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Felder honored by alma mater

Dr. Felder 
Dr. Felder

Dr. Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Engineering Alumni Career Achievement Award from the City College of New York (CCNY).

The award, CCNY’s highest honor for engineering and computer science alumni, will be presented at the Engineering School Alumni Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on May 12.

Felder is the co-author of the book Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes and has authored and co-authored more than 300 papers on engineering and science education and chemical process engineering.

He has presented more than 650 workshops and seminars on effective teaching methods throughout North and South America, Australia, South Africa and numerous European and Asian countries. He has also co-directed the National Effective Teaching Institute under the auspices of the American Society for Engineering Education since 1991.

Felder received his BS in chemical engineering from the City College of New York in 1962 and his PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1966.  He has also received honorary doctorates from the State University of New York and the University of Illinois acknowledging his contributions to engineering education.