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Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Chemical Engineering

the way the subject was presented but that they had indeed put in more hours than for any other subject.Conclusions and perspectivesThe Department of Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes has begun the process ofincorporating an integrated framework for a multi-scale approach to product and process designin the curriculum, in the first exercise of its kind for any program in Colombia. The first stage ofimplementation into our curriculum was introduced in 2013 with the selection of two specificcourses for redesign, one at the undergraduate level (e.g., Mid-Program Project) and other at thegraduate level (e.g., Advanced Transport Phenomena), this process will continue in stages in theupcoming years with the redesign of our

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David L. Tomasko, Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

methods of attaining compliance with this criteria. This work shows 2 differentmethods of complying with the criteria within large public universities with undergraduatestudent populations in excess of 700 each. One method places emphasis on integrating safetythroughout the entire core curriculum within mini design projects mainly through student self-learning. The topics are then reinforced within the capstone courses during senior year. Thesecond method places emphasis on distributing safety topics among the unit operations andsenior design courses supplemented by an elective course in Chemical Process Safety. Repeatedemphasis of safety alongside technical content results in a relatively strong connection to thecontext of chemical process

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Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth P. Mineart, North Carolina State University; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

is the recipient of the 2014 NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 2014 ASEE Southeastern Section Outstanding New Teacher Award, and currently serves as the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. Page 26.927.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Improving Technical Communication in the Chemical Engineering Classroom via Student-Based FeedbackAbstractOne area

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Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

enhance their curriculum. Students are asked to prepare a 30 second pitch of their proposal, which they present in a mock poster session to reviewers (graduate students). o Pitch / Proposal (Individual)—this final presentation of the course goes hand-in- hand with the proposal assignment described further (below). Students are asked to present their proposal to a defined set of reviewers, as applicable to the topic, using the medium they deem most appropriate. Evaluation is on building a convincing argument, choice and development of appropriate media, and presentation skills. • Critical Reading and Research Summary—similar to an

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Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Brian Harding, Texas A&M University; Peter C. Montagna, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

OperatingProcedures; and other process-specific topics germane to an organization. The undergraduateChemical Engineering curriculum can provide courses in these topics, or integrate these topicsinto existing courses to help prepare the graduating engineer for industrial practice.In addition to proactive programs that prevent incidents, it is important to learn from pastexperience. In the words of George Santanaya, a famous Spanish philosopher, “Those who donot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Company-sponsored, post-graduationtraining programs are meant to fulfill these needs.A more formal approach to deciding what process safety topics should be covered is to reviewthe regulatory framework. Companies in the United States involved with storing

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Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, Auburn University; Richard Turton P.E., West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

actual equipment. Once again, students should be encouraged to have theirsimulations correspond to actual equipment.Discussion What can be done to alleviate this problem? Experience provides some suggestions. It isprobably unrealistic to expect students to understand equipment details before the design classunless that is a point of emphasis in lower level classes. In many programs, the introductorytransport classes focus more on theory than on equipment. Even in a separation class, the stagecalculations often dominate the coverage of tray sizing and performance. One approach wouldbe to integrate equipment details throughout the curriculum; however, this might be unrealistic inlarge programs with different instructors for the same course in

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Chemical Engineering

State University, where he directs the Human-centered Environments for Learning and Programming (HELP) Lab (http://helplab.org). Recipient of over $2.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Hundhausen applies the methods of human-computer interaction to the design and empirical evaluation of software and pedagogies to improve learning and retention in computing and engineering education.Dr. Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Derrick Smith is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Ed- ucation, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He has over 14 years of professional teaching and research experience within education. His

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Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Christian Michael Wisniewski, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #12159Green Chocolate? - Investigating the Sustainable Development of ChocolateManufacturing in a Laboratory-Based Undergraduate Engineering CourseProf. Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University Alexander Struck Jannini is an adjunct professor at Rowan University. His previous work has been focused on incorporating aspects of pharmaceutical engineering into the undergraduate curriculum. Alex plans on continuing his education and receiving a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His areas of interest are drug delivery and drug loading characteristics of dissolvable thin films.Dr. Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

circulating water and the desire to avoid taxing the heating and Page 26.130.2cooling equipment. Tp QFigure 1. Temperature controlled reactor vessel schematic.Figure 2. Temperature controlled reactor system from Syrris, Ltd also used for biodiesel reactionstudies.Computer SimulationAs indicated above, at this point in the curriculum, few of our students knew control theory. Wecould have used an excellent Matlab control tutorial2 if we wanted a purely equation-basedmodel using transfer functions and time constants, but it was not our aim to teach control theoryand Laplace

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Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

is generally not practiced outside of these isolated contexts, studentsthat learned these formalisms will inevitably revert to “hunt and peck” strategies for solvingmaterial balances and for doing thermodynamic phase or reaction equilibrium calculations ratherthan apply a degrees of freedom analysis as a starting point. This lack of skill and understandinglimits the students’ ability to accurately formulate problems; an area that can be greatly improvedby implementing a pervasive approach to the utilization of a robust and generalized degrees offreedom formalism throughout the curriculum. IntroductionThe undergraduate chemical engineering student is typically introduced to the concept of degreesof freedom for the first time in either a

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Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

activity. This is expected to help isolate the effect of the hands-onactivities from homework and other course activities.AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge support from NSF through grant numbers DUE 1023121 and DUE1432674 and the Norcliffe Foundation for support of the work.References1. Abdul, B., et al. Experience with an Intensive, Hands-on Pre-transport Course. in American Society of Engineering Education. 2011. Vancouver, BC.2. Aglan, H. and S. Ali, Hands-on experiences: An integral part of engineering curriculum reform Journal of Engineering Education, 1996: p. 327-330.3. Arce, P. and L. Schreiber, High Performance Learning Environments, Hi-PeLE. Chemical Engineering Education, 2004(Fall Issue): p. 286

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darinka del Carmen Ramírez , ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey); Pablo Moreno Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

sustainable thinking is a challenge for education in engineering, but it is essential tothe personal and professional development of an engineer since the demand for labor requires Page 26.1125.2engineers with professional practice, knowledge, and ability to make decisions to meet every daychallenges in their work field. These decisions involve aspects of Sustainable Development (SD)1 like: “the development that satisfies the needs of the people today without compromising thefuture generations”2. The resulting situation at the universities today is that SD integration isoften limited to some specific courses (depending on the lecturers) and that

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Samuel Alexander Mihelic, Oregon State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Mr. Samuel Alexander Mihelic, Oregon State University Samuel Mihelic is a research asistant in Dr. Yantasee’s lab in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Oregon Health and Science University. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering and a B.S. in mathematics from Oregon State University in 2014. He worked as an engineering education researcher with Dr. Koretsky at Oregon State University in 2013

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A Virtual Community of Practice for Developing and Implementing Evidence-based Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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)

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Chemical Engineering, Materials

is certified as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD). Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques in undergradu- ate classes (problem based learning, games and simulations, etc.) as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering curriculum. In addition, she is actively en- gaged in the development of a variety of informal science education approaches with the goal of exciting and teaching K-12 students about regenerative medicine and its potential.Dr. Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University Dr. Joseph Shih is a Lecturer in the Department of

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. Page 26.1739.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Why Not Ask Students to Explain Themselves? Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical WritingNote: Based on reviewer comments this paper is submitted to the ASEE 2015 Annual Conference as a “Work-In-Progress” that is intended to be presented at the ChE Division Poster Session.1. IntroductionRecently a great deal of