Conference Session

ChE: Outreach Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

D. Treistman, "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 50, no. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.3. Schaefers, K. G., D. L. Epperson and M. M. Nauta, "Women's Career Development: Can Theoretically DerivedVariables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?," Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 44, no. 1997, pp.173-183.4. Brainard, S. G., S. Laurich-McIntyre and L. Carlin, "Retaining Female Undergraduate Students in Engineeringand Science: 1995 Annual Report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation," Journal of Women and Minorities in Scienceand Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1995, pp. 255-267.5. Eccles, J. S. and A. Wigfield

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

how they were used in chemical engineering. Eventually the pure water boiled at100 oC while the salt-water mixture boiled at 105 oC. A few students were selected to come to thefront and observe the thermometer. Finally, after the ice cream was sufficiently cold, the studentsremoved the one-quart bags and measured the temperature of the salt water solution. Many wereunder -10 oC. After this, the students were given plastic spoons and ate the ice cream that theymade.Class 7: Co-op Information DayAbout two-thirds of the students at Tennessee Tech in the Department of Chemical Engineeringchoose to co-op. A Career Services office facilitates finding these positions for the students andin setting up the interviews. During Co-op day, the Associate

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

progress through their academic career. The experience culminates whenstudents sign up for 2 credits of project work per semester during their senior year. Atthis time these students are often expected to take a leadership role within their respectiveenterprise. The seniors are also expected to work twice as long on the project. Projectwork credits beyond the 6 or 7 listed in Table 1 are optional.It is noted that the courses listed in Table 2 are co-listed in other departments at theUniversity. Courses are taught by • faculty with affiliations in the School of Business and Economics • engineering faculty who also advise engineering enterprises • instructors in the Engineering Fundamentals department who focus only on

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Barkel, University of Michigan; Peter Woolf, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

bacterial chemotaxis and control in a conventional chemicalprocess.By introducing bacterial chemotaxis, we achieve two ends. First, we expose the studentsto a relatively unexplored set of questions where the physics, biology, and mathematicsare all incomplete. Second, we also introduced the students to the idea of decentralizedcontrol, a concept critical to regulating nano-scale machines.Operating LogicEven the most sophisticated hardware system will not function unless it is programmed.The program is what makes the installed control system operational. Previous controlcourses had not dealt with this issue, yet it is often an area that chemical engineersbecome involved with early in their careers. Programming can take many forms but it isthe

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

capabilities are required by the expanded list of application areas and their more stringent demands on knowledge and synthesis skills.d) Transfer fundamentals and knowledge to novel challenges. Graduates cannot acquire all of the data, information, ideas, etc. that they will require in careers that will span 40-50 years. Therefore, an increasing priority is attached to the ability of our graduates to learn and transfer their learning to innovative settings. Bruer21 describes learners who had quickly become competent in new areas as ‘intelligent novices.’These four outcomes were additions to the list of outcomes that the departments had formulatedfor their ABET visits. The project team prepared a memo to department faculty with theseoutcomes