Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

fulfillment of ABET criteria. Grading in the courseconsisted of the following deliverables:  Individual Exams  Completion of four SACHE certificates  Three Project Reports (Team)  Peer Project Evaluations (Team and Individual components but Individual grade)  Individual Progress Memos  Final Project Report (Team)  Final Project Presentation (Team and Individual presentations but Individual grade)The individual’s grade for the project was calculated from the Team Project grade and weightedusing the evaluations of the individual’s contributions to the team effort made by the teammembers. The teams were created using CATME(7,8), which allowed the teams to be formed sothat each team would have common schedules to work on the

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, students in the senior Biochemical Engineering elective course were assigned thetask of creating problems suitable for the BioEMB website. The problem creation was generatedfrom information in research papers on bioprocesses. Coupled with a rubric for the problemdevelopment and some mentoring by the faculty, students have learned about process design,along with the peer review and publishing aspect of having their problems posted on the website.The project has shown that students can learn about applying material balance concepts to thescale-up of published data and information to develop a process design strategy. In turn, theproblems were "beta-tested" in the undergraduate chemical engineering core course. Assessmentof this project by means of

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

allof the graduate students who have taken the course have utilized LaTeX for writing their thesesor dissertations and some manuscripts.The CHE seniors who took the fall 2017 course were competent MATLAB users by the end ofthe course. MATLAB training was not formally provided in any other course in the curriculum.In senior design in Spring 2018, at least two of the students told me how they had built aMATLAB simulation for their design team to use to complete the AIChE national designcontest. All five of the students were able to help their peers with MATLAB when they used it inprocess control in Spring 2018 for a two-week course project involving using a hands-ontemperature control lab[35].Course EvaluationsThe response of faculty to the

Conference Session

ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyson Frankman, Brigham Young University; Jacob Jones, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

divided into different teams (6 teams with 4-6 people per team). The teams werechosen based on student preference (first or second choice) and were arranged so that there was agood mixture of majors (at least 3 majors per team) and experience (sophomore-graduatestudent). Each team is responsible for a different segment of the project and must work co-currently with the rest of the teams in designing the entire project. Class members assume teamroles such as leader, data collector, liaison with other teams etc, and are ultimately responsiblefor their aspect of the project, research and report writing. However, volunteers from the EWBChapter are invited to assist in the research and/or problem solving. Each team is assigned amentor (a faculty

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Aravind Suresh, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

presentation. As the capstonelaboratory fulfills a university writing requirement, students must submit a draft of their writtenreport and have it reviewed by an instructor before turning in a final report.In general, the course that used the systems described in the next section was graded out of apossible 3300-3500 grade points, in which 2700 were from the three reports, 300 were fromstudent pre-laboratory reports, and 300 were from peer assessments. A few other assignments,such as graded presentation abstracts and a written report draft completeness score, were added Page 26.888.3to later offerings of the course.The game structure originally

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

are often lacking in the fullness of details that real systems provide.Meaningful communications are also difficult if there are no consequences tied to theeffectiveness of the communication. Over the past four years we have been examining anumber of approaches for using remotely located experiments to overcome thesedifficulties. More recently we have restructured our approach to also emphasizecommunications skills.To provide the learning-by-doing experience we used the Green Engineering themeexperiments of the on-line laboratory facilities at UTC. To emphasize thecommunications aspect, WSU students were paired with other WSU students forconducting experiments. By working with their classmates peer pressure is brought tobear to encourage full

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

course involve technical communication, team writing, and analysis of thedata collected in lab. While creation of devices and collection of data occurred in the lab spaces,the rest of this work typically occurred outside of lab. As such, it is perhaps no surprise thatmoving from UOL to MIL had no statistically significant impact on student project scores. Whileteam projects were scored higher on average in MIL than in UOL, the p value was only 0.088.Furthermore, it may be worth noting that the same observations could be made for student peerevaluations of their team members. In the test course, students switch teams for each of their sixprojects and they tend to work with almost every peer in their section. Part of the score for theirteam

