Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University; Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Chris Green, Michigan Technological University; Geoff Gwaltney, Michigan Technological University; Scott Bradley, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-191: ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGYJason Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, and alternative energy through the AFE enterprise.Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University Michael Miller is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. His research interest is in heat transfer in polymer composites.Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University Michael Miller is a MS student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan

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ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1075: A FRESHMAN COURSE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: MERGINGFIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCES WITH DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC NEEDSDonald Visco, Tennessee Technological University Donald P. Visco, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Tennessee Technological University. He received his Ph. D. in 1999 from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research focuses on molecular design for the chemical process and pharmaceutical industries.Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University Pedro E. Arce is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering At Tennessee Tech University. Dr. Arce is strong advocate of modernization of

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-261: ACADEMIC - INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCEPOLLUTION PREVENTIONC. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a Professor and Founding Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Rutgers University. His research and teaching interests are in the area of membrane technology where he has applied this to fields such as specialty chemical manufacture, green engineering, bio/pharmaceutical manufacture and food processing. He is the recipient of the 1999 Chester Carlson Award, 1999 and 1998 Joseph J. Martin Award, 1996 George Westinghouse Award, and the 1989 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award.Mariano Savelski, Rowan

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ChE: Outreach Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

number of programs have been initiated throughout the country where either highschool teachers are retrained or students are exposed to science and engineering through summeroutreach programs. The College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) atOklahoma State University (OSU) has also developed a multi-disciplinary weeklong residentsummer academy for high school students called REACH (Reaching Engineering andArchitectural Career Heights interested in engineering, architecture, or technology. Throughmodule-based instruction, students are introduced to various engineering fields. This report describes one of the new modules used in the 2005 academy where studentswere introduced to biomedical and biochemical engineering

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ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Turton, West Virginia University; Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

Oregon State University. His research interests are in fluidization and particle technology and their application to particle coating for pharmaceutical applications. Dick is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (2nd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2003. Page 11.1258.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Changing ChE Curriculum – How Much Change is AppropriateIntroduction The changing chemical engineering curriculum is a popular topic these days. Most agree thatchanges are needed to keep up with evolution of the discipline and to continue to

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ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

, G., Agblevor, F., Gregg, M., Vaughan, D., Fox, E., Griffin, Jr., O. H., and Mostaghimi, S. (2005). Work in Progress - Spiral Curriculum Approach to Reformulate Engineering Curriculum. Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, Retrieved from http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie2005/papers/1657.pdf, 7 December 200510. Grigg, N. S., Criswell, M. E., Fontane, D. G., and Siller, T. J. (2004). IT as Information Technology in CE and Instructional Technology in Education. Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Retrieved from http://www.asee.org/acPapers/code/getPaper.cfm?paperID=7754, 7 December 200511. Bielefeldt, A. R., Summers, R. S., Amadei, B., Pinnell, M., Moeller, W., Sandekian, R., Shah, J., (2005

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

detrimental to the relevance of engineering solutions tosociety as a whole. A future engineering workforce lacking a diversity of perspectives may alsobe ill equipped to recognize the needs of a diverse society. In attempts to better understand why the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields are experiencing such a loss of able students, many researchers haveturned their focus to the choices, achievement, and interests of students in the fields. As a result,many studies have emerged demonstrating a clear link between students’ self-efficacy beliefsand their persistence,1-8 achievement,2, 8-13 and interest2, 9-13 in the fields. Introduced by Banduraas a part of his social cognitive theory, self-efficacy beliefs describe

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ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-431: HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTAL ERROR! IMPROVING STUDENTS'UNDERSTANDING OF ERROR ANALYSISStephanie Farrell, Rowan University STEPHANIE FARRELL is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Stephanie's current educational research focuses on the role of hands-on experiments in inductive learning

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-2521: A CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT IN PARTICLE SETTLING ANDCENTRIFUGATIONBrian Lefebvre, Rowan University Brian G. Lefebvre is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.Ch.E. from the University of Minnesota in 1997 and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 2002. Prior to joining Rowan, he performed postdoctoral research in protein structural biology at the University of Pennsylvania. His primary teaching interest is integrating biochemical and biomolecular engineering in the engineering curriculum. Page 11.35.1© American Society for

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ChE: Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1003: THE PROGRAMMING OF A MICRO-CONTROLLER AS THELABORATORY COMPONENT IN PROCESS CONTROL FORUNDERGRADUATES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGKeith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Page 11.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The programming of a microcontroller as the laboratory component in process control for undergraduates in chemical engineeringIntroductionNew funding generated by the College of Science and Engineering has financed enhancementsof courses with computer technology. Here I describe briefly an enhancement, or

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

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Chemical Engineering

either a lack of equipment, technician support, or both. Yet most topicsin chemical engineering are best learned via a learn-by-doing approach. Computersimulations have been used in lieu of a truly hands-on experience but these are oftenlacking in the fullness of details that real systems provide. With the advent of high-speedInternet communications, an alternative approach to providing hands-on experiences hasbecome possible – remote operation of real equipment. Both this group as well as facultyat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge havedemonstrated this1,2. Such remote operation experiences are fully learn-by-doing withnearly all the positive and negative aspects of true hands-on laboratory work. Such

Conference Session

ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Derek Meyers-Graham, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

interests cover high-temperature materials synthesis, nano-sized materials synthesis, surface modifications, applications of high-temperature fluidization technology, reaction kinetics, catalytic effects on gas-solid reactions, and reactor design and simulations.Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University Connelly Barnes is an undergraduate student in Computational Physics and Mathematics at OSU. Connelly is the programmer for the software ThermoSolver which accompanies the text Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics.Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University Danielle Amatore is A PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at OSU. Her thesis focuses on educational methods, including assessment of