technical content, whereas dedicated courses offer an opportunity to focus deeply oncommunication content. Thus, it is extremely difficult to provide the same level of instruction,feedback, and opportunity for growth as communicators in an integrated course model comparedto a dedicated course. However, dedicated TC courses can at times lack technical realism andpragmatic training. A department’s choice to offer TC training through an integrated model maystem from several considerations, including insufficient resources or lack of flexibility in thecurriculum. While there are many reasons to believe a dedicated TC course is beneficial,discipline-specific comparison studies on this are lacking. Ultimately, our team seeks to evaluatethe potential
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what they have studied and learned, integrate newknowledge with previous knowledge, as well as to help them become an active and aware learnerso that they can better understand how they learn. Their reflection topics included: the engineeringdesign process, engineering/math/science connections and technical writing. This paper features a description of the design project challenge and solutions. Alsoincluded is the grading rubric, which was provided to the students to use as a guide for thereflection assignment. In addition, a summary of the group design analysis and the individualreflection assignments is provided. Page
, studentsare required to satisfy requirements in four areas, which are: Participation in multiple semesters of the Alternative Fuels Group Enterprise, where students work on hands-on integration, design, and/or research projects in hydrogen and fuel cells Taking a fuel cell course Taking a lecture or laboratory course on hydrogen energy Taking discipline-specific elective coursesIn addition to describing the minor, the paper will also describe the content of the AlternativeFuels Group Enterprise as well as the fuel cell and hydrogen energy courses.IntroductionThe search for alternative energy sources is an area that has received great attention in the lastfew years, beginning with the January 2003 State of the
partners with the faculty in both research andteaching. Integration of these activities could lead to Ph.D. graduates naturally having anunderstanding and appreciation for engineering education research.Professors who did not have an educational background can obtain the background to understandeducational theories and research methods through workshops, books10-13, 24 and journals.Chemical Engineering Education (CEE) and the new applications-based ASEE electronic journalAdvances in Engineering Education26 can help provide this understanding.CEE is a journal for all chemical engineering faculty. Thus, CEE publishes rigorous researchpapers, and expository and application papers about curriculum and course improvements,hands-on activities, and
drawsheavily from the degree of freedom analysis taught in the introductory material and energybalances course.IntroductionMultiple effect evaporation is an industrially important unit operation. It is the foundation ofseveral industries, including, for example, the production of sugar, which had over $6.9 billion inrevenues in the United States alone in 20081. Teaching multiple effect evaporation in the junioryear of the chemical engineering curriculum reinforces and integrates key topics from thesophomore year such as mass and energy balances, structured problem solving, and steam tablecalculations. As a side benefit, teaching multiple effect evaporation allows the opportunity todiscuss the work of Norbert Rillieux2, and his role as an inventor
University of Michigan and MSEChE and PhDChE from Princeton University.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of ABET.Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University
therapeutics.Dr. Jon D Koch, Trine University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017IntroductionNumerical problems and exercises are foundational to the education of students in natural science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and have been a central feature in the curriculum ofthose majors. The effort that students put forth in solving these problems is a prerequisite for the studentsunderstanding and problem solving ability. Learners can mislead themselves in thinking they havemastered a topic, if they look at the solution to a problem before they expend sufficient effort in solvingthat problem. This self-deception can have a negative impact on student learning4. The temptation tolook at the
. Student confidence inmaking important decisions such as design selection may increase when discussed among andvalidated by a team.A better understanding of students’ self-efficacy maturation during the senior design experiencewill allow for development of an improved senior design course, and closer inspection ofprerequisite courses may allow for development of a more integrated and effective curriculum.Overview of Work and MethodsAt our institution, senior design is a one-semester course consisting of three projects: twoindividual and one team. This enables a unique opportunity to track student self-efficacy,described as belief in their own individual capability,1-5 and the potential influence of teamdynamics on that self-efficacy. That is, do
engineering program and the computerscience program have been working on developing two software packages to aid studentsin developing their skills in the material and energy balance course in the chemicalengineering curriculum. The first of these (Chemical Process Visualizer – ChemProV) isa software package developed to assist students in converting written descriptions into agraphical format and then into a mathematical representation. It also provides a singleformat for the communication of the solutions to material/energy balance problemsbetween students . The second software package (On-Line Studio-Based LearningEnvironment – OSBLE) provides a means whereby the ChemProV solutions can beshared between students in an asynchronous online
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
