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Interactive Mathematica Simulations for Chemical Engineering

Conference Session: Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

literature on effectiveness of information techonology in education.J. Eng. Educ. 89, 33–37 (2000).7. Podolefsky, N. S., Perkins, K. K. & Adams, W. K. Factors promoting engaged exploration with computersimulations. Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. Phys. Educ. Res. 6, 020117 (2010).8. Rieber, L. P., Tzeng, S. C. & Tribble, K. Discovery learning, representation, and explanation within a computer-based simulation: finding the right mix. Learn. Instr. 14, 307–323 (2004).9. Bodemer, D., Ploetzner, R., Bruchmuller, K. & Hacker, S. Supporting learning with interactive multimediathrough active integration of representations. Instr. Sci. 33, 73–95 (2005

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Integrating Multi-scale Approaches and Innovation into Product and Process Design in Chemical Engineering Curricula

Conference Session: Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

, teaching/learning approach and assessment procedures.Key questions that we have pondered about are centered on what defines a chemical engineer inthis century, what are the current trends and how best to equip our graduates with competitiveskills both in the context of our country and internationally. Taking and innovator´s approach toour curricular intervention, we have tried to solve four simple questions 21:What orthodoxies can we challenge? Page 26.2.8 How can we best harness the current trends in the field, both in research and education?How can we take advantage of our available resources and strengths?What are the most important needs

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Green Chocolate? - Investigating the Sustainable Development of Chocolate Manufacturing in a Laboratory-Based Undergraduate Engineering Course

Conference Session: Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Christian Michael Wisniewski, Rowan University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

fully engaging, and well-received project, the laboratory experiments have proven to beeffective in teaching multidisciplinary freshman engineering students’ aspects of sustainability,social awareness, and basic engineering concepts.Works Cited[1] S. Rimos, A. F. A. Hoadley and D. J. Brennan, "Environmental Consequences Analysis for Resource Depletion," Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 849-861, 2014.[2] R. Dodds and R. Venables, "Engineering for Sustainable Development: Guiding Principles," The Royal Academy of Engineering, London, 2005.[3] American Society for Engineering Education, "ASEE Statement on Sustainable Development Education," American Society for Engineering Education, 30 June

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The Effectiveness of In-class, Hands-on Learning vs. Lecture for Teaching About Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

Conference Session: Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

Variance S&T Ext’d Area S&T Ext’d Area S&T Ext’d AreaSection 1 32 (DLMX) 28 (DLMX) 48% 37% 3% 7%Section 2 27 (Lecture) 24 (DLMX) 40% 30% 5% 6%Each topic being examined consists of a collection of subtopics. There is the possibility thatdifferent subtopics are more suited to one or the other of the teaching methods being used.Examining this requires evaluating learning gains for the individual questions on the test. Thiswill be discussed next.Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger: This section contains three broad questions consisting ofmultiple sub-questions. Question 1 focused on students

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A Virtual Community of Practice to Introduce Evidence-based Pedagogy in Chemical, Materials, and Biological Engineering Courses

Conference Session: A Virtual Community of Practice for Developing and Implementing Evidence-based Pedagogies
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University; Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Richard E Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering, Materials

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Making Practical Experience: Teaching Thermodynamics, Ethics, and Sustainable Development with PBL at a Bioenergy Plant

Conference Session: Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Darinka del Carmen Ramírez , ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey); Pablo Moreno Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #13185Making practical experience: Teaching thermodynamics, ethics and sustain-able development with PBL at a bioenergy plantDr. Darinka del Carmen Ramirez, ITESM (Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey) Ph. D. Darinka Ram´ırez is a professor at the Chemical Engineering department of ITESM (Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey), Campus Monterrey, Mexico. She has a B. S. in biochemical engineering at IT La Paz, M. S. in chemical engineering at Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, and Ph. D. in Educational Innovation also at Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey. She teaches mainly Material Balances, Energy Balances and Thermodynamics to undergraduate students

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Assessments of Ultra-Low-Cost Venturi Nozzle in Undergraduate Engineering Classes

Conference Session: Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University; Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

engineering and twoprofessors from chemical engineering, all of whom have years of experience in teaching fluidmechanics courses, to meet and answer the following questions: Question #1. What are the misconceptions you have seen students have when you are teaching Bernoulli’s principle? Question #2. Which misconceptions about Bernoulli’s principle persist in students even after completing your class? Step 1 - Identifying students' misconception/s in topic/s of interest

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Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman Design Laboratory

Conference Session: Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #12614Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman DesignLaboratoryProf. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and

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Promoting Metacognition through Writing Exercises in Chemical Engineering

Conference Session: Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

into whichthe batter is poured, and the oven in which the cake is baked. You should easily be able to come upwith 30 possible causes/corrections of deviations across these three units.Student submission:MemorandumTo:From:Date: 05 May 2013Subject: SPIT #13 HazOp Study.SOLVE: ParameterItem Node Deviation Causes Consequence Action Page 26.1276.12 s Not enough No batter, Re-mix the 1 Bowl Mixing No time

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Pyrolysis of Biomass to Bio-oil in the Classroom: The fabrication and optimization of a miniaturized Biomass Conversion Module

Conference Session: Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amber DeAnn Graviet, Washington State University ; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B Golter, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

200 35cm 100 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Time (s)Figure 5: Temperature of the reactor compared to the varying the wire length ofKanthal 145 alloy.Testing was also done on Kanthal 145 alloy comparing wire lengths of 20, 30, and 40-cm at themaximum voltage on the power supply, 18.3-18.5V. The voltage was held constant in theexperiments for all lengths of the Kanthal 145 alloy. It was used to complete the quantitative Page