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

research haselucidated that such homework intensive courses do not benefit learning of all students. Effortsto shift student practice from individual homework assignments to group problems-solvinglearning communities [3] benefits different style of learners. Bernold surveyed engineeringstudents and classified them into “why” learners (14%), “what” learners (21%), “how” learners(49%), and “what-if” learners (19%) [3]. The research further determined that many lecture andhomework intensive courses tend to “weed out” students who prefer to think “outside” the box,and favor students who excel at solving small rote problems. Small learning communities enablepeer-to-peer communication of concepts to benefit a broader spectrum of learners

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

in a collaborative,online setting using an electronic wiki. A wiki is essentially a text document that can be editedby multiple users using a web browser interface. Working collaboratively to develop a wiki entrybreeds additional benefits. It is a mode of collaborative learning, which builds “a positiveinterdependence that moves everyone forward”[12]. It builds the foundational step on a multi-loop learning model, where students learn by interactive with peers, followed by interaction withindividuals with increasing levels of authority[13]. The use of social software such as wikis hasbeen termed “the architecture of participation”[14].Wikis have been previously applied as a means of facilitating collaborative learning in chemicalengineering

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

determine thereaction rate constant.Homework: After this project’s first lab period, teams write a one-page memo with a designschematic, circuit diagram, and parts list, with all costs. After the following week’s calibrationand data collection, teams write a short memo with an introduction, methods, results andconclusion section. Individual students complete a homework using an online simulation todetermine an unknown reaction’s order and rate constant, as they will with the data theycollected as a team.Process vs. Product Design for a Drug Delivery System (Weeks 5 & 6):Purpose: Students learn the difference between process and product design. They becomefamiliar with fittings, pumps, and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID). They

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, Endowed2006 NUS, Singapore Biomolecular Eng. & writing book Chair VFA – Dept. Chem. & Teaching, research, Endowed2007 NUS, Singapore Biomolecular. Eng. & writing book Chair VFA / Dept. Chem. & Teaching & Endowed2008 NUS, Singapore Biomolecular Eng. research Chair VFA / Singapore Research &2009 NTU, Singapore VFA Membrane Tech

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

average cumulativeGPA of the class and in each group contains a student with higher academic achievement (CGPA> 3.00) and a student with lower achievement (CGPA < 2.00). Since the students are reassignedto teams in each of the UOL courses, all students have a chance to work with other peers withvarying academic achievement levels prior to their graduation. According to our observations ongroup dynamics, the students with lower academic grades are encouraged to study more andhave a chance to enhance team performance with their abilities other than academic skills. On Page 22.960.6the other hand, students with higher cumulative GPA

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

allstudents have team-based exposure and most claim to have had some formal teamwork training.Surprisingly, when poled in a workshop setting, students identify extracurricular team trainingsuch as scouts (boy or girl) and sports rather than the formal teamwork training that theyreceived as part of their freshman BE experience.To ascertain additional information, students are led through a small group (three to fivestudents) discovery-based activity wherein they are asked to respond to the following questionsor tasks in the order listed here: 1. What are the characteristics of a “group,” and a “team?” 2. Give some examples of groups and teams. 3. Write your own definition for what a team is. 4. What are the characteristics of good

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

breakout rooms and workon a virtual whiteboard together, where they can hear each other via their computers’microphones, share their screens with each other, and write on a common “whiteboard” on theircomputer screens. Virtual breakout rooms are also available and easy to use in Zoom and otherconferencing packages. This psychrometric chart activity could be done with peer groups ofwhatever size (maybe 2-4 students would be good for such an activity) synchronously usingbreakout rooms in conferencing software. This could be even better than in-class group work insome ways because the breakout session can be recorded, so students and/or the facilitator canreview later; each student is on their own computer, so has easy access to the “handout” and the

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

sequence of modular courses.6 Project-based learning andproblem-based learning have also been shown in other settings to improve retention, assummarized by Woods.7 These facts are relevant to the current study in that the spring 2015PCP II course included homework and a project completed by students in teams of 3-4, whilethe PCP course as offered in the summer of 2014 was an online course in which allassignments were individual and there was no team-based project.This paper describes the results of an investigation comparing the performance of the risingsophomores who took the summer course to the performance of their peers who followed thetypical academic-year curriculum. The research questions of the study are: What is the relationship

