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Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

division’s newslet- ter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum, and professional ethics. Page 24.1236.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 The Paperless Lab – Streamlining a Modern Unit Operations Laboratory Course to Reduce Faculty Time Commitment1. IntroductionUnit Operations (UO) laboratory courses are important, required offerings in chemicalengineering curricula due to the similarities of required laboratory tasks to those relevant inindustry

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alec Steven Bowen, Oregon State University; Daniel Robert Reid, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

the National Science Foundation under thegrant TUES 1245482. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Ma, J., and J. Nickerson. 2006. Hands-on, simulated, and remote laboratories: A comparative literature review. ACM Computing Surveys, 38(3), 1-24.2. Wieman C. and K. Perkins. 2005. Transforming physics education. Physics Today,58(11), 36-41.3. Perkins, K., Adams, W., Dubson, M., Finkelstein, N., Reid, S., Wieman, C., & LeMaster, R. 2006. PhET: Interactive simulations for teaching and learning physics. The Physics Teacher, 44, 18.4. Finkelstein, N.D., W.K. Adams, C.J

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Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A. Levinson, Lafayette College; Eric L. Maase, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Glen Thomas Tennyson

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #8705Automated Process Control Laboratory Experience: Simultaneous Temper-ature and Level Control in a Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor SystemDr. Joshua A. Levinson, Lafayette College Levinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Lafayette College. His teaching interests are in senior capstone design, integrated chemical engineering laboratory, transport, and thermodynamics. His research interests are in semiconductor processing technology, mi- crofluidics, transport phenomena, chemical kinetics, and chemical engineering pedagogy.Dr. Eric L. Maase, University of

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning. Page 24.198.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Artificial Organs Leading to Real Engineering Learning [Work-in-Progress]AbstractExamined at a holistic level, the human body is composed of unit operations maintaininga steady state known as homeostasis. Many of these unit operations have engineeringanalogs. These parallels are explored readily for pedagogical purposes, either as novelproblems or

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

toestablish their own experiment designs to explore chemical and physical phenomena related tojunior-level thermodynamics and transport courses. Concepts in statistics and numericalmethods, technical writing, engineering ethics, and laboratory and industrial safety are allintroduced in the scope of this course.This course serves as the first in our curriculum where students are responsible for the creation oflaboratory procedures, in contrast to their typical chemistry labs where experimental methods areprovided. Given a brief (1/2-1 page) prompt explaining the principle of interest and a list ofavailable laboratory equipment, students are required to explicitly outline the objective,hypothesis, and methods of their experiment, followed by

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; David Finkel; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University-Pullman

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Chemical Engineering

offer insight to where student incorrectly incorporate information into their schema, andcommunicate the concepts that students fail to integrate into their schema.11The curriculum at the institution is structured such that junior level (third year) students take thefluid mechanics and heat transfer course in the spring, and the follow fall enroll in a unitoperations laboratory. This factor may or may not have influences student’s interview resultsfrom the study, but it was consistent for both the group that received handsIn addition to understanding how schemas are affected, this two-year study also aims to followup on a previous study that conducted interviews of students who had previously taken a fluid

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

system using MATLAB (STUBA, Bratislava, Slovakia). Laura performed her graduate studies at Villanova University where she obtained her M.Sc also in Chemical Engineering. Her graduate thesis work involves the characterization & upgrading of biocrude-oil from waste lignocellulosic biomass at Villanova’s Chemical Engineering Biomass Conversion & Research Technologies Laboratory under Dr. Justinus Satrio. Currently, Laura is a process engineer for Jacobs Engineering where she is involved in the design of biopharmaceutical facilities. Dr. Justinus Satrio’s Biography Dr. Justinus A. Satrio is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University, Penn

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Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Page McDanel, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering; Jeffrey Steven Knutsen, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