. The Bioengineering option will require that studentscomplete 20 hours of course materials, of which 17 hours are integrated into the currentcurriculum, specific to bioengineering concepts, which is spread amongst the current chemistryand chemical engineering requirements and is detailed in Table 2 below. The courses wereselected that would build the students knowledge, skills, and expertise in basic fundamentalbioengineering concepts. Students choosing the Bioengineering option will thus complete 141hours for an undergraduate baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering. Additionally,bioengineering concepts are being vertically and horizontally integrated throughout the chemicalengineering curriculum. The concentration requirements were
Engineering at Nazarbayev University accepted its first cohort of students.The core building-blocks of the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University are: problem-centered learning, the ‘upside-down’ curriculum, mathematics in context, design orientation, andcombining simulation with laboratory and workshop practices. These core building-blocks are allconnected through the central themes of safety and sustainability, transferable skillsdevelopment, and management and entrepreneurship.The School of Engineering’s teaching program has been developed in partnership withUniversity College London, considered one of the world’s best universities. Students are taughtin an “engineering systems” fashion, with all first year modules common with the
Office suite, which is a collection of web-browser basedapplications which mimic members of its office suite. Its spreadsheet equivalent, however, iscurrently not intended as a calculation tool.1MathWorks. MATLAB, one of the most common math packages in use in chemical engineeringdepartments, does not offer integrated collaborative functionality. However, since it is modeledafter traditional development software, it does interface with industry standard source controlsoftware provided from other vendors. This is a library management approach with somerevision tracking handled by the server.2PTC. Mathcad offers user the capability to share worksheets including an edit-protected modeof “live” worksheets, but does not allow multiple users to edit a
and mechanical engineering. Campbell University started the engineering program in 2016, and she is leading the design and imple- mentation of the chemical engineering curriculum at Campbell’s innovative, project based pedagogical approach. She has a PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University, where she special- ized in miniaturizing industrial systems for applications in the undergraduate engineering classroom.Dr. Olusola Adesope, Washington State University Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning
Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches courses in Senior Design, Unit Opera- tions, Transport Phenomena, Material & Energy Balances and Mathematical/Computational Methods. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, process safety education and conceptual learning.Dr. Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the
Paper ID #12159Green Chocolate? - Investigating the Sustainable Development of ChocolateManufacturing in a Laboratory-Based Undergraduate Engineering CourseProf. Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University Alexander Struck Jannini is an adjunct professor at Rowan University. His previous work has been focused on incorporating aspects of pharmaceutical engineering into the undergraduate curriculum. Alex plans on continuing his education and receiving a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His areas of interest are drug delivery and drug loading characteristics of dissolvable thin films.Dr. Mary Staehle, Rowan University
-ended content earlier inthe curriculum to remove this distraction from learning at the senior level.Finding an appropriate textbook is also an outstanding challenge for this course. Sometexts such as those by Bequette[3], Stephanopoulos[8], Marlin[9], and Riggs[10] coverportions of the material, but tend to emphasize mathematical techniques more heavilythan control strategies for process systems.Currently the background material for lectures and the course readings are drawn from alarge number of sources listed in detail in Table 2. In general, background material isdistributed to the class or posted on the class website. Suggested reference readings arealso listed for students looking for additional information. However, for many studentsthe
circulating water and the desire to avoid taxing the heating and Page 26.130.2cooling equipment. Tp QFigure 1. Temperature controlled reactor vessel schematic.Figure 2. Temperature controlled reactor system from Syrris, Ltd also used for biodiesel reactionstudies.Computer SimulationAs indicated above, at this point in the curriculum, few of our students knew control theory. Wecould have used an excellent Matlab control tutorial2 if we wanted a purely equation-basedmodel using transfer functions and time constants, but it was not our aim to teach control theoryand Laplace
Education, 2018 Work-in-Progress: A Framework for Development of Web-based Multimedia Pre-laboratory ExercisesIntroductionEngineering is an applied discipline, and therefore, undergraduate laboratories are considered anessential part of engineering curriculum [1], [2]. Laboratories help reinforce theoretical concepts[3], and improve skills such as problem solving, analytical thinking and technical skills [4]-[6].Other benefits include learning professional skills such as time management, teamwork, effectivewriting and oral communication skills [7]-[11].Despite the potential value of undergraduate laboratories, there is a general agreement that theactual learning outcomes often do not balance the time, effort, and money
-release polymers to undergraduate chemical engineering students. This lab isintegrated into an upper level technical elective that is focused on mass transport in biologicalsystems and the design and application of diverse drug delivery systems. The lab serves as theprimary experimental experience in the course and is designed to build on principles learned inother core curriculum courses, as well as introduce new experimental techniques and analyticalequipment. The specific student learning objectives of the lab are provided below.After completing this laboratory, students should demonstrate the ability to: Explain the purpose of controlled-release drug delivery systems and the advantages/limitations relative to conventional oral