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

production, CO2 emissions, and the liquidwaste that the plant produces). This allows the students to have practical experience on sometopics such as thermodynamic cycles, measurements of composition at the site plant, knowingactual equipment of pumps, pipelines, and so on.The paper describes the innovative elements added to the PBL teaching strategy in order toconnect all these issues. It also presents some of the research results, such as the engagementthat is achieved by students, which lead them to the writing and publishing of papers with theirown ideas. We are dealing with a new generation of engineers who are used to seeing, touching,and having first-hand experience more than they did ten years ago. They are highly motivatedwith the things

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; H. Scott Fogler, University of Michigan; Valarie Thomas, University of Michigan; Don Chmielewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Michael Gross, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

open courseware site12 (http://ocw.mit.edu)and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching site13(http://www.merlot.org).There are two example modules shown in the appendix at the end of this paper, for thematerial and energy balance course and for the transport phenomena course. Page 13.271.4Current modules are available for the courses, and topic areas as seen in table 2 below.These modules are currently under peer review from leading educators around the nationas well as industrial members of the CACHE Corporation.Chemical Engineering Core Course Module TitleMaterial and Energy Balances Application of

Conference Session

Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Dawn McFadden, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

most valuable topics/skills that you learned in this course?” In the 154 responsesto this question, 7 categories of skills were mentioned repeatedly: teamwork and managementskills (n = 66, 42.86%), design and modeling skills including equipment sizing (n = 45, 29.22%),software skills mainly in ASPEN (n = 41, 26.62%), economic evaluation skills (n = 37, 24.03%),time management and project planning skills including organization and persistence (n = 31,20.13%), communication skills including presentation and writing (n = 29, 18.83%), andproblem solving skills (n = 21, 13.64%). Since the focus of this paper is on teamwork, we will befocusing the results section on responses that mention teamwork. We provide this broaderoverview to aid the reader

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

results from the past three years of SBL activities, will be presented. Studio-Based Learning Studio-based learning (SBL) techniques have been used in a variety of disciplines, most notably in architectural education. 2 The technique is rooted in a type of constructivist learning theory called sociocultural constructivism. 3 The SBL approach typically encompasses four key steps (see Figure 1). 4 First, students are given meaningful problems for which they have to construct solutions. Second, students present theirConstruct Present solutions to the entire class for discussion and feedback. Third, students’ peers

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A Nason, Oregon State University; Bill J. Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

) during class that probe for conceptual understanding. Students answer the questionsusing wireless laptops and responses are immediately available to the instructor. After an initialdeployment of a question, the instructor can proceed in several ways. Class responses can bedisplayed to the class and students can be asked to discuss the problem with a neighbor or group.Following the small group discussions, the question can be posed again10; it has been shown thatthis type of peer-instruction can increase conceptual understanding.11 At any point, the instructorcan interject with appropriate discussion or address misconceptions discovered when goingthrough the written explanations to multiple choice questions, for example. WISE activitiesserve as

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

biology courses (introductory biology and anatomy andphysiology) which again demonstrates slight differences between the two types of courses. Table 2. Categories used for analysis of student advice comments Category Sub-category Description Example This included tips that related specifically to "Focus on the set up and Course Specific the content or setup of a class such as:Study Tips writing out the mass and Study Tip labeling diagrams, using models

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

prior to the actual school presentation. If this practice presentation is not well prepared and complete, the group will receive a grade of zero for the project, and will not be allowed to perform the outreach project.• Each student must present during his/her group presentation and attend one other presentation. Each student will complete an outreach project evaluation for the presentation that he/she observes. The project grade will be based on the efficacy and creativity of the presentation. (The faculty member has developed the peer evaluation rubric for the presentation and will be happy to share the rubric.)• Each group must turn in a critical assessment of the efficacy of the outreach project (three typed pages