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Chemical Engineering

promoting engaged exploration with computer simulations”, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ., Res. 6, 020117, 2010.11. M.G. Rasteiro et al. “LABVIRTUAL—A virtual platform to teach chemical processes”, Education for Chemical Engineers, Volume 4, Issue 1, April 2009.12. S. Vaidyanath, J. Williams, M. Hilliard, T. Wiesner. “The development and deployment of a virtual unit ops laboratory”, Chem. Eng. Ed, 41 (2), 144–152, 2007.13. M.D. Koretsky, C. Kelly, and E.S. Gummer. “Student Learning in Industrially Situated Virtual Laboratories”, Chem. Eng. Ed., 45(3), 219-228, 2011.14. P. Mokhasi, J. Adduci, and D. Kapadia. “Understanding differential equations using Mathematica and interactive demonstrations”, CODEE Journal. http

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Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Babatunde A Ogunnaike, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

dynamics (how processes change in time inresponse to perturbations), and to develop the skills for controlling dynamic chemical processes.The concepts in question are difficult to grasp from a textbook alone, neither are the requiredskills easy to acquire merely by solving math problems.At Rowan University, we have developed an active learning strategy for teaching PD&C thatintegrates seamlessly with class material and is conducive to a variety of learning styles. In thiscourse, the students are required to complete an in-class active learning module each week. Eachassignment begins with conceptual questions that help the students recall the theory underlyingthe topic and provide additional problem-solving practice. Next, the assignment

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical Engineering Department; Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Steven R. Little, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #8970Work in Progress: A Vision for the First ”Product Innovation Sequence” forChemical EngineersDr. Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Cheryl A. Bodnar, PhD, CTDP is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Track) in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her certification as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests

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Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gladis Chávez-Torrejón, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

?ContextIntroduction to Chemical, Food, and Environmental Engineering Design is a 3 credit requiredcourse for CE, FE, and EE. Course content and classroom activities are divided into two, 75-minute sessions (Concepts, and Laboratory) per week. Students have three different facilitators(an instructor and two teaching assistants).Course main goal is to introduce students to the Engineering Method, this is accomplished byfocusing on six course objectives: self-regulation, communication, working cooperatively andcollaboratively, problem solving, modeling, and quality. Introduction to Chemical, Food, andEnvironmental Engineering Design uses active, collaborative and cooperative learningtechniques; course structure is displayed in Figure 2

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Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

Education, 2014 Incorporating the Online Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment Into Your Course ActivitiesAbstractStudents in chemical engineering courses often bemoan the lack of information regarding actualchemical engineering equipment in our curricula. To address this critical need in our curriculaour laboratory has devoted twenty years to the development of an online visual encyclopedia ofchemical engineering equipment, aimed at chemical engineering undergraduate students. Thisencyclopedia provides students with a basic understanding of what chemical engineeringequipment looks like and how it works. In our paper we describe the encyclopedia and presentways to incorporate the encyclopedia into core

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

-based learning experience,students learn not just by doing, but also by receiving critiques on their work from both studentsand experts, as well as providing critiques to other students. Engineering students often do thisin informal settings (e.g., study groups) but rarely do so in a formal classroom setting. Thecritiquing activity is the strength of the studio-based learning process, as it requires students toevaluate and explain (teach) the material to others, thus strengthening their own understanding ofthe concepts.To implement this approach, a team from the chemical engineering program and the computerscience program have been working on developing two software packages to aid students indeveloping their skills in the material and energy

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Curriculum Development and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

innovations:11 • The most prevalent type of factor was resources (e.g., funding, computers, classroom and laboratory space, etc.). • Faculty member related issues occurred as the second most common type of factor, and included: time for preparation, management of labor-intensive innovations, culture of the faculty members’ environment, “resistance to change, marginalization of teaching in promotion and tenure, and skepticism regarding evidence of improved student learning. [p. 199]”11 • The third type of factor, student-related aspects, included advantages of innovations, such as improved student learning and improved student satisfaction and barriers such as student resistance.In addition

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Curriculum Development and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Isabella M. Quagliato, Yale University: School of Engineering & Applied Science

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #9491A Systematic Approach to Prepare for ABET AccreditationDr. Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University Vincent Wilczynski is the Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale Univer- sity. As the Deputy Dean, Dr. Wilczynski helps plan and implement all academic initiatives at the School. In addition, he manages the School’s teaching and research resources and facilities, including establishing the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design. Previously Dr. Wilczynski served as the Dean of Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Dr. Wilczynski served in fellowships at the MIT