| Program Advisory Board (PAB)
PAB Members
Thanks to the PAB members for their support and advocacy! They work as a whole and on subcommittees to support the department with cur - riculum development, mentorship opportunities, the alumni survey and developing partnerships and data sharing with industry.
Our members in 2021-2022 were: Kevin Chambers, Chevron; Bob Chase, Emeritus Professor Marietta College; Patrick Disher, Apache; Pat Hogelin, W&T Offshore; Susan Howes, Subsurface Consultants & Asso - ciates, LLC; Wendy King, ConocoPhillips; Basak Kurtoglu, Quantum En- ergy; Fersheed Mody, E&P Technology Consultant; Vicky Jackson Niel- sen, Hess; James Page, Oxy: Amanda Rebol, Civitas Resources; Adam Sayers, Axia Energy; Mark Sonnenfeld, Coterra Energy; Barry Thomas, ConocoPhillips; Leen Weijers, Liberty Oilfield Services; Andrea Westcott Passman, Caerus Oil and Gas LLC.
Pictured below are our PAB members in alphabetical order.
PAB Survey Results
The Program Advisory Board (PAB) for the Petroleum Engi- neering (PE) Department at Mines sent their annual survey to 2537 Mines PE alumni for whom the department has contact information in 2022. About 12% responded, with representation from each decade back to the 1950s. A pre - sentation comparing the 2022 Alumni survey results with the 2021 survey results was reviewed by the PAB at their April 2022 meeting.
The survey asks the same questions each year so that the PAB can use the trends in the results to better advise the PE Department. The results are presented in three groups, by years of fulltime experience: 0-4 years, 5-9 years and > 10 years. Responses from the most recent graduates are nec- essary to confirm achievement of Program Educational Ob - jectives, important for Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation.
The presentation reviewed by the PAB included responses from the survey addressing the importance of several key themes for which alumni provided comments:
° Environmental, Social and corporate Governance
(ESG)
° Coding
° Data Analytics
° Problem Solving
° Business
° Work Ethic
° Soft Skills
In most cases, the alumni either attributed their career success to the inclusion on these topics in the Mines cur- riculum when they were a student, or they advocated for greater emphasis to be placed on these areas in the PE curriculum. The challenge for the faculty is to incorporate these important themes into the curriculum. The PAB cur- riculum committee also provides input into the curriculum strategy, including a review of the Program Educational Objectives, which are broad statements that describe what Mines graduates are expected to attain within three to five years of completing their degree.
ALUMNI SURVEY
We want to continue to strengthen the department, and this requires a few minutes of our alumni’s time. Please follow the below link to a short survey. Your participation is greatly appreciated!
https://forms.office.com/r/vLr5qfx02s
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