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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #15103Capstone Design Projects: An Emphasis on Communication, Critical Think-ing, and AnalysisDr. Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Bayles, Ph.D., is a NTS Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Petroleum Engi- neering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development. c American Society for Engineering

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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gains for both the mentor and mentee student. Furthermore,developing social connections to a department, and forming the engineering identity of incomingstudents have both been repeatedly demonstrated to improve student retention. To benefit bysuch teaching and retention potential, we have introduced collaborative projects for inter-cohortteams of freshmen and senior students in the University of Utah’s Department of ChemicalEngineering.Freshmen develop their resumes over their first year in our program. Towards the end of ourspring semester they use their resumes to apply for positions on the senior capstone projects onwhich they are most interested in working. Senior teams then use the resumes to make hiringdecisions. Once teams are assembled

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahdi Malmali, University of Minnesota; Kevin Wagner, University of Minnesota; Michael H. Reese, University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center; Edward L. Cussler, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Paper ID #15283Undergraduate Design Project Ideas in Sustainability: Rethinking AmmoniaSynthesisDr. Mahdi Malmali, University of MinnesotaKevin Wagner, University of MinnesotaMr. Michael H. Reese, University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center Since 2001, Mr. Reese has been the Director of the Renewable Energy Program at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center. His research and outreach is focused on lowering the amount of fossil-fuel consumed and the decreasing the carbon footprint in agricultural production systems.Dr. Edward L. Cussler, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Connor Robert Bilchak, Columbia University; J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College

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fundamental concernthe first in the chemical engineering curriculum, and provides in the field[7] . By immersing the students in technical writingmany students their initial exposure to calculations in the field. and providing constructive feedback in an introductory courseThis work aims at supplementing the concepts included in thisintroductory course through a simple design project that students such as this, students will be better prepared for future coursescan easily relate to. More specifically, they were asked to design involving technical writing.a water reservoir using campus buildings as a guide for itsvolume, as well as consumption data based on their personal II. P ROJECT OVERVIEWhabits. Aside

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard A. Davis, University of Minnesota Duluth

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, ourapproach uses small reflective exercises distributed throughout the coop/internship period thatfocus on a set of professional competencies. Students complete Kolb’s cycle using the keyprocess steps of project management as a laboratory of generalization and experimentation withprofessional skills. It was concluded that students accelerated their professional developmentwith periodic reflection and experimentation along with timely assessment and feedback fromthe instructor.IntroductionAn online course was designed to promote professional development for chemical engineeringstudents during cooperative education and internships with industry. The mutual benefits ofindustrial cooperative education and internships for both engineering students and

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Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Coppens’s experience in transforming the capstone Chemical ProcessDesign course at his former US university, and a project-based course on fractals in chemicalengineering taught in the USA and the Netherlands. Working together, this new elective courseprovided students with an introduction to the emerging research area of Nature InspiredChemical Engineering, leveraged new technologies to help improve the learning process, andprepared them for applications in the future workplace.Centre for Nature-Inspired EngineeringThe overarching vision of the Centre for Nature-Inspired Engineering is to use nature as aguiding platform to seek potentially transformative solutions to engineering grand challenges,such as sustainable energy, clean water, and

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher J. Hershey, Michigan State University; K. (Jay) Jayaraman, Michigan State University

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the first exposure students had to a CAE simulationpackage. Therefore, it was a requirement that the software be easy to learn. Two lecture periodswere all that was required for students to develop a working knowledge of this software to begintheir project. The workflow of the two workshops is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Workflow diagram used in workshop. CAD shown for illustrative purposes with actual geometries and meshes provided to students for simulation.The software itself is broken up into two parts: Moldex3D Designer and Moldex3D solver. TheMoldex3D Designer is used to define injection inlets, cooling channels and to mesh the finalgeometry. The Moldex3D solver is the main program designed to take user inputs such

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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andrevisited through rotating student groups acting as leaders for safety discussions during the firstfive to ten minutes of each laboratory period. It describes a culminating formative assignment,which provides students with the realistic scenario of needing to investigate weaknesses to safetylayers of protection.Much like they will experience if they go into industry, students define the scope of a riskassessment project, undertake any necessary research to complete it and summarize results.Through preliminary investigation of a topic, the student must judge if the subject is worthy of afull risk assessment. After scope approval is granted, the topic is fully investigated and thestudent is encouraged to take corrective actions directly or present

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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likely to be assessed as part of a team. Having studied self-efficacy and learning styles in sophomore students for several semesters and noticing trends thatmay be explained by their early stage in career (e.g., lack of confidence in conceptual problems),we began to consider the status of our graduating senior students. Are they entering theworkforce with high self-efficacy and a command of chemical engineering theory and designprinciples?Using a modified version of the Carberry et al. instrument for design self-efficacy, we trackedstudent self-efficacy throughout their senior design experience. Three self-efficacy surveys wereadministered: one early in the term while students were working on an individual project, one inthe mid-semester while

