Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danial Hohne, University of Michigan; Leeann Fu, University of Michigan; Barry Barkel, University of Michigan; Peter Woolf, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

set ofreviewers graded the wiki article in light of the suggested changes and rebuttals. Throughout thisprocess, the instructors acted as advisors, gave the general topic outlines, provided referencematerial and made connections between the various student topics through short lectures. Inaddition to the wiki activity, the students were also given two exams, one group project and oneindividual project as assessment tools for the instructors. We present evidence in the form ofstandard course evaluations and grade distributions for the students’ response to this approach.IntroductionEngineering course structures traditionally rely upon instructor lectures with the studentsperforming various assignments to check understanding. These assignments

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

instructions on how to do something), it follows that thisgeneration of student, who have much experience and reliance on the internet, will fit the schemawe propose.Methodology The current work is a sub-set of a larger project designed to test the impact of bothcreating and viewing videos on students understanding of several important concepts withinthermodynamics. The sophomore level Introductory Thermodynamics course is offered once ayear at the authors’ institutions. This course is usually a student’s first exposure tothermodynamics, and focuses on teaching vocabulary and concepts, and fundamental first-lawproblems.The overall study has four treatment groups and will occur over a period of three years. Each ofthe three thermodynamics

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Education Laboratory; Philip Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

Laboratory Edith Gummer is the Director of the Classroom-Focused Research and Evaluation Program for the Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. She coordinated the structure of the research design and the data collection and analysis processes of the project. She has been faculty in science and mathematics education quantitative and qualitative research design courses at the doctoral level. She has been involved in the development of innovative mathematics curricular activities and formative assessment in mathematics problem solving.Philip Harding, Oregon State University Philip Harding holds the Linus Pauling Chair in the School of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt University; Benjamin Joseph Saba; Yin Huang

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Chemical Engineering

Environmental Engineer- ing. She has over 8 years of experience developing international and national research experiences for STEM majors, as well as project management.Mr. Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt UniversityMr. Benjamin Joseph SabaMr. Yin Huang American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Fostering a Chemical Engineering Mindset through