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Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Robert Dickson, University of Strathclyde

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

AC 2012-4681: SELECTION OF EFFECTIVE GROUPS IN ENGINEER-ING PROJECTS USING MANAGEMENT THEORY PRACTICEMr. Brian Robert Dickson, University of Strathclyde Page 25.1148.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012  Selection of Effective Groups in Engineering Projects using Management Theory PracticeA study that is a work in progressIntroductionMany engineering courses incorporate group projects as standard. The challenge for mostacademics is selecting groups that are well balanced and will produce a fair result for allgroup members, that measure their technical abilitie,s and their

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

. Page 25.423.4Proposed ProcessThere are several team project experiences built into most engineering curricula. These arenatural opportunities to learn, think about, and apply leadership skills. The essence of ourproposed process is for students to use these experiences to develop their own skills in acontinual process - from one team project to the next - of practicing, receiving feedback, makingplans for improvement, and then practicing again. However, since most courses have but oneproject experience, the process has to be programmatic - spanning several semesters - so thateach student experiences multiple cycles.We have designated one course in each semester beginning in the second semester of thesophomore year and continuing through the

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

challenge.However, by midsemester, the first seven topics have been covered in depth. This allows acomprehensive design project to be assigned where a distillation process for a givenmulticomponent mixture is designed to meet certain processing constraints (production rate,product purity). A commercial process simulator (Chemcad) is available for students to use inthe project. In this open-ended project, the student teams also must size and cost the columns,reboilers, and condensers, as well as determine utility usage and operating costs. The givenmixture and processing constraints are always selected so as to require multiple columns toaccomplish the specified separations. Additionally, it is typically not possible with the givenconstraints to simply

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

particular emphasis on the behavior of these molecules in ”non-native” environments such as those often found in biotechnology. His research efforts have earned him the NSF CAREER Award and the Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). As part of his research efforts, Knotts creates outreach programs to help teachers improve K-12 STEM education.Dr. W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young UniversityDr. William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University William G. Pitt received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He obtained a faculty position at Brigham Young University in the Chemical Engineering Department, where he has served since 1987. He is

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

the course and itscontent; and the remainder seeks to bring out the most innovative and effective approaches toteaching the course in use by instructors. Additionally, a limited historical comparison is madebetween the selected survey results and surveys on the same course conducted in 1972, 1990,and 1999.IntroductionThis survey represents the continuation of a series of surveys of undergraduate curricular topicsbegun in 1957 by the AIChE Education Projects Committee and more recently resumed by theAIChE Education Division. This paper presents the results for the third in the series of surveysconducted by the Education Division.Survey BackgroundThe Material and Energy Balance course (MEB) is the topic of the 2010 survey. Theaforementioned

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

engineering; rather, it is based on student interest alone.The chemical engineering computer methods course at Notre Dame is a three-credit, lecture-based course that is taken in the spring of the sophomore year. The course includes majorsemester projects that motivate the selection and timing of computational topics covered in thecourse, which include statistics, differential equations, and optimization. Regular homeworkassignments and exams are used to give students more practice and exposure to computationaltechniques. Applications from junior- and senior-level courses are distilled to their mathematicalcomponent for examples.The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is a medium-sized, Northeastern, publicinstitution whose student body is

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Deborah Lynn Grubbe P.E., Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC; Ronald Lee Cutshall Sr., R. L. Cutshall Sr., Consulting; Steven J. Swanson; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Arvind Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chemical Engineering

ofprocess safety management including hazard identification, hazard analysis and riskmanagement. The course is taught three times per week where active learning exercises areincorporated in the class between 10 to 20 minute lecture periods during a 50 minute class.Students are assigned individual and team-based homework and in-class assignments andsuccessful completion of two or three SACHE modules. Two to three exams are also plannedduring the semester. The final project is a team-based response to a hypothetical chemicaldisaster. The final project assesses the student’s ability to effectively synthesize and apply thesemester’s learnings. The consults attend the team presentations and participate in grading thefinal projects. The expected result

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fabiana Manzo, University of Houston (CoE); Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

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Chemical Engineering

benzene, toluene, and m-xylene is consideredas a case study. The impact of heat integration was analyzed from an energy savings viewpoint.Heat integrated distillation columns are generally more complicated from a control viewpointbecause of the greater degree of interaction among the columns. Thus, different controlstructures, ranging from feedback only to more sophisticated ones such as feed forward andcascade, and tuning methods are devised and compared from a performance viewpoint whenproduct composition setpoint changes or feed rate and feed composition disturbances areintroduced.Furthermore, extensive use of Aspen Engineering tools was made to facilitate project execution.AspenPlus was used for steady state simulation while Aspen Dynamics

