Prospectiva 2025 de la carrera de ingeniería química en algunos países pertenecientes a la organización de estados americanos (OEA)

Abstract

In the framework of the Engineering for the Americas program (EFTA), that establishes the need for the quality improvement and modernization of engineering education in member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS), a prospective study of chemical engineering by 2025 was performed. The objective of the study is identifying and prioritizing new tendencies, topics, technologies and quality criteria for the chemical engineering profession. The prospective study was done consulting national and international experts through three Delphi rounds by submitting a document via email. The study focused on analysing seven core areas of chemical engineering: technologies, formation lines, systems process engineering, transportation phenomena and unit operations, physical chemistry and thermodynamics, chemistry and reaction engineering, quality criteria for education in chemical engineering. The study covered 85 priority issues.