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Student-led Example Problems in a Graduate-level Advanced Transport Phenomena Course

Conference Session: Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

Initiative, American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference, 2014.[5] E.M. Kim, T.F.S. Jr., F.G. Jacobitz, Student Peer Teaching in Engineering LaboratorySituations, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2014.[6] M.A. Munoz-Garcıa, G.P. Moreda, N. Hernandez-Sanchez, V. Valino, Student ReciprocalPeer Teaching as a Method for Active Learning: An Experience in an ElectrotechnicalLaboratory, J Sci Educ Technol, 22 (2013) 729–734.[7] D. Borrelli, S. Masten, Empowering Engineering Students in the Educational Process,American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2008.[8] L. Fiorella, R.E. Mayer, The relative benefits of learning by teaching and teachingexpectancy, Contemp. Educ. Psychol., 38 (2013) 281

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Preliminary Evaluation of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: A Methodology for Examining Student Outcomes

Conference Session: Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther W. Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Manish Kumar, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

applied to the REU program is included inTable 1. In general, the percentage of applicants who were female and from underrepresentedgroups was similar to the typical representation of such students at the bachelor’s degree level inengineering overall 13. Page 26.1243.6Table 1. Demographic Information of Applicants to the Chemical Engineering REU Program Number of % CE/E/S AverageYear % Female % URM % Fr/So/Ju/Se Applicants Major Cumulative GPA2014 70 36 20* 91/7/2 3.44

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Using Degrees of Freedom as a Pervasive Strategy for Improving Problems Solving

Conference Session: Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

hed by the texxt author(s).. In the exam mple shown inFigure 1,, there are foour streams (M=4), ( threee componentts (N=3, air, water and thhe substancee ofthe materrial to be dried on a dry basis, b e.g. wood, w clay brrick, etc.). T The degrees oof freedomanalysis for f this exam mple followss: GDF = M×N M + MFlowws + NRates = 4×3 + 4 + 0 = 16 GC

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Variability in Instruction of Introductory Chemical Engineering Course: Does it affect our students?

Conference Session: Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

opposing preferences, or “balanced” within thedimension. For our study, we look at each dimension separately in correlations withperformance, self-efficacy, perceptions/attitudes, and problem solving strategies as we believethat this will allow us to understand if one dimension is more influential, and, if so, in whatrespect(s).The second study instrument, surveys, are typically Likert-type questions (on a scale from 1 to 5,strongly disagree to strongly agree, respectively), with some multiple choice, true / false, andoccasionally a short open response question. Questions are designed to evaluate student self-efficacy with respect to specific problems and concepts, attitudes, and problem-solvingstrategies.The surveys are administered after

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Preparation of Biology Review and Virtual Experiment/Training Videos to Enhance Learning in Biochemical Engineering Courses

Conference Session: Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; William J. Kelly, Villanova University; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

broadband internet provided on-demand video capability to studentsin the late 1990’s, instructors have been experimenting with the use of online lessons and videosto enhance student learning both inside and outside of the classroom (e.g. flipped classrooms1and distance learning2). Online videos and animations have been shown to be especiallyeffective for teaching molecular biology concepts3,4, which are often too small to see with thenaked eye and difficult to conceptualize.5 Several organizations have already created full lengthonline videos for biology topics that are available free of charge, including the BioVisions seriesfrom Harvard6, Khan Academy7, Open Courseware at MIT8, TED5, and several others9,10. Thesevideos allow students to learn and

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Assessing Studio-based Learning in Material/Energy Balance Classes

Conference Session: Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

, Longman2 E. L. Boyer and L. D. Mitgang, Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice, Princeton, NJ, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996.3 J. Lave and E. Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1991.4 C.D. Hundhausen, N.H. Narayanan, and M.E. Crosby, “Exploring Studio-Based Instructional Models for Computing Education,” Proc. 2008 ACM Symposium on Computer Science Education, 392, New York, ACM Press.5 M. Oliver-Hoyo and R Beichner, "The SCALE-UP Project," Teaching and Learning through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors,” edited by V. S. Lee, Stylus

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A Unit Operations Laboratory Experiment Combined with a Computer Simulation to Teach PID Controller Tuning

Conference Session: Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

responsecurves for the circulating bath, jacket, and reactor and the integral absolute error (IAE) providinga measure of the deviation of the process temperature from the set point. ∞ 𝐼𝐴𝐸 = ∫0 |𝐸(𝑡)|𝑑𝑡 (2)A typical response curve is shown in Figure 3. T (K) Time (s)Figure 3. Temperature (K) in the reactor (blue), bath (green) and hose (magenta) as a function oftime in seconds. Set point temperature is in red. Page 26.130.4Student ExperienceSome students may have encountered

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Mixing in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard K. Grenville, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.
Tagged Divisions: Chemical Engineering

, June 2010.3. Grenville, R. K. & A.W. Nienow, “Mixing of Miscible Fluids”, In NAMF Handbook of Industrial Mixing, (E. L. Paul, V. A. Atiemo-Obeng and S. A. Kresta eds.), Wiley, NY, 2004. Page 26.1158.7Figure 1: Vessel, baffles, motor and speed controllerFigure 2a: Narrow blade hydrofoil Figure 2b: Wide blade hydrofoilFigure 2c: Pitched blade turbine Figure 2d: Rushton turbine Page 26.1158.8Figure 3: Conductivity versus time for blend time measurement