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

at a level acrossthe college or above level, but they will also include students from your units/majors.What do these groups do? What are their goals? Often the students don’t know. They just jointhe group to be with their peers and see what will happen. While a well established group mightbe self-sustaining, most of these groups do need an advisor to help guide them.[4] Generically,the advisors job is to guide them to meet the goals of the group (e.g., to learn about theprofession of chemical engineering, to honor strong academic performance and perform serviceback to the community, or to provide a place for different cultural or affinity students to be withtheir peers). However, it is often the advisor that directly or indirectly has a

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

Undergraduate Professor Award, ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Raymond W. Fahien Award, and the 2013 and 2017 ASEE Joseph J. Martin Awards for Best Conference Paper. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, and integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics.Dr. Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University Dr. Lisa Bullard is an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from NC State and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She

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

the fourth year of the program, a new course that enabled fourth-year students to simulate thepractice of a project manager was thought to be a great idea. In this way, the idea of project Page 13.673.2teams formed by first-year students and led by a more experienced student, not a course peer,could be put into practice. This asymmetric team setup has eventually proved to be an excellentlaboratory to develop personal competences such as leadership.3Leadership development has ultimately come to our attention as a natural evolutionary step inour efforts to improve the effectiveness of PMP students. The education part of the PMP coursewas

Conference Session

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Enrique D. Gomez; Scott T. Milner; Yu Xia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

working from home, including the difficultywith separating the work and the home environment. They mentioned having more distractions athome, such as the student who said, “I’m sitting at my dining room table trying to do this work,and I’m trying to meet with these people, and there’s like people doing dishes in the other room.My brother would be playing the electric guitar for the one hour in the week that I need to bemeeting with my boss.” Other students felt that lack of social interaction with peers and not beingaround other undergraduates doing similar research work was a disadvantage.However, overall, despite these challenges, students primarily thought that the remote environmentworked well for them.Description of mentor strategies used in

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

should another strategy be adopted altogether? One drawback to increasing the numberof levels in a rubric is that it may become more likely for multiple assessors to use the rubric toassign different ratings. Another task that comes with increased levels is the writing ofdescriptions that accurately communicate the kind of work that merits each level. Could it beeffective to structure rubrics using only two levels? In this work, we will summarize some of theliterature on the development of rubrics, and then describe our process of creating a “two-column” rubric – one that only describes excellent and minimally acceptable performances. Wewill share examples of how we apply these two-column rubrics in our junior- and senior-levelchemical

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Coronella, University of Nevada, Reno; Victor R. Vasquez, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

higher destruction rate clearly results incontaminated food. The assignment requires a written report and an oral report, both completed by theentire group. Students are given a rubric (Figure 1) used to evaluate the oral presentations, andall students complete an evaluation of all presentations. This has the benefit of training studentsin evaluation, and forces them to note the distinctions between good and poor presentations. At Page 22.384.4the conclusion of the project, students complete a peer evaluation of each member of their owngroup (Figure 2). Knowing from the beginning that an anonymous peer evaluation will be donehas, in our

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

classes and meetings more when they received Bragging Points that in earliersemesters without them, and the faculty felt greater pressure to be on time to class, too! Ananalysis of the correlation of grades with Bragging Points earned and compliance with courseexpectations will be presented in this paper.IntroductionLaboratory courses are a dreaded part of the chemical engineering curriculum for both facultyand students. Students see long hours working with a team of peers that they may or may notlike, gathering data, analyzing data, and writing “endless” summary reports of their findings.Faculty see the long hours making sure the equipment works, training TAs and students to usethe equipment, repeating safety rules on a daily basis, and helping

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and interfacial phenomena. He has more than 30 peer reviewed journal publications, 600 citations, and $1.6M in external research sup- port with fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Max Planck Society, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. He received his BS and PhD both in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1995 and 2000.Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College Ashley received her M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Northwestern University in 2012 and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College in 2010. She worked developing point of cared (POC) medical diagnostic devices for Quidel Corporation until 2014. Ashley’s research interests include