Conference Session

Leveraging AI and Computational Tools for Enhanced Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Stephanie Butler Velegol, The Pennsylvania State University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

as an engineering tool? The study adopted a survey-based approach to capture students' evolving perceptions of AI. The results offer an in-depthunderstanding of how students’ perceptions of AI in chemical engineering setting.Regarding faculty perspectives, three chemical engineering faculty from three different institutionsused AI to design the syllabus, course materials, and assessments, providing a unique opportunityto explore the effectiveness of AI in the course development process. This work aims to provide aroadmap for future AI-driven course redesigns and offer insights into how AI influences bothlearning outcomes and students’ confidence in using AI technology in professional settings.Preliminary case studies in Thermodynamics

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

into the major, a course communicating food science and engineering is a valuable addition to students’ general education. Applied Food Science & Engineering for Non-majors (CHEG 242) is a sister course to the 400-level (senior/junior) engineering elective CHEG 442: Applied Food Science & Engineering. The 200-level course is aimed at rst-year and sophomore non- engineering students and moves at a deliberately slower pace than the 400-level version, with a particular focus on foundational material in chemistry, heat transfer, and thermodynamics in a food-context. The course is designed as an online-only summer course that meets the university “laboratory science

Conference Session

WiP: Interdisciplinary Connections

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Floyd Smith, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Gifty Osei-Prempeh, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Yogendra M. Panta P.E., West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Bernhard P Bettig, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

mechanicalengineering and chemical engineering, but the referenced course is specific to civil engineering.Colorado School of Mines described flipping a fluid mechanics class [7]. Cornell Universityshared strategies for online learning in Fluid Mechanics for a mechanical engineering course. [8]Bradley University detailed standard based grading in a mechanical engineering fluid mechanicscourse. [9]Combined or Collaborative CoursesCalifornia State University, Long Beach described a curricular innovation and suggests that, atthe time the paper was written, the institution offered a combined Fluid Mechanics course withmechanical, civil and chemical engineering. [10] Around 2001, the National Science Foundationsponsored a workshop to improve fluid mechanics

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Fiegel, The University of Iowa; Charles Stanier, The University of Iowa

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

of documentation, the need to “reinvent thewheel” and 2) responding to the crisis in student mental health by equipping the instructionalteam to recognize and support students in crisis. To address these goals, we created a Teams siteto centralize general and course-specific resources accessible to all TAs. We also developed a TAcontract template to document roles and responsibilities, encouraging faculty to adopt it in theircourses. Faculty were asked to hold weekly meetings with their TAs to discuss weeklyexpectations and address concerns or questions, fostering consistent communication.Additionally, TAs were required to complete the university’s online Suicide Prevention Training,a program all department faculty had already completed. To

Conference Session

Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Emily R Kerr, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

program utilizes an Academic Advising Syllabus to guide students through the first year ofengineering studies, and eight desired learning outcomes to guide their work. By the end of thefirst year of academic advisement in the Swanson School of Engineering, students will: • Establish a network and know how to use it • Know how to use technology resources • Understand the options of engineering majors/programs and make a department selection • Understand basic policies and procedures, or know from whom or how to get the information online • Master time management so as to be successful beyond the first year • Gain academic self-awareness/knowledge of academic strengths and weaknesses • Understand the value that

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Leveraging AI and Computational Tools for Enhanced Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Sakul Ratanalert, Columbia University in the City of New York

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #45867Development of an MEB Novice Chatbot to Improve Chemical EngineeringCritical ThinkingDr. Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include the application of case- and problem-based approaches to STEM learning experiences; the promise and challenges of AI and online learning; how social and emotional interventions improve engineering education; and preparing graduate students as future change leaders within the academy.Dr. Sakul Ratanalert, Columbia