(382f) Implementing Conservation of Life Across the Curriculum

This paper describes our pedagogy for implementing chemical
process safety (CPS) education across the chemical engineering curriculum.  Building on a unifying theme of conservation
of life from the first year experience through the senior design courses, we work
towards four goals:

(1)  Make
students aware of CPS principles, practice, and the chemical engineer's role.

(2)  Infuse
a culture of life-long safety in our department faculty, students and graduates.

(3)  Assess
student learning, basic skills, and commitment to CPS.

(4)  Require
minimal additional resources or student credit hours in a full curriculum.

We present our experience and recommendations for reaching these
goals through careful planning, coordination, identification and use of
existing resources, and student and faculty accountability.