Richard M. Felder, Ph.D.

Dr. Richard M. Felder is Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. He is a coauthor of the book Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (3rd edition, Wiley, 2000), which has been used as the introductory chemical engineering text by roughly 90% of American universities and a number of universities elsewhere, and he has authored or coauthored over 200 education-related papers and "Random Thoughts" columns as well as numerous papers on chemical process engineering. Together with his wife, Dr. Rebecca Brent, he has presented teaching and faculty development workshops throughout the United States and abroad. Since 1991 he has codirected the National Effective Teaching Institute under the auspices of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Dr. Felder received the B.Ch.E. degree from the City College of New York in 1962 and the Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1966. He worked for the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, England) and Brookhaven National Laboratory before joining the North Carolina State faculty in 1969. He won the 1982 R.J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Extension, the 1985 AT&T Foundation Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, the 1989 Chemical Manufacturers Association National Catalyst Award, the 1991 AICHE Institute Lectureship Award, the 1992 Phillips Lectureship Award at Oklahoma State University, the 1994 Donald L. Katz Lectureship Award at the University of Michigan, the 1997 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Teaching, the 1998 ASEE Chester Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, the 2002 AIChE Warren K. Lewis Award for Contributions to Chemical Engineering Education, and the 2003 ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Lifetime Achievement Award for Pedagogical Scholarship. He has also won several national and regional awards for his publications on engineering education, including the 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1993 ASEE Southeastern Regional Outstanding Paper Awards, the 1986 and 1993 Corcoran Awards (ASEE Chemical Engineering Division), the 1988, 1989, 1995, and 2003 Wickenden Awards (ASEE), the 1989 Dasher Award (ASEE), and the 2007 Martin Award (2007). He was selected as one of five Outstanding Engineering Educators of the Century by the Southeastern Section of the ASEE in 1993, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the State University of New York in 2008.

More information about Dr. Felder can be found in a Wikipedia profile and a brief press release that describes his international faculty development activities. He discusses several aspects of his teaching philosophy in a paper entitled "An Interview with Richard M. Felder" that appeared in the Journal of Science Education, and he can be seen in two streaming videos:

• Engineering Education in Five Years (or Sooner), a 1-hour seminar at Penn State University
• Introduction to Learning Styles, an interview at California State University at Dominguez Hills.

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