Felder to be honored by University of Illinois

Dr. Richard M. Felder, the Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, will receive an honorary doctorate of engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his contributions to engineering and science education.

He will be honored at the university’s commencement ceremony in May.

Felder has lobbied for decades for more effective teaching methods in engineering and science and has published over 200 articles in the field. He co-directs the American Society for Engineering Education National Effective Teaching Institute and regularly conducts teaching effectiveness workshops at universities around the world.

His seminal textbook, “Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes,” co-written with former NC State professor Ronald Rousseau, was named in 2008 to the list of “Groundbreaking Chemical Engineering Books” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at its centennial celebration.

Felder received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1966. He joined the NC State faculty in 1969.