The Departments of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina have established an interdisciplinary traineeship program focusing on sustainable chemical and product manufacturing, including the reduction, recycle, or elimination of hazardous solvents in manufacturing processes. This program in Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing addresses an issue which is of great importance across the manufacturing spectrum, and which affects both large and small industries. The program includes significant interaction with small businesses in the State of South Carolina, as well as support from the State Department of Health and Environmental Control. In addition, intellectual collaboration with large companies such as Allied Signal, Ambac, Westvaco, Exxon, Laidlaw Environmental, Raytheon Environmental Systems Inc., and Los Alamos, Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories, ensures that trainees will receive a broad exposure to fundamental and applied problems facing industry. The modeling effort in particular is designed to hasten the transfer results of academic research to industry, including small businesses.
Trainees receive mentoring from outstanding academic scholars, as well as from industrial mentors.
There is an emphasis on providing industrial internships and training for each students. GRT students who are interested in teaching careers are also given training for classroom instruction. The Department of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. South Carolina Copyright 1995-2000 by The Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina.