculty to make lasting contributions to the advancement of knowledge and the innovative practice of engineering.
Carry out services that support the administration, advancement, governance, and regulation of engineering education, the engineering profession, public perception and understanding of technology that leads to an improvement in the quality of life.
In Chemical Engineering we offer co-operative and non-co-operative undergraduate programs that aim to develop engineers who will be successful in their careers, able to address technological and societal challenges and prepares them for both life-long learning and further advanced studies.
To achieve this, we strive to:
• Provide students with the underlying engineering sciences and technical foundations to become competent, practicing chemical engineers. Students learn to apply their knowledge of scientific principles to problem identification and solution, to undertake and analyze experimental work, and to design safe, environmentally acceptable and sustainable processes and systems to meet specified objectives using modern engineering tools and technologies.
• Prepare students to be successful in their future working relationships. Students develop effective communication skills, learn to function productively in teams, and obtain the foundation to support life-long learning so as to promote personal and professional growth.
• Instill in students an acute understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities and create awareness of the societal impact that their professional activities may have.
• Continuously improve the academic program in partnership with academia, alumni, government, and industry.
• Foster a relationship between faculty and students that is collaborative, accessible, allows for personal mentoring and engages students in the educational process.
In Chemical Engineering we provide opportunities for both course-based and research-based Masters Degrees and earned Doctorates. These graduate programs aim to develop highly-qualified postgraduates who are self-motivated, independent and clear-thinking individuals capable of undertaking an independent research program.
To achieve this, we strive to:
• Teach students how to utilize advanced science and engineering tools and methodologies.
• Educate students in advanced topics and expose them to current areas in the broad field of chemical engineering.
• Provide intellectual leadership and give our students a sound basis in research methodology.
• Engage students in the research community and prepare them to disseminate their research findings effectively.
• Vest responsibility with the Graduate Research Supervisor, in conjunction with the supervisory committee, to guide and mentor the student during his/her research, course work, thesis writing and final thesis defense, such that progress in these aspects of postgraduate training coincide with development as a self-motivated, independent and clear-thinking researcher.
• Vest responsibility with the Graduate Student to contribute sufficient work to complete the research, and any associated experimentation, and ensure her/his own background and specific knowledge are sufficient to understand, develop and justify the research.
In Chemical Engineering we aim to be a catalyst for advancing the research mission of Dalhousie University, specifically in the broad field of chemical engineering.
To achieve this, we strive to:
• Undertake research of a caliber that is internationally recognized.
• Enhance partnerships and collaborations with government, industry and other research organizations.
• Develop infrastructure and policy that promote creativity and an entrepreneurial culture.
• Communicate to the general public, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Government of Canada, and both national and international decision makers, the value of our research to the advancement of knowledge and quality of life.
The faclty and staff in Chemical Engineering endeavour to foster ethical leadership and actively support the administration, advancement, governance, and regulation of chemical engineering education and the engineering profession.
To achieve this, we strive to:
• Conduct business according to a code of conduct based upon honesty, integrity, accountability and mutual respect.
• Become leaders in our chosen areas of service.
• Strengthen the public perception and understanding that chemical engineering technology leads to an improvement in the quality of life.
• Honesty/straight talk - tell the truth and acknowledge need for confidentiality when information cannot be shared.
• Integrity - be principled, consistent and do the right thing.
• Continuous Improvement - continually challenge and improve the way you operate.
• Accountability - expect to be held responsible for your own commitments and be prepared to hold others responsible for theirs.
• Fact-based conversations - hold discussions based on facts, not rumors.
• Empowerment - make decisions at the most appropriate level.
• Respect - treat others the way you expect to be treatedWords are the easy part, what we do is what counts!