About
Laura Ford, Ph.D., is a professor of chemical engineering who specializes in engineering education. Her classes include engineering science thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, mass transfer and separations, process control, and chemical engineering laboratories. She advises The University of Tulsa chapter of Engineers without Borders – U.S.A. Ford is chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Education Division’s Survey Committee, which surveys departments across the U.S. each year about courses and curricula in chemical engineering. She managed the Solar and Alternative Technologies Research Experience for Undergraduates (2019-23).
Awards and Honors
- 2024 Fellow, AIChE
- 2023 American Society for Engineering Education Chemical Engineering Division Corcoran Award
- 2022 AIChE Gary Leach Award
- 2018 AIChE Education Division Award for Service to Chemical Engineering Education
- 2016 TU Kermit E. Brown Award for Teaching Excellence
Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
- M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1993
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Engineering education
- Undergraduate research