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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courses. In addition to generating and grading textbook-style homework problems, itprovides interactive simulations of laboratory experiments, and it administers surveys, pre- andpost-tests, and quizzes for training on laboratory equipment. The system randomizes the numbersand units in homework problems and allows multiple attempts, which discourages cheating,removes the burden of manual grading for instructors, and provides students with instantaneousfeedback. Students complete assignments using simulated laboratory experiments, which modelcorresponding hands-on projects that they will later work on in class. This is done to familiarizestudents with the project and core chemical engineering theory ahead of time, saving labresources and time and

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

relevant courses were contacted directly by email when practical. Thesurvey was conducted online using the open-source survey package LimeSurvey. The surveyquestions this year were developed in consultation with CACHE Corporation and with theAIChE Education and Accreditation Committee. The report consists primarily of the statisticaland demographic characterization of the course and its content, with some additional summaryresponses related to the course from open-ended questions. Additionally, the survey seeks tobring out the most innovative and effective approaches to teaching the course as cited byinstructors.Introduction and BackgroundThe AIChE Education Special Projects Committee conducted surveys of U.S. institutionsbetween 1965-1993

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Thomas W Ekstedt, Oregon State University

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. Nottis, Bucknell University Dr. Nottis is an Educational Psychologist and Professor of Education at Bucknell University. Her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspec- tive of Human Constructivism. She has authored several publications and given numerous presentations on the generation of analogies, misconceptions, and facilitating learning in science and engineering educa- tion. She has been involved in collaborative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, chemical engineering, seismology, and astronomy.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Esther Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park Dr. Esther Gomez is an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Gomez’s research focuses on exploring how the interplay of chemical and mechanical signals

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Kirk A Reinkens, Washington State University; Stephanie Anne Pitts, Washington State University

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in Design, which is a semester-long introduction to engineering course for freshmenstudents at a large research university in the northwest. The course is an interactive, hands-onexperimental introduction to several engineering discipline projects and employs a flippedclassroom approach to explain fundamental engineering concepts before students apply and testthose concepts in the classroom experiments. This structure exposes students in year one toengineering applications, with an additional piece of the course designed to further engagestudents in the engineering school and research activities. The Engineering Engagementassignment, which is the focus of this study, is posed to broaden student exposure to engineeringoutside of the classroom

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Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faisal Shaikh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Serdar Ozturk, MSOE

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initial ABET accreditation. He is also a champion of industry-academia partnerships in senior design projects and has been instru- mental in bringing full industry sponsorship to the majority of the senior design projects in the program he teaches in.Prof. Serdar Ozturk, MSOE Dr.Serdar Ozturk is an assistant professor in Biomolecular Engineering program at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). This unique program is a hybrid program of molecular biology and chemical engineering and successfully went through the initial ABET accreditation. As a chemical engineer in the program, he developed and modified many core chemical engineering courses (Reactor Design, Thermo- dynamics I and II, etc.), albeit with a focus on

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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research inter- ests are in heterogeneous catalysis, materials characterization and nanomaterials synthesis. His research group has pioneered the development of electron microscopy tools for the study of catalysts.Dr. Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering For- mation (PFE: RIEF) for the project- Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity. She is a member of the department’s ABET and

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University

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courses and sameschedule of contact hours and taken as a whole covered the same content. But in the “spiral”curriculum, the modular courses on material and energy balances, thermodynamics, andseparations were replaced with a series of integrated courses in which these topics wereaddressed concurrently. One of the motivations for the new sequence was to address thephenomena of students succeeding in material and energy balances but not retaining the skillsor recognizing the significance of the principles in the context of other courses. The spiralsequence of courses also included projects that were designed to require synthesis of thesevarious topics. The assessment showed improved retention as a benefit of the spiralcurriculum compared to the

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Chemical Engineering

interview sessions. Lastly, the camp buildsrelationships and camaraderie among the rising freshmen. The students are divided into teamsand required to complete a small research project in chemical engineering science or design. Incompleting this small project together, students grow more comfortable working in acollaborative team environment while gaining familiarity with chemical engineeringfundamentals such as process safety. The relationships formed during the camp aim to givesophomore students a supportive network of classmates, student mentors, faculty members, andindustry professionals in order to promote retention and student success in the chemicalengineering curriculum. Here, we present our findings from the first two years of offering