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Américas 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

reacting to a side product with no commercial value. The important reactions are: The kinetic laws for each reaction, which are referred to component B are: Determine the proper order to install both reactors. Figure 3. Example of a decision-making problem for IQ-407 course. Adapted from Tiscareño8.Problem solving learning environment assessmentThe initial implementation of the PSLEs in IQ-407 was exploratory, intended to provideformative evaluation along the course. However, a deep analysis for the final problem solution Page 25.737.5was conducted. The final project was assigned over the last week of the 2011 fall semester;students had a

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victor M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University; Aashish Priye, Texas A&M University ; Yassin A. Hassan, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

framework has beenestablished, fluid properties and reaction conditions associated with a typical PCR process areintroduced and students are asked to evaluate reactor geometries suitable for thermocycling. Thissection culminates with a hands-on lab where students apply a 3D computational fluid dynamics(CFD) model we have developed using STAR CCM+ software to evaluate a series of reactordesigns by performing flow and heat transfer analysis, estimation of thermal residence times, andquantification of reaction product yields. IFinally, the physics and biochemistry fundamentals introduced in the previous two coursecomponents are combined in a hands-on design project. Students construct reactor geometriesbased on their calculations and use them to first

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach FL; Ximena Toro; Jennifer C Adam, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Andrew P Easley, Washington State University; Xuesong Li P.E., Washington State University; Kevin Lee, University of Idaho; Mert Colpan, Washington State University; Kevin Tyler Gray, Washington State University; Benjamin Garrett, Washington State University; Shane Riley Reynolds, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-5271: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY HANDS-ON DESKTOP LEARN-ING MODULES AND MODERN PEDAGOGIESProf. Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University Bernard Van Wie has been teaching for 29 years, first as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma and then as a professor at Washington State University. Over the past 14 years, he has devoted himself to developing novel teaching approaches that include components of cooperative/collaborative, hands-on, active, and problem/project-based learning (CHAPL) environments.David B. Thiessen, Washington State UniversityDr. Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach FL Dr. Compere’s research in renewable and sustainable technology includes water purification for

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

Rensselaer Studio Model8 and Workshop Physics.9 Recently, theseefforts have been expanded to include design of technology-enhanced classroom architectures tosupport learning, such as with the SCALE-UP project at North Carolina State University10,11 andthe Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) project at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology.12 Another curricular model focuses the reform methods by incorporating activelearning pedagogies to help students learn concepts and problem-solving in small studios thataccompany larger lecture classes, such as Tutorials in Introductory Physics13,14 and CollaborativeGroup Problem Solving.15 The implementation of studios reported in this paper is based on thelatter model and is described next.The

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

only material balances but now on areacting system, and one involving material and energy balances on reacting systems withrecycle. At each level there are two problems. The first is a typical problem where students aregiven a description of a process then asked to develop the process flow diagram and theequations needed to perform the material (and energy if necessary) balances. The secondproblem (a critiquing problem) consists of a problem statement, a process flow diagram, and aset of balance equations. The process flow diagram and the equations contain errors. Thestudents are asked to find the errors, explain why they are erroneous, and suggest a way to fix theerror.In order to build a community among the faculty commited to this project

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-4671: MAKING THEIR BRAINS HURT: QUICK AND EFFEC-TIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THERMODYNAMICSDr. Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell UniversityDr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell UniversityDr. Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University Katharyn Nottis is an Educational Psychologist whose research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspective of human constructivism. She has authored several publications and given numerous presentations on the generation of analogies, miscon- ceptions, and facilitating learning in science and engineering. She has been involved in collaborative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, seismology, and chemical engineering

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Belhaven University and her M.A.T., M.A., and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Page 25.251.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Behavioral Interview Training in Engineering ClassesIntroductionMany engineering educators believe strongly in including both written and oral communicationassignments in their classes because of their desire to prepare engineers to be excellentcommunicators. Oral communication instruction in engineering courses usually preparesstudents for presenting various reports about experiments or projects. Some professors includeassignments that mimic what

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiran Zhavian; James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology [5]. It ispurported to be the only technical college for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, and hasperformed research on best practices in this topic [6]. However, despite being part of atraditional institution, the institute remains separate from traditional students pursuingengineering degrees. Page 25.1037.3Methods The sophomore-level materials balance course was taught during the Fall of 2011with an initial class size of 42. The students met three times a week, at 55 minutes perperiod. For assessment, there were daily quizzes, two exams, and a comprehensive finalexam. There was no team project assigned this year. One of

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

, including: highlights of AIChE Concept Warehouse news, added questions, new tutorials and comments about submitted questions. Search View, filter, and search for questions. Then, select question(s) for use in class. Organize, group, download (MS Power Point, MS Word), or assign (via projection in-class or Manage Tests sent to student laptops or smartphones) ConcepTests. Confidence and short answer explanation prompts can be added to questions during assignment. ConcepTests View information after questions have been answered, including all or a