Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Kelly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

institution. Journal of Chemical Education. 2004. Vol. 81, No.3. 4. Allen, K. Bringing New Technology to Market. Chapter 1: Innovation and Commercialization. Prentice Hall. 2003. pgs 1-28. 5. Mills, J. and Treagust, D. Engineering Education – is problem based or project based learning the answer? Journal of Engineering Education. May 2003 6. Kelly, W. Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Teach Heat Transfer. Proceedings of ASEE mid-Atlantic Region (Spring meeting). Rowan University. April 21, 2001. 7. Osland et al. Organizational Behavior. Chapter 7: Managing Creativity. Prentic Hall. 8th edition. 2007. 8. Allen, K. Bringing New Technology to Market. Chapter 2: Recognizing and Screening Technology

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland - College Park

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

total). One mid-sized private Midwesterninstitution only enrolls around 8 students per section with a total of 5 sections.  In terms of safety, the institutions show a wide variety of course outcomes and teachingpractices. A summary is shown in Table 1. Focusing on course outcomes, it is notable thatseveral institutions’ outcomes are vague regarding safety, while at least one institution onlymentions lab safety (vs. process safety), and one institution does not mention safety at all. As faras teaching practices, all the courses involve teaching safety to some extent, but the practicesvary from lab safety certifications to single lectures on process safety to qualitative risk analysisof the specific experiments being performed with no wider

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #6545Effects of Requiring Students to Write Abstracts for Homework Problem So-lutionsDr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998. His primary areas of pedagogical scholarship are teaching design, process simulation in the curriculum, assessment of student learning and teaching engineering economics. He has received the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Section Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005 Corcoran Award, the 2004 Fahien Award and the 2003 Martin Award from ASEE.Dr. Stephanie

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

departments,but solutions particular to chemical engineering departments require additional examination.We have been teaching a chemical engineering design laboratory, primarily directed towards ourfirst year students, over the past six years at the University of Utah. This course was initiallytaught in a lecture hall and a series of satellite labs, centered around the space used for a unitoperations courses. Due to the first-year course’s success in achieving learning outcomes and itspositive reception by students, we have been able to design and build a combined laboratory,instructional, and maker space specifically meant to facilitate early- and mid-curriculum hands-on project-based learning. For the past three years this first-year course, and

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

kinds of organizational changes are needed at the institutional level to betterincorporate students both into their university and the organizational change process, students’perceptions of their own position and role must be known and understood. The purpose of thisqualitative investigation is to investigate how first- and second-year engineering students at alarge public Mid-Atlantic university describe their position and role within their university andprogram. Data for this study are drawn from semi-structured interviews conducted with tenstudents in Chemical Engineering. This selection of students from each of the first two years oftheir undergraduate careers provides a means for comparing how students’ views vary as theygather more

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-493: COLLECTING PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT DATA WITHNO ”EXTRA” EFFORT: CONSOLIDATED EVALUATION RUBRICS FORCHEMICAL PLANT DESIGNKevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998. He has published on teaching engineering design, assessment of student learning, and use of process simulation in undergraduate education. He is the recipient of the 2004 Fahien Award and the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Section Outstanding Teaching Award from ASEE. Page 22.337.1 c

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineering laboratory courses. We explain our algorithm for using the two-columnrubrics, including how faculty, teaching assistants, and students are trained to apply thealgorithm. Finally, we conducted inter-rater reliability analysis for an example assignment andfound modest improvement in agreement between assessors compared to previous evaluationmethods. We conclude with our next steps in our development and revision of these rubrics.BackgroundThe University of Delaware is a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic, public institution whose chemicalengineering program graduates on average 80 undergraduates per year. The curriculum includestwo semesters of chemical engineering laboratory, though the second semester can be replacedwith a research project. Over

Conference Session

Design, Creativity and Critical Thinking in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Michael Rogy; Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

businessI would like to own my 41 (59%) 20 (29%) 7 (10%) 1 (2%)own businessOf the 69 students, the large majority (80%) believed that they could not start a business or werenot sure whether they could start a business at that time. However, 20% believed they probablyor definitely could start a business. This result is not particularly surprising as students within Page 24.559.7this mid-Atlantic university are not exposed to course content related to entrepreneurship as partof their degree program. Students were also asked about possible timeframes on starting abusiness. Approximately 40% wanted to own a business (if

Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

problem that they should nowalso be able to solve.Based on three years of data, student performance on these four-part assignments is correlated tostudent performance on traditional exams. We provide examples of some SPIT prompts as wellas a discussion of how each of the four components is evaluated. We seek to determine whetherstudent performance on one or more of these four pieces of their homework assignment is anindicator of their ability to solve typical process control problems.IntroductionThe University of Maryland Baltimore County is a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic, publicinstitution with an undergraduate student body that is made up of 75% full-time and 25% part-time students. The overall population is 53% male and 47% female, with about 40