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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license.Results and DiscussionTable 2 shows concept inventory results for students in control and years 1-4 of the project. Ona positive note, students consistently improve significantly from pre-test to post-test, with a largeeffect size (d=1.33). We can confidently say that the thermodynamics course had a positiveimpact on students’ conceptual understanding in thermodynamics. On the other hand, in Years1-3 there is no significant change in performance relative to Year 0, the control year, when novideos were either made or watched.Table 2: Aggregate Results of Concept Inventory from All Three Institutions; all post-tests aresignificantly better than pre-tests, no significant difference between post-test and control forYears 1-3; significant decline in

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Sefcik Anderson, Lafayette College; James K. Ferri, Lafayette College; Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

in a recipe-like format to acquire the aforementioned skills instead ofutilizing inquiry-based learning techniques. This project seeks to improve upon standardlaboratory-based instructional methodologies, with the overarching goal to enhance studentunderstanding and operability of chemical engineering processes and equipment.IntroductionThere is a strong body of research on active learning and the benefits to engineering education.1,2The “flipped” or “inverted” classroom is one approach to creating a more active learningenvironment during class time. There has been a surge in literature in the last decade and adecent amount of web-based resources to assist instructors with the “flipping” process, asdetailed in a recent review by Bishop and

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Negar Beheshti Pour, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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. Theprimary learning goal for the module was for students to be able to make appropriatemeasurements and apply the principle of energy conservation to analyze a real-world engineeringprocess. Activities were designed to help students with system boundary concepts. This seems tobe an easy concept in textbooks but can be challenging when it comes to real systems, asstudents often do not fully appreciate the purpose of identifying a system boundary.The design and construction techniques used for the heat exchanger described here are simpleenough to allow undergraduates to design and build their own heat exchangers if desired. Thiswas beyond the scope of the current project, but that approach has been used at DrexelUniversity where undergraduate students

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

with heat and masstransfer and chemical kinetics, though it can also be taken in the senior year as it is a co-requisiteto spring semester capstone design. Less than 10% of the students from 2013-2015 took thecourse concurrently with capstone design; the majority of students were in their junior year.The course includes three projects, highlighting process optimization (determination of desiredoperating conditions), process control and tuning (illustration of a simple PID control scheme),and process safety (hazards identification for a lab and development of a Standard OperatingProcedure and entry/exit protocol), which comprise of 30% of the course grade. Another 50% ofthe grade comes from exams and class participation. The final 20% of the

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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% of their final course grade with homework and exams comprising the remaining 80%.Concept Quizzes were given to students as a typed question sheet and uniformly lasted 10minutes of class time. When giving a Concept Quiz to students, the instructor projected the quizcontent onto a screen in the classroom, read the questions to the class, and asked students for anyquestions about the quiz content before the beginning of testing; this process aimed to ensurethorough understanding of the questions for both domestic and ESL students. Student questionsduring the quiz were also answered by the instructor as necessary.After collecting students’ completed Concept Quizzes, the author presented correct responses tothe class. In the ensuing (and

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessie Keeler, Oregon State University; Thomas W Ekstedt, Oregon State University; Ying Cao, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Data Analytics for Interactive Virtual LaboratoriesIntroductionWe have previously described the development and implementation of a set of InteractiveVirtual Laboratories (IVLs) in thermodynamics.1 Each IVL provides a set of activities to addresstargeted threshold concepts2 via actively engaging students in a series of actions. The IVLsprovide a less

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Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

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, MATLAB programming, etc.)  Computer project and oral presentation  Working additional material and energy balance problems (in class) to supplement the course material in a much smaller setting.The responsibilities of the peer mentor included:  Support the goals, expectations, and mission statement of the Office of Undergraduate Education  Help students become familiar with university resources; advise and refer students to appropriate university resources, as the need arises  Work with university staff and faculty to create a supportive, inclusive environment for new transfer students  Maintain two consistent hours of time per week when available to students in the Transfer Seminar course

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Paper ID #15090Using Time More Efficiently: Converting an Interview Protocol to a SurveyDr. Paul B. Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. from Washington State University and made the switch from Instructional Laboratory Supervisor to Post-Doctoral Research Associate on an engineering education project. His research area has been engineering education, specifically around the development and as- sessment of technologies to bring fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratory experiences into the class- room.Dr. Olusola Adesope, Washington State University Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is

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Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

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microscope, nanomaterials result in readily observed micro- andmacro-scale properties. This portion of the activity can be done as a stand alone activity forparticipants using individual microscopes or a larger group watching a projection of themicroscope view on a larger screen.Figure 5. Diagrams conveying the length scales in plants from forests to cellulose nanocrystals.Figure 6. Birefringence of drying cellulose nanocrystal drop.Conclusions:Faculty or staff guidance on outreach activities is needed to ensure students performing outreachare cognizant of safety and legal requirements, including the appropriateness of an activity for avenue or age group. Chemical engineers readily grasp the need for a safety review, parentalconsent forms, safety