Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

reduce the number of exams in the semester, and could be completed remotely.This Work-In-Progress paper will discuss the efforts to implement this project in a remote/hybridinstruction fall semester, including comparison between student performance on the exams andprojects, and feedback from students.BackgroundA transition to online learning driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring 2020 semester,continued through an entirely online semester in the summer, provided some preparation forhybrid teaching in fall 2020. Exams, the likely planned means of assessment and which hadoriginally been planned and scheduled to be held in-class, were now taken online. While thiscould require some adjustment and planning, the impact could potentially be

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruben Morales-Menendez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Tomas Lopez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ricardo Ramirez Medoza, Institute Tecnologico De Monterrey; Luis E Garza, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, new planning activities may be defined to encompass higher levels ofachievement; evaluation should be modified accordingly.Academic proposalSpecial attention was given to the experimental teaching. Several constraints were identified inour previous projects27. A research project was started in 2006 looking for a solution of somelimitations. The goals of this research project include that students can: 1. interact with industrial equipment 2. avoid the time that is consumed in the that installation and configuration steps. 3. design and implement different control strategies Page 13.451.7Given that there are several tank-level control

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp, Oklahoma State University; Mark Wilkins, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

-Menten kinetic parameters by using the Langmuirplot, the Lineweaver-Burk plot, the Eadie-Hofstee plot, and nonlinear regression technique. Inevaluating the kinetic parameters, do not include data points that deviate systematically from theMichaelis-Menten model and explain the reason for the deviation. Determine which techniqueresults in the best prediction of kinetic parameters.The instructors will serve as the technical advisors for this project and you should be workingclosely with them to define the scope of the project. You will need to start planning your projectsoon and submit a project preliminary planning report (see below) on March 4, 2008. You areon the agenda to present your work to the technical support group on April 22, 2008. The

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

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

conditional knowledge(knowledge about when and why to use strategies). KC includes knowledge of task, strategy, andpersonal variables. RC covers five areas: planning (goal setting), information management(organizing), monitoring (assessment of one’s learning and strategy), debugging (strategies usedto correct errors) and evaluation (analysis of performance and strategy effectiveness after alearning episode). RC includes the ability to monitor one’s comprehension and to control one’slearning activities. The self-regulation factor of metacognition describes activities that regulateand oversee learning such as planning (predicting outcomes, scheduling strategies) and problem-monitoring activities (monitoring, testing, revising and rescheduling during

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

connected to the subject matter that students are expected to acquire and retain. Thechallenges for university faculty to undertake changes in their syllabi (i.e. curriculum) andinstructional methodologies are very similar to those faced by K-12 teachers working toward thealignment of their curriculum and instruction with state content standards and indicators ofacademic progress 2. University faculty will need to realize that, as K-12 teachers have modifiedtheir teaching practice and lesson planning, faculty will also need to change their practice to meetaccreditation expectations. Page 22.1332.2An informative parallel exists between the attitudes

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marvi Matos, University of Washington; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

of inductivelearning and teaching methods that proves the positive influence of project-based learning in thedevelopment of skills such as: interconnecting and deeply understanding concepts, theapplication of reasoning strategies and team work.[17] Researchers in the area of EngineeringEducation have previously found through the use of meta-analyses the high value of project-based learning in classes that were traditionally taught using deductive teaching approaches.[18]We are proposing here that the use of open-ended projects in the laboratory can effectivelyillustrate to students the value of careful planning, effective communication, the criticalevaluation of previous work and to keep composure when faced with high levels of uncertainty

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Danny Olsen, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-1960: THE USE OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE TO ASSESSUNIVERSITY, PROGRAM, AND COURSE LEVEL OBJECTIVES AND STUDENTCOMPETENCIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGRonald Terry, Brigham Young University Ron Terry is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University and an Associate in BYU's Office of Planning and Assessment. His scholarship is centered on pedagogy, student learning, and engineering ethics and has presented/published numerous articles in engineering education. He is one of BYU's co-investigators for the NSF funded National Center for Engineering and Technology Education.W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University Vincent Wilding is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Robert Dickson, University of Strathclyde

