2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

This research paper centers on documenting the professional development opportunities available for chemical engineering faculty across their entire career from graduate school to late career. In brief, the professional growth of chemical engineering professors is supported by a wide range of faculty development opportunities, from one-on-one mentorship to large-scale workshops engaging hundreds of participants. In this work, we analyzed current faculty development opportunities. The goal was to identify and develop new, targeted faculty development activities. We categorized faculty development activities based on career stages—future faculty, early career, mid-career, and late career—and mapped them to the four major job roles, namely teaching, research, service, and leadership/administration. By first providing a detailed compilation of faculty development opportunities from the multiple lenses of our authors, several opportunities for new professional development were identified. While abundant resources exist for future and early-career faculty, a pronounced gap exists in development programs for mid-career faculty. Additionally, we highlight the evolving role of faculty in mid- and late-career stages, where leadership and administrative responsibilities become increasingly prominent. The need for mid- and late-career development initiatives focusing on these expanded roles is evident. This contribution aims to serve as a valuable resource for chemical engineering faculty as well as a template for other engineering faculty to do a similar analysis of faculty development opportunities in their specialty across career stages. Finally, we hope to leverage this contribution to assist our professional organization, AIChE, with creating new opportunities that can address the gaps identified while also being tailored to unique career trajectories.