Employer Survey - Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

How often in the past have you typically hired newly graduated chemical engineers?

Monthly
Several times per year
Yearly
At least every two years
At least every five years
Less often than every five years

With respect to learning how to use computation to solve problems, what do you think are the most important learning attributes that should be gained from an undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum? (Select all that apply)

Ability to write simple computer programs in at least one programming language
Ability to write more complex computer programs utilizing numerical modelling
Ability to interact with process control software and hardware
Ability to analyze large data sets using statistical methods
Ability to apply machine learning
An understanding of computer hardware architecture
Other

Regarding the previous question, if you selected "other" please specify here.

What computational software do expect a newly graduated chemical engineer to be able to use? (Select all that apply)

Spreadsheet (e.g. basic Excel)
Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Matlab
Python
Statistics packages (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS)
Lower level programming languages (e.g. C, C++)
PLC Programming
Specialized modelling software (e.g. computationl fluid dynamics, chemical reaction modelling)
Other

Regarding the previous question, if you selected "other" please specify here.

How would you rate the mathematical complexity of the types of problems you expect newly graduated chemical engineers to solve? (1 = Basic arithmetic (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing) and 5 = Advanced computational tasks (solving partial differential equations and/or machine learning))

Has your company ever paid for computation related training for your chemical engineering graduates?

Yes
No

If yes, what areas have you paid for training in? (Select all that apply)

Spreadsheet (e.g. basic Excel)
Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Matlab
Python
Statistics packages (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS)
Lower level programming languages (e.g. C, C++)
PLC Programming
Specialized modelling software (e.g. computationl fluid dynamics, chemical reaction modelling)
Other

Regarding the previous question, if you selected "other" please specify here.

Which field best describes your company?

Petrochemical Engineering
Biochemical Engineering
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Food Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Energy sector
Financial sector
Other, process engineering
Other, engineering

Which best describes the size of your company?

<20 employees
20-50 employees
50-200 employees
200-1000 employees
>1000 employees

Is there anything else you think would be helpful for us to know about what you expect of newly graduated chemical engineers?