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

population.Originally, the author began this approach on the basis that using the characteristics from theBelbin test would allow the formation of “good” groups and subsequently group dynamicscould be eliminated from the technical challenge of the class, and since this simulation wasconsistent and re-producible, it provided a common measurement tool. The unit of successfor any group across this class being the result from the project management simulation, Page 25.1148.4which operates as follows: All groups complete a project were the individual resource and task values have a defined monetary value and with good project planning a

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

of laboratory learning.Dr. Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tony Ribera serves as the Director of Assessment in the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He most recently worked at the Indiana University School of Medicine where he served as the Director of Program Evaluation in the Office of Medical Student Education. Tony has a PhD from Indiana University in Higher Education and Student Affairs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work-in-Progress: Developing a Multi-dimensional Method for Student Assessment in Chemical Engineering Laboratory CoursesIntroduction:The impetus for this

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi L Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Laura P Ford, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students and the shortcomings of the less successful students tocreate a list of ways to earn bragging points. We also added an option for them to impress us inways that we had not foreseen.The list of opportunities for Bragging Points is given below, along with the points available foreach. Approximately 70 points were available. We planned to track points earned during thesemester and report them on a leader board in the lab once a week, such as shown in Figure 1.  Creating a team logo (1 pt)  Having no safety violations (1 pt per lab day, 6 lab days)  Leaving the lab clean (1 pt per lab day, 6 lab days)  Everyone in the team arriving on time to lecture, lab, or calc session (1 pt per session, 17 sessions)  Submitting a

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Appendix where the make, model, and cost of each of the main components is presented.In this poster we discuss the design and implementation of the various experiments afforded bythe apparatus, our experience with the gas pressure drop experiment in unit operations lab, andour plans to use the equipment in other courses. Page 23.126.2Figure1. Schematic diagram of air flow apparatus.Experiments and Example ResultsFriction factor and pressure drop in a pipeIn agreement with Luyben and Tuzla1, we had observed that our students lacked practicalunderstanding of gas flows. We included a gas pressure drop experiment similar to the one theydeveloped at

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

concept is a powerfulstatistical method which not only directs the planning and execution of an experiment, but alsoallows quantitative interpretation of the outcomes of the experiment. A key advantage of theDOE concept is that after choosing the dependent and independent variables of interest, theresearcher then only needs to execute the experimental design suggested by DOE to provide dataready for analysis. However, many homework assignments related to the DOE concept do notlead students through the entire DOE process, instead presenting data from an already-completedstudy for students to evaluate. Based on this type of homework problem, it is difficult for aninstructor to determine if students understand the application of DOE and the

Conference Session

Diversity in Chemical Engineering Education: Status and Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Arthur Felse, Northwestern University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

that the engineering and scientific workforce is still made up of 51%white males2despite continued efforts on the part of academic institutions, professionalorganizations and other stakeholders to address this issue.As part of the ASEE’s “Year of Action on Diversity”, the Chemical Engineering divisionassembled a committee to perform a review of the state of diversity within its division and toidentify opportunities where improvements could be made and a plan for accomplishing thesegoals. The diversity committee performed preliminary analysis of the Chemical Engineeringdivision’s membership information and compared it against diversity data for engineering facultyand the overall engineering workforce. Chemical engineering divisions’ membership

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

assessing whether the changes led to improved attainment ofdesired outcomes1.Approximately 35% of recently evaluated programs were cited with shortcomings inCriterion 3.3 Two potential pitfalls that have been identified in recent literature are: notcreating a sustained, continuous assessment plan, and not articulating expectations in amanner specific enough to be useful. This section expands upon these two potentialproblems, and the remainder of the paper describes the approach to program outcomesassessment adopted in the Chemical Engineering program at Rowan University.Continuous Assessment and Continuous ImprovementABET evaluations are scheduled to occur every six years. Shryock and Reed5 note that“some programs treat the six-year time lag

