ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012<br />
<strong>The</strong> Masters of Science in Applied<br />
Chemistry degree program received initial<br />
accreditation from the Commission for<br />
Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of<br />
Higher Education and Scientific Research.<br />
Several new graduate electives were<br />
also introduced: Technical and Scientific<br />
Writing (Communications), Mathematical<br />
Modeling in Engineering (Mathematics), and<br />
Organometallic Chemistry: Homogenous<br />
Catalysis (Chemistry).<br />
Collaborative Endeavors<br />
<strong>The</strong> A&S Department of Mathematics<br />
continued working together with the<br />
Engineering programs to offer several<br />
advanced mathematics courses. <strong>The</strong><br />
Mathematics, Communications, Chemistry, and<br />
Physics programs all collaborated with their<br />
respective AUP counterparts on a cohesive<br />
set of vertically integrated student learning<br />
outcomes and to establish clear means of<br />
appropriately placing students. <strong>The</strong> STEPS<br />
program (Engineering Design), conducted a<br />
review of STPS201 and STPS251 courses with<br />
participation from the engineering programs<br />
in order to integrate the learning outcomes of<br />
these courses with the senior design sequence.<br />
A&S departments also engaged in several<br />
collaborative efforts with entities outside<br />
of PI. <strong>The</strong> German program continued<br />
collaborations with the Goethe-<strong>Institute</strong> Gulf<br />
Region, the German Embassy, and the Dubaibased<br />
German magazine Discover ME. As<br />
part of these collaborative efforts, Arts and<br />
Sciences students participated in a roundtable<br />
discussion with the German Federal<br />
President, Dr. Christian Wulff. Internationally,<br />
the General Studies program organized the 4th<br />
International Design Competition and Forum<br />
in collaboration with the Colorado School of<br />
Mines.<br />
Sponsored Research<br />
Arts and Sciences faculty were involved in 17<br />
sponsored research projects (detailed in Table<br />
2), delivered 34 conference presentations,<br />
including several keynote and plenary talks,<br />
and produced nearly 60 publications during<br />
2011-12 (Table 1).<br />
Table 1. A&S Faculty Publications Over Past Five Years<br />
Publication Type 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011<br />
Books 1 0 2 2 1 2<br />
Edited collections 2 1 1 1 1 0<br />
Edited journals 0 0 0 14 11 6<br />
Book chapters 4 1 3 13 5 4<br />
Journal articles 26 25 35 31 55 29<br />
Conference proceedings 9 18 12 21 27 12<br />
Other Peer-reviewed<br />
11 2 4 1 2 4<br />
Publication<br />
Total Publications 55 47 57 83 102 57<br />
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