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Development, dissemination and assessment of inexpensive miniature equipment for interactive learning of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and biomedical concepts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

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August 23, 2022

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June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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12

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42056

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https://peer.asee.org/42056

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Bernard Van Wie Washington State University

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Zeynep Durak Washington State University

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I am Zeynep, I am currently a chemical engineering Ph.D. student at Washington State University. I am working on a project with my group on developing desktop learning modules (DLMs) to be used in classrooms to enhance undergraduate STEM education. I consider myself a responsible and motivated person. I am an outgoing person and I love being socially active in the work environment.

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Olivia Reynolds Washington State University

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Olivia received her PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University in 2022. Her research is focused on the development and assessment of low-cost, hands-on learning tools for fluid mechanics and heat transfer. She plans to remain at Washington State University where she will teach the first-year engineering courses and develop the first-year engineering program.

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Kitana Kaiphanliam Washington State University

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PhD candidate in chemical engineering with research emphases in biomedically-focused hands-on learning tools and T cell manufacturing for immunotherapy treatments.

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David Thiessen Washington State University

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Olusola Adesope Washington State University

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Oluwafemi Ajeigbe

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Aminul Islam Khan Washington State University

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Aminul Islam Khan Received his B.S. and M. S. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology where he also served as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor. Currently, Khan is a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research including hands-on learning for STEM education, transport modeling in micro/nanoscale devices, and various inverse techniques including Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo methods,
neural network, and deep/machine learning for adeno-associated virus and liposome characterization. In 2020, he was awarded the best Research Assistant award by the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Khan plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.

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Prashanta Dutta Washington State University

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Heidi Curtis Campbell University

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Carah Watson Campbell University

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Carah Watson is a rising senior in general engineering with a chemical/pharmaceutical concentration at Campbell University. She has been working as an undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Jacqueline Gartner on the Educating Diverse Undergraduate Communities with Affordable Transport Equipment (EDUC-ATE) project through Washington State University (WSU) and Campbell University since the spring of 2021.

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Jacqueline Gartner Campbell University

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Jacqueline is an Assistant Professor and founding faculty at Campbell University School of Engineering. As part of her role, she teaches many of the chemical engineering courses for students in the middle years.

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Abstract

Over the past year we continued, under support from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, to emphasize implementation of Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules LCDLMs for fluid mechanics, heat transfer and biomedical applications. Here we present implementation data from concept tests and surveys, details on new designs and insights gained. Through these activities our team progressed beyond original expectations that were outlined in our original set of NSF-sponsored objectives.

We analyzed data from several institutions added from the south central and mid-eastern portions of the US through a combined University of ***-L** and -P** training hub conducted in a virtual mode held in September 2020 with regional communications spearheaded by respective faculty from these institutions. Much of the data analyzed results from support through a 2020 NSF supplement where we engaged in a study to compare direct hands-on implementations of LCDLMs to virtual synchronous and asynchronous implementations augmented with short conceptual videos, a tact necessary because of COVID-19 in-person restrictions. Surprisingly, both in-person and virtual modes show similar conceptual gains. A publication is being developed with intent for submission to the International Journal of Engineering Education where we compare the virtual and in-person modes of instruction. We added a few more institutions through a northeastern training hub held in August 2021 with faculty from the University of *** managing regional communications; again, this hub was held virtually given uncertainty about the lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions.

Regarding new LCDLMs we added a shell and tube heat exchanger and fabricated a large number for distribution and implementation and began analyzing conceptual gains and survey results. We prototyped a new evaporative cooler and continue to develop new broader impact units to demonstrate stenosis in an artery and blood cell separations and began implementing them in the classroom.

Regarding LCDLM publications a paper was published in Chemical Engineering Education on a study where we compare heat transfer data for the miniature double pipe heat exchanger to predictions based on correlations for industrial scale heat exchangers and included classroom assessment data.

Van Wie, B., & Durak, Z., & Reynolds, O., & Kaiphanliam, K., & Thiessen, D., & Adesope, O., & Ajeigbe, O., & Khan, A. I., & Dutta, P., & Curtis, H., & Watson, C., & Gartner, J. (2022, August), Development, dissemination and assessment of inexpensive miniature equipment for interactive learning of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and biomedical concepts Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--42056

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