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Teaching Professional Skills in Chemical Engineering

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Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman; Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University - Bozeman

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a three-day Teaching Writing Workshop and monthlyworkshops hosted by the WC.Our rationale for submitting a proposal was to improve integration of writing into the chemicalengineering senior laboratory courses through collaboration with the Writing Center. We wereinterested in integrating more effective technical writing assignments into the senior-levelECHM 442/443: Unit Operations course sequence in order to better meet our ABET assessmentoutcomes, which includes “Develop technical writing and oral communication skills.” Moreimportantly, we wanted our students to be better prepared for the demands of their careers. Asseniors, they will soon enter the workforce. Based on quality of the current required lab reports,we felt there was room for

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Rupak Dua, Hampton University

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Paper ID #32851Innovative Use of Technologies to Teach Chemical Engineering CoreClasses and Laboratories During the Covid-19 Pandemic at an HBCUDr. Rupak Dua, Hampton University Dr. Rupak Dua graduated with a Ph.D. in 2014 in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Tis- sue Engineering and Biomaterials from Florida International University located in Miami, FL. Dr. Dua worked for two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Orthopedic Research and Education housed in Texas Medical Center - the world’s largest medical center - located in Houston, TX. Before joining Hampton University in the Department of

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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Heather C. S. Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His primary areas of research are game-based learning in engineering courses and membrane separations for desalination and water purification.Dr. Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Gregory received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and later received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. his research interests are in heterogeneous catalysis as well as engineering pedagogy, in particular, the overlap of the technical research with teaching to improve the quality of laboratory learning

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

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Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Stephen W. Thiel, University of Cincinnati; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta

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combination, percent Percent of labs 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Sapon/ester-ification Petrochemical Decolorization H2O2 decomposition Bioreactions Polymerization Other inorganic Simulated generic No reactionFigure 19. Percentage of laboratory activities which involve the listed reactionsEffective Teaching MethodsOne open-ended question allowed faculty to describe the unique features of the course as theyteach it. One theme that emerged from responses is an emphasis on teaching. Faculty mentionedsix different areas that they emphasize in teaching: • Problem-solving approaches

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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Susan M. Stagg-Williams, The University of Kansas; Molly McVey, The University of Kansas; Andrew David Yancey, The University of Kansas; Akash Anand, The University of Kansas; Arthur A. Lee, The University of Kansas

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Paper ID #34909Integrating a Laboratory into a First-semester Introduction to ChemicalEngineering CourseDr. Susan M. Stagg-Williams, The University of Kansas Dr. Susan M Stagg-Williams is the Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor and Chair of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas (KU), with a specialty in biomass conversion. She has worked closely with the KU Center for Teaching Excellence and been a champion for course redesign across campus. Her primary focus has been on large freshman and sophomore classes. She is the founder of the KU Biodiesel Initiative which provides opportunities for

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

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Paper ID #32386Work in Progress: Teamwork Skills Development in ChemE CarMr. Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley I am a B.S. student at UC Berkeley studying Chemical Engineering interested in improving professional skills development in undergraduate engineering co-curriculars.Dr. Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Shannon Ciston is the User Program Director for the Molecular Foundry, a Nanoscale Science Research Center, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Ciston has formerly been a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Chemical and

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Christopher James Panebianco, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; James C. Iatridis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Jennifer Weiser, The Cooper Union

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Paper ID #33638Development of an At-home Metal Corrosion Laboratory Experiment forSTEMOutreach in Biomaterials During the Covid-19 PandemicMr. Christopher James Panebianco, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Christopher J. Panebianco, B.Eng., is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). He earned his B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union in 2016. His research focuses on developing novel biomaterials for repairing injured intervertebral discs. He has been a Teach- ing Assistant at ISMMS and The Cooper Union for 3 years, and has a strong interest in teaching and research in

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #34768Operation and Student Perceptions of a Large-scale, In-person UnitOperations Laboratory Course During the Covid-19 PandemicDr. Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University Andrew Maxson is an assistant professor of practice in chemical engineering at The Ohio State University where he teaches Chemical Engineering Unit Operations. He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Ohio State. Having worked as a manufacturing process engineer for ten years, his focus is on optimizing the process of teaching, as well as hands-on

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton

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applications in separation pro- cesses and the design of advanced composite materials. About engineering educational research, Vasquez is working on the analysis of assessment methods to improve teamwork, open-ended laboratory experi- ments, active learning, and implementing computational tools to understand chemical engineering con- cepts. Vasquez has a vast experience teaching the Unit Operation Laboratories for six years and has taught many other junior-level chemical engineering courses.Dr. Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is the Director of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and

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Teaching Professional Skills in Chemical Engineering

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, University at Buffalo; Samantha Lyn Carpenter, Oklahoma State University; Troy Lamarr Adkins II, Oklahoma State University; Ted Anderson Sperry, Oklahoma State University; Yu Feng, Oklahoma State University