is generally not practiced outside of these isolated contexts, studentsthat learned these formalisms will inevitably revert to “hunt and peck” strategies for solvingmaterial balances and for doing thermodynamic phase or reaction equilibrium calculations ratherthan apply a degrees of freedom analysis as a starting point. This lack of skill and understandinglimits the students’ ability to accurately formulate problems; an area that can be greatly improvedby implementing a pervasive approach to the utilization of a robust and generalized degrees offreedom formalism throughout the curriculum. IntroductionThe undergraduate chemical engineering student is typically introduced to the concept of degreesof freedom for the first time in either a
ofTopcoat,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(7), 2006. 9. Li, J., and D. F. Yang, ”A DataProcess System based on Embedded System,” Process Automation Instrumentation, 23(4), 1-10, 2002.10. Li, J., and D. F. Yang, ”Introducing the Technology of Ethernet into Fieldbus is an Inevitable Trend,”Process Automation Instrumentation, 22(5), 1-5, 2001.PRESENTATIONS 1. Jia Li, An Integrated Evaluation Method with Application to a New AmmoniaSynthesis Process Design, 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL., Nov. 2019. 2. Jia Li, A Multi-Objective Multi-Technology (MOMT) Framework to Evaluate Various Ammonia Synthesis Processes,2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 2018. 3. Jia Li, Andrew Kohler, Samuel Feaster,Julia Cappa
MathCad. b. to demonstrate how properties, such as offset in proportional-only control (P control) and the removal of offset with the inclusion of integral control (PI) control, carry over to processes higher than first order. (With MathCad, I also demonstrate the solution of 3 simultaneous first-order differential equations as in the treatment of an actuator, process and sensor model applied to a CST thermal mixing tank –see example 3.1 of “Chemical Process Control”1.)4. Modeling of dynamical systems was restricted to lumped systems.5. The number of demonstrations that were held in the classroom was reduced; demonstrations are held at the start of a lab session
Career Services & Employer Relations at Rose-Hulman Insti- tute of Technology. She received a B.A. in Spanish and M.S. in Community Counseling from Northern Kentucky University in 2007 and 2009, respectively. She is an award-winning curriculum designer with significant experience providing leadership and career development opportunities for college students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: Career Ready…or Not? A Career-Readiness Activity for Graduating Undergraduate Chemical EngineersIntroductionAccording to a recent poll, over 50% of student respondents think about their future career daily(Podany, 2019). Further
activity. This is expected to help isolate the effect of the hands-onactivities from homework and other course activities.AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge support from NSF through grant numbers DUE 1023121 and DUE1432674 and the Norcliffe Foundation for support of the work.References1. Abdul, B., et al. Experience with an Intensive, Hands-on Pre-transport Course. in American Society of Engineering Education. 2011. Vancouver, BC.2. Aglan, H. and S. Ali, Hands-on experiences: An integral part of engineering curriculum reform Journal of Engineering Education, 1996: p. 327-330.3. Arce, P. and L. Schreiber, High Performance Learning Environments, Hi-PeLE. Chemical Engineering Education, 2004(Fall Issue): p. 286
have them on when hestarted at the top of the slide. The attention to detail shown by the students will serve them wellin their course and future engineering jobs. a. b. Figure 3. Screenshots of a video made of an at home experiment (a. and b.) and the course related problem derived from the video (c.).Pilot 5: Engineering Estimates and Material and Energy BalancesThe chemical engineering curriculum traditionally begins with a course in material and energybalances, as it does at the Colorado School of Mines. The majority of the students (~75%) havealready completed the Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics course discussed previouslywhile the rest are taking thermodynamics co-currently with material and energy balances. Thestrong emphasis
AC 2007-139: A STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH TO THE STOICHIOMETRYCOURSELisa Bullard, North Carolina State University Dr. Lisa G. Bullard received her BS in ChE from NC State and her Ph.D. in ChE from Carnegie Mellon. She served in engineering and management positions within Eastman Chemical Company from 1991-2000. At N.C. State, she is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chemical Engineering. Her research interests include curriculum development, information literacy, and the integration of teaming, writing, and speaking into the undergraduate curriculum.Richard Felder, North Carolina State University Dr. Richard M. Felder is the Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical
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course. A typicalcurriculum then can become a series of seemingly unrelated courses (in the student’s mind) thatare often only connected in a senior capstone or design course. Even the typical senior capstonecourse usually limits the application aspects directly to the students’ major and to what isconsidered mainstream or directly related to the discipline. Ideally, however, students shouldhave ample opportunities to integrate and apply previous course content to new courses, areas,and problems. This should include interdisciplinary concepts and areas that may be considerednon-traditional for a particular major. The courses described in this paper were designed to takeadvantage of proven pedagogical methods to improve student learning.In the