Conference Session

Professional Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlee Nicole Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

 Collaboration  ReflectionSelf-Reflection AssignmentsThe self-evaluation rubric has been incorporated into a junior-level chemical engineeringundergraduate course through self-reflection assignments. Five times during the semester,students were given an essay prompt to identify one or more skills to work on in the followingtwo-week period (first essay) or one-month period (subsequent essays except the last). Studentswere asked to assess their current proficiency level in that skill according to the self-evaluationrubric, describe their goals related to the skill and their plan for improvement, and share progressin the skill(s) if any had been made since the previous essay. This process required the

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Lori Smolleck, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

curricula for the science classroom, students arerequired to create a detailed science mini-unit in teams of two. The topic of study foreach unit is derived from the Pennsylvania State Education Standards. Inquiry must beutilized as the main method for teaching and an ENGR Gizmo must also be infused intoat least one of the lessons. The duration of the unit must be between 3 and 5 consecutivelessons and each lesson is designed to be active, interesting, education, fun andmeaningful. Students are encouraged to use current research in the field of scienceeducation to complete the assignment and all lessons must be aligned with the state andnational science education standards.In addition to planning the unit, students are also asked to justify the

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington; Marvi A. Matos, University of Washington; William B. Baratuci, B-Cubed; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Arne S.A. Biermans, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

structure, we also continue to meet the original learning objectives ofinstructing students on the basics of experimental planning and reporting.Introduction and motivation for a consolidated Chemical Engineering laboratory: Most Chemical Engineering curricula include at least one or two laboratory courseswhere students develop their hands-on skills by working on experimental stations that are relatedto fundamental processes used in traditional chemical industries. Various independent stationsare usually used in the laboratory to cover a wide range of important Chemical Engineeringconcepts such as heat exchange, distillation and chemical reactions. Typically, these individualunits are conceptually independent from each other because the

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Alabart, University Rovira i Virgili; Sibel Özgen, University Rovira i Virgili; Magda Medir, University Rovira i Virgili; Hans-Joerg Witt, Witt & Partner

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

same time (they do not know how to prioritize or are not prepared to make personalsacrifices); (c) are not used to studying and working at a constant pace and following a plan, (d)are relatively unaccustomed to learning by themselves, either particular contents from the first-year courses or specific skills such as necessary software programs, (e) are unused to dependingon others for obtaining a mark; etc. Certainly, it can be said that fourth-year students’ main taskis to facilitate first-year students’ change to new learning and work habits by influencing,motivating and inspiring them, that is, by demonstrating leadership competence.7The purpose of this paper is to describe the system of enabling and assessment processesimplemented in the

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

responded to the initiatives,and how prospects for continued progress appear.IntroductionThe importance of departmental curricular reform is being increasingly recognized and manydepartments are engaged in this area1-3. In some cases, the National Science Foundation (NSF)has supported their efforts through Department-Level Reform (DLR) planning andimplementation grants4–15. Typically, curricular reform efforts focus on content. This isunderstandable since faculty members are passionate about critical content mastery that theyhope to see from their students. However, while increasing overall content knowledge meritssuch attention, there is more than content to be considered. How the content is presented, whatstudents are expected to do with that

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

provide a short answer response about their attitude towards theimplementation, how they feel the implementation could be improved, and whether they felt theimplementation was valuable for their learning.The results from the pre- and post- activity motivational surveys will be grouped by gender andanalyzed to determine if the BME LCDLMs were largely beneficial for the five areas of studentmotivation listed above, and specifically, whether female students had a disproportionate changein motivation compared to male students.CONCLUSIONS & FUTURE WORKIt was originally planned to have the BME LCDLM prototypes along with motivational surveysimplemented in the first-year Introduction to Chemical Engineering (CHE 110) class for the spring2020