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engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her B.S. at the University of Oklahoma. She did postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on developing computational models for multiscale tissue physiology and pharmacology including the kidneys and lungs as key organs of interest. Her teaching interests focus on chemical reaction kinetics and computational science and engineering. She received an NSF CAREER Award in 2019. She is the 2020-2021 Chair of the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division.Samantha Lyn Carpenter, Oklahoma State University Samantha Carpenter received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University cum laude in the spring of

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Paper ID #34096Student Responses to Remote Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic:Implications for the Future of Online LearningDr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Education at Tufts University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

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Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Education, vol. 31 (3), 1997, pp. 180-187.15 K. E. Thompson, “Teaching PDE-Based Modeling to ChE Undergraduates: Overcoming Conceptual and Computational Barriers.” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 34 (2), 2000, pp. 146-152.16 V. R. Subramanian, R. E. White. “Semianalytical Method of Lines for Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations.,” Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 59 (4), 2004, pp. 781-788.17 M. B. Cutlip, M. Shacham, “The Numerical Method of Lines for Partial Differential Equations,” CACHE News, vol. 47, 1998, pp. 18-21.18 J. C. Ganley, “Enhanced Experiential Learning in the Unit Operations Laboratory,” Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference, 2016, pp. 114-123.19

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Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

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Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of New Mexico. The research in her lab is focused on understanding the dynamics and structures of macromolecular assemblies including proteins, polymers, and lipid membranes. Undergraduates, grad- uate students, and postdoctoral scholars are trained in a multidisciplinary environment, utilizing modern methodologies to address important problems at the interface between chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology preparing the trainees for careers in academe, national laboratories, and industry. In addition to research, she devotes significant time developing and implementing effective pedagogical approaches in her teaching of undergraduate courses to train engineers who are

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

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students that take a position in an environmental, safety, andoccupational health department within a plant. The aim of this work is to share the instructionalapproach on safety and environmental compliance in our capstone course to obtain feedbackfrom other design education experts to improve our instruction.The need for enhanced process safety instruction in chemical engineering curricula has beenrecognized for a while in our discipline [1], [2], [3]. A greater awareness of this need resultedfrom the T2 Laboratories runaway reaction and explosion that occurred in Jacksonville, Floridain 2007 [4]. This event served as an impetus for ABET to specifically include process safety as arequired instructional component in chemical engineering curricula

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Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

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Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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will support the development and delivery of better aligned engineering ethics educationfor chemical engineering students. We hope the descriptions of experiences can serve as usefulresources which faculty members may utilize to discuss ethics in their classrooms and thuscontribute to incorporating ethics education throughout chemical engineering curriculum. Wesuggest these specific educational implications in the discussion section of this paper.Literature ReviewEthics education in chemical engineeringWhile there has been no strong consensus on how to teach engineering ethics for chemicalengineering students nor on what the contents of the teaching should be, chemical engineeringeducators have endeavored to include ethics in their classroom

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Enrique D. Gomez; Scott T. Milner; Yu Xia

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students to research. 2. Establish a Polymer Materials Design Scholars Program (PolyMDSP) to involve students at the campuses in remote computational work during the year, in addition to summer research at UP. 3. Develop a data-driven Leadership, Management and Teaching (LMT) program that supports students in professional and career development.The focus of this paper is on the second point listed above, the Polymer Materials Design ScholarsProgram, which would involve students from the university’s many campuses to engage in aremote research experience. The original plan was that the campus students would work remotelyon computational work during the academic year, then have a research experience at theuniversity’s primary

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Caleb Hill; Robert John McErlean, Rowan University; Jacob Willetts, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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decision was made to keep the plant running, instead of shutting it down,aligning the holes in the final safety barrier of the Swiss cheese model. Since it is evident thathuman decision making is integral to the overall safety of plant operations as poor decisions canimpede the effectiveness of other safety barriers, it is necessary to ensure appropriate training isprovided to students before they enter the workforce. Figure 1. Example of the Swiss cheese model [18].Process Safety EducationSince 1992, the Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SAChE) program has helped tobring process safety to engineering schools by providing teaching materials and programs forstudents [19]. After the events of the T2 Laboratories

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Olufunso Oje; Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Kristin Bryant, Washington State University

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learning and plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University Jacqueline 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.Dr. Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University 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 an Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. He was promoted to the rank of Associate and Full Professor in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Prof. Dutta is an elected

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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David R. Wagner, San Jose State University; Fanny Huang

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lab was effective, the sample size shouldbe expanded to 30 or more to represent a more significant population and reduce error. Inaddition to evaluating more students, the user experience can be improved with additionalexperimental data and enhanced graphics with moving images or changing images. This wouldincrease engagement and visual association, which would be beneficial when the virtual lab isacting as a pre-lab to a physical unit operations lab. However, this preliminary study shows thatvirtual labs can effectively assist students in understanding fundamental fluidization theories. 9References[1] S. U. Rahman, N. M. Tukur, and I. A. Khan, “PC-Based Teaching Tools for Fluid Mechanics