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Design Philosophy and System Integrity for Propagation of Hands-on Desktop Learning Modules for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual On line

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June 22, 2020

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June 22, 2020

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June 26, 2021

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Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

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Chemical Engineering

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12

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10.18260/1-2--34396

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Negar Beheshti Pour University of California - Berkeley Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-7596-0936

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David B. Thiessen Washington State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-4283-5914

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David B.Thiessen received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado in
1992 and has been at Washington State University since 1994. His research interests include fluid
physics, acoustics, and engineering education.

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Bernard J. Van Wie Washington State University

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Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., and did his postdoctoral work at the University of Oklahoma where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. He has been on the Washington State University (WSU) faculty for 37 years and for the past 23 years has focused on innovative pedagogy research and technical research in biotechnology. His 2007-2008 Fulbright exchange to Nigeria set the stage for him to receive the Marian Smith Award given annually to the most innovative teacher at WSU. He was also the recent recipient of the inaugural 2016 Innovation in Teaching Award given to one WSU faculty member per year.

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Kitana Kaiphanliam Washington State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-0463

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Kitana Kaiphanliam is a second-year doctoral student in the Chemical Engineering program at Washington State University (WSU). Her research interests include biomanufacturing for immunotherapy applications and miniaturized hands-on learning devices for engineering education.

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Aminul Islam Khan Washington State University

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Aminul Islam Khan
PhD Candidate
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University, Pullman, WA

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Aminul Islam Khan has received BSc/MSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the most regarded and reputed engineering university of Bangladesh, Bangladesh University Engineering and Technology (BUET). In his BSc, he received the Gold medal because of his outstanding results.

Aminul Islam Khan has joined to BUET in 2011 as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department. Later, in 2015, he has become an Assistant Professor in the same department of BUET. In 2016, he has joined to School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of WSU as a PhD student. From that time, he has been working as a Research Assistant. As a research assistant, he has been working to improve learning in undergraduate engineering education along with his scientific research.

Aminul Islam Khan is committed to excellence in teaching as well as research and always promotes a student-centered learning environment. He has a keen ability to teach, advise, and recruit students. He has proven himself to be a very effective researcher by publishing several journal articles. His resume has a substantial list of publications, including peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and conferences. Moreover, he has joined in several reputed conferences, for example American Physical Society (APS), and presented his scholarly works.

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Prashanta Dutta Washington State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-3994

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Prof. Prashanta Dutta has received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Texas A&M University in 2001. Since then he has been working as a faculty member in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of Washington State University. He was promoted to the rank of Associate and Full Professor in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Prof. Dutta is an elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He current serves as an Editor for the Electrophoresis.

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Olivia Reynolds Washington State University

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Second year chemical engineering doctoral student pursuing research on the development and dissemination of low-cost, hands-on learning modules displaying heat and mass transfer concepts in a highly visual, interactive format. Graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 2017 and with an M.S. degree in chemical engineering in 2018.

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Katelyn Dahlke University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Katelyn Dahlke received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 2013. She received her M.S. and Ph.D, in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. She completed a postdoc doing hands-on engineering education research at Washington State University. She will be a faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin Madison starting in Summer 2020.

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Olusola Adesope Washington State University

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Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is a Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructional design and technology. His recent research focuses on the cognitive and pedagogical underpinnings of learning with computer-based multimedia resources; knowledge representation through interactive concept maps; meta-analysis of empirical research, and investigation of instructional principles and assessments in STEM. He is currently a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.

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Olufunso Oje Washington State University

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Olufunso Oje is a Masters student in the Educational Psychology program at Washington State University. His research interests include learning strategies in engineering education and multimedia learning. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a deep background in computing and software programming.

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Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D. Campbell University

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Jacqueline Burgher Gartner is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University in the School of Engineering, which offers a broad BS in engineering with concentrations in chemical and mechanical.

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Abstract

Our team is propagating the use of hands-on desktop learning modules (DLMs) for fluid mechanics and heat transfer courses. To accomplish this we are paying close attention to several factors broadly categorized under design philosophy, relevance of data procured to chemical and mechanical engineering industry, and design for manufacture. In this paper and presentation we will give a historical perspective on how the project was initiated with dresser-sized units, proceeded through a step-by-step process to refine and miniaturize the technology, see aspects commercialized to promote adoption, and then further miniaturize the design and prepare it for large-scale reproducibility of the associated pedagogy. These hands-on units need to be low cost, light and simple to build. They need to have maximum visual impact, quantitatively simulate industrial equipment, and be simple to operate by teams of students within any classroom. We accomplished these goals by using injection molding of see-through plastics and off-the-shelf ancillary componentry to make hydraulic loss, venturi meter, and double pipe and shell tube heat exchanger units. Remarkably all of these units behave as anticipated when compared to textbook models for industrial correlations and representative data will be presented. We will also touch upon relevant factors being used to assess conceptual growth and motivation and to train faculty through a nation-wide hub-and-spoke scheme.

Beheshti Pour, N., & Thiessen, D. B., & Van Wie, B. J., & Kaiphanliam, K., & Khan, A. I., & Dutta, P., & Reynolds, O., & Dahlke, K., & Adesope, O., & Oje, O., & Gartner, J. (2020, June), Design Philosophy and System Integrity for Propagation of Hands-on Desktop Learning Modules for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34396

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