CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (CHET) and HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C.
We are excited about the progress that Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C.is making with construction of their expansion plant in the Clarksville-Montgomery County area. With an expected full production date of late 2012, Hemlock Semicondutor is looking to Austin Peay State University to provide highly-skilled candidates to fill positions in reactor care operations. This page will assist you in your search for information about that company and their plans for employment needs as well as how to get started at APSU in our new Chemical Engineering Technology (CHET) program. Please follow the links below for additional information.
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General Information about CHET
The Chemistry Department has received approval to create a new program called Chemical Engineering Technology (CHET). We began the first classes of CHET in Fall 2009. The CHET program is housed in the Chemistry Department of APSU and will earn the successful student an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) from the university. Successful completion of this program will not guarantee employment with Hemlock Semiconductor or any other company for that matter. It will make you marketable for such positions and improve your chances of being employed by HS LLC or any of a number of chemical-related industries.
To start classes in CHET....
apply for admission to the university:
Visit the Office of Admissions webpage
use the paper (PDF file) application as found at http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/admissions/Adm_App_for_Web_2010.pdf
read the entire PDF file completely
print pages 6-9
complete those pages and write "Chemical Engineering Technology or CHET" somewhere on the front page so your name will be sent to our department to ensure correct advising
submit your completed application with application fee to the address given in the application form
if you prefer to apply to the university on line, use "CHET" as your major following this link: http://www.apsu.edu/admissions/apply
be accepted to the university
complete all remedial and developmental courses (if necessary)
review the list of courses required to complete the curriculum. Note that once you are admitted to the university, you may enroll in classes for the spring or summer sessions to get a head start! Call our office for more information.
contact the Chemistry Department (931-221-7628) for advising and to register for classes on main campus or at Fort Campbell
study hard and do well in all classes!!!
FOR CURRENT APSU STUDENTS:
to be eligible to take courses designated CHET in the
second year of the program, you must complete the
ChET application and be approved to continue your studies.
Print the ChET Application
and submit it to the Chemistry Department Office (A308 Sundquist) before
meeting with your advisor to register for classes in the upcoming semester.
to be eligible for possible Co-OP positions with Hemlock
Semiconductor, you
must complete the ChET Application.
Print the ChET Application
and submit it to the Chemistry Department Office (A308 Sundquist) as soon as
possible for full consideration for Fall 2010. (Only one completed
application is required for both admission to the ChET program and for
consideration for Co-OP positions.)
Interested in Teaching in
the Chemical Engineering Technology program? Visit the
APSU Human Resources website to
apply to be a full-time temporary or adjunct faculty
member in Chemistry. Also, visit the HR website frequently for future
Tenure-Track openings that will be created as the program grows and expands!
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LATEST UPDATES
Construction is now complete on the new Chemical Engineering Technology Facility!! It houses 6 classrooms of 24 seats each, 8 faculty offices, the Office of the Dean of CoSM, a 24-seat computer lab, student lounge, and one HUGE laboratory full of chemical processing equipment and instruments!!
The CHET program has received all approvals necessary from TBR and THEC and now from SACS!! A
APSU has received possession of the Chemical Engineering Technology Facility and named it the Hemlock Semiconductor Building. It is now open for classes and is full of activity!!
Dr. Chester Little has been hired to be the permanent ChET Program Director and began duties on July 1, 2010.
Plans for a Co-OP program with Hemlock Semiconductor have been finalized. Eight of our ChET students were selected for this honor and are currently working hard at their Co-OP AND finishing their studies on campus this coming spring. Check back here in the near future for updates about additional Co-OP opportunities.
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