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth R. Morehouse, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

as Proficient and understand individuals’ differences.Information Compiled from Career Readiness for the New College Graduate: A Definition and Competencies, the NACE Job Outlook2019, and Are College Graduates “Career Ready?”.In order to introduce a group of chemical engineering students at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology to the concept of career readiness and develop their ability to sell themselves ascareer ready, an interactive activity was created for a senior-level seminar course. The purpose ofthis paper is to describe the activity and its initial outcome. Later studies are planned to assess itseffectiveness at increasing students’ awareness of and ability to express the NACEcompetencies.The learning outcomes

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

while developing skills ineffective written technical communication. A consideration in this study will be the role ofdiversity in the effectiveness of Concept Quizzes; for instance, English-as-a-second-language(ESL) students may be exceptionally challenged to understand written question prompts as wellas explain complex technical phenomena in written English. Page 26.1739.2Note that this study is planned to be completed through the Summer 2015 semester; at the April2015 conference proceedings submission deadline, student data was not available for analysis.Additional data collected through the Summer 2015 semester will be presented at the

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin F Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Jordan Lopez, Colorado School of Mines; Alexander Luther Ellis, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

rising senior at the Colorado School of Mines. He is studying Chemical Engineering with a focus on Biological Engineering. He is also working towards a secondary education licence through the University of Northern Colorado with the intention to pursue a career in secondary education after graduating in May 2021. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Chemical engineering students’ emotions towards biologyIntroductionEmotions and attitudes towards a subject can play a large part in a student’s decision to takemore courses or pursue a major in that subject area. The theory of planned behavior states that aperson’s intentions to perform a

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T Melvin, Louisiana State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

authorshad to find a way to film the videos so that they were of high quality. Fortunately, the College ofEngineering (COE) at LSU has a Communication Across the Curriculum (CXC) program whichis housed in a digitalmedia centersponsored byChevron. This wasfortuitous becausethe authors hadaccess to staff andstudents withexpertise in filmingand editing video.The authorscollaborated with Figure 1. Undergraduate students from LSU filming scenes for the new set ofthe staff advisor of videosthe CXC programand student leaders to organize a film crew of six undergraduate students in the COE. Thesestudents then storyboarded every scene and planned out the shots and camera angles that neededto be performed. Next, the

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

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

/Planned: For our department, a final document (oral/writtencommunication) is required for the internships/research experiences that receive credit. To helpthe students obtain more content for their meetings, I started requiring the students taking theinternship and undergraduate research courses to perform the required presentation for this workat a chapter meeting. This provides a formal situation for the presentation; however, the studentaudience can be viewed as friendly. This approach then allows younger students to see futureopportunities while learning from the internship/research experience. Not every faculty specifiesthe chapter meeting for the document, but involving several faculty can quickly fill the meetingslots.For the current ABET

Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

full course was during the pandemic, a comparison couldn’tbe made to a traditional exam format to use as evidence to confirm an elevation of course equity.However, creative expression and the identification of gaps were realized. Students were not asenthusiastic about the approach in Fall 2020 and attributed this attitude to the ongoing pandemic.This lethargy is supported by the higher education literature describing mounting mental healthpressures due to the duration of the pandemic.Going forward, the author will not implement the assessment method again during the pandemic.However, there are plans for use as a better alternative to the occasional take home exam.Goal of the StudyThe goal of this study is to review the outcomes from other

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Christopher C. Willis, North Carolina State University - DELTA; Dan Spencer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, along with Dr. Richard Felder and Dr. Ronald Rousseau, of the 4th edition of Chemical Process Principles. Dr. Bullard’s research interests lie in the area of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Mr. Christopher C. Willis, North Carolina State University - DELTA Chris Willis, DELTA’s Assistant Director, Planning and Assessment, manages the evaluation and assess- ment of course redesign and educational technology projects, focusing on technology integration, peda- gogy, and teaching best practices to support student success and engagement. He manages data

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