Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A. Davis, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

improvement.The online course was designed with three principle phases for the students and instructors topromote student achievement of the ten professional skills: 1. Planning involving the student, instructor, and employer, to achieve the professional competencies during the industry experience 2. Brief online tutorials with short exercises for each of the ten professional skills that cycle through Kolb’s experiential learning stages: Experience, Reflection, Generalization, and Experimentation5 3. Regular assessment activities throughout the term with guidance and timely feedback from the instructor and ultimately the employerA significant feature of the online course draws upon various aspects of project management forthe

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Esther Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Manish Kumar, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

research group members, the amount of time spent with researchmentors, and the advice given about graduate school. Improvement was suggested for theelement of amount of time spent doing meaningful research. REU program participants indicatedanticipated completion of a presentation, talk, or poster at a professional conference (25%) andinvolvement in co-writing a paper for either an academic journal or an undergraduate researchjournal (33%). Approximately 58% of participants indicated plans for some level of graduateschool at program completion.Interviews of program participants corroborated the indication of research-based gains andprovided a more in-depth understanding of impact of the program. Specifically, interviewsprovided information about

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Marc-Olivier Coppens, University College London (UCL)

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, the range of course topics isquite varied across chemical engineering (e.g., fluid-particle systems, catalysis, fuel cells) andmathematical topics (e.g., fractals and nonlinear systems). Another challenge in developing thecourse was to determine the balance of the chemical engineering and mathematical prerequisites.Although this was a senior (fourth-year undergraduate) and graduate-level Master’s chemicalengineering course, not all students had the same undergraduate background.Since both instructors were initially located on different continents, planning meetings by Skypeoccurred in the year prior to offering the course, and course approval was obtained by ProfessorCoppens at University College London. Once Professor Lepek was on campus at

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. • Be sure to include o Scope (i.e. campus wide policy, specific utilities process, timeframe of analysis in current state or if historical data available, etc.) o Methods of research planned. (See assignment on Moodle for definitions and examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary) • You should complete this BEFORE lab on dd/mm/yy • If you see another entry with a similar topic, that is OK, but if more than 3 students are researching the same thing, please choose a different topic. • Recall, any surveys or interviews planned must also be discussed with the instructor BEFORE they are to be conducted.One week prior to the scope definition due date, the instructor

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Whittaker, Louisiana State University; Amiel Kirtikar, Louisiana State University; Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

were exposed to several personal development workshopsled by chemical engineering upperclassman, faculty members, and administrators. Topicsincluded (1) AIChE activities (e.g. the ChemE car team and attending conferences), (2) SAChE(the online safety training certification program offered by AIChE), (3) the DistinguishedCommunicators program offered at LSU, (4) STEM outreach opportunities, (5) planning forgraduate school, (6) an overview of electives and concentrations offered within the chemicalengineering department, (7) a time management course, and (8) how to give and receivefeedback. The students were allowed to pick and choose which workshops to attend during athree and a half hour block of time on the first day of the camp, effectively

Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

-than-perfect score was giventhere typically existed a significant deficiency in the senior teams’ management strategies, whichcame up in freshmen student comments. Most all of the freshmen freeform comments have beenpositive. The most common problems freshmen have vocalized about their senior managers overthe years have been related to senior teams being unresponsive or resistant to involving thefreshmen in their projects in a meaningful way. To address this problem after the first year, wenow specifically assess the plans of senior teams’ for freshman workers in their proposal rubrics,before they are ever assigned freshman employees. This added scrutiny and accountability hasapparently improved senior planning and the freshman experiences on

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

agenda. Our future work includes a means to have students systematicallyreflect on their engineering assets and connect these to their developing engineering identities.As we integrate new engineering design challenges into early coursework, we plan to explore theimpact of both of these efforts on student persistence.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.EEC #1544233. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Atman, C.J., et al., Moving from pipeline thinking to understanding pathways: Findings from the academic

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather C. S. Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, 2016 Prediction and Reflection Activities in a Chemical Engineering course: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass TransferAbstractThis paper presents a quantitative and qualitative study for discovering how written reflectiveexercises following in-class prediction activities enhance learning gains in a heat and masstransfer course for chemical engineering undergraduate students. The primary purpose of thisresearch is to determine if and to what extent written reflection plays a role in adjustingcommonly-held misconceptions students have about heat and mass transfer. To study this, three30-minute prediction activities were planned throughout a ten-week course. The studyparticipants included two sections of a course with

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Year 4, p<0.01. Pre-test Post-testYear 0 - No video project 43.7% 67.7%(“control”)n=60Year 1 - Made video only 47.1% 64.3%n=76Year 2- Watched video only 44.6% 65.7%n=68Year 3 - Made and watched 44.6% 65.7%videos, large teamsn=81Year 4 - Made and watched 44.6% 60.9%videos, shortn=75The original plans for this project extended for three years. However, our concept inventory dataat the conclusion of that time period indicated that students did not improve relative to thecontrol for making videos, watching videos, or for making

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

-efficacy,motivation, outcome expectancy, and anxiety). We also wanted to include our own questionsregarding future career plans, ability to recall previous coursework, and attitude toward designand associated skills. Because there is no requirement or incentive to complete the survey, it is inour interest to make it as quick to complete and simple as possible. For that reason, we reducedthe Carberry instrument to no more than two self-concepts (self-efficacy for all three surveys,and anxiety in surveys 2 and 3).The course uses Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) tocapture and assess team dynamics.7-9 CATME provides summary and analysis of teams andindividuals based on a set of algorithms, and in certain cases flags

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Full descriptionsof the modules including procedures and presentations slides are available at AuburnUniversity’s MSP Website under teacher resources;10 lesson plans have also been submitted forpublication in the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX). Both activities have been disseminatedin multiple formats including the SECME Summer Institute for teachers, K-12 classrooms,university open houses, and student organizations’ outreach activities. The use of everyday andnatural materials as well as the incorporation of art in the modules has made them accessible to adiverse audience.Why are Abalone Seashells so Strong and Shiny: This module was largely developed by achemical engineering undergraduate researcher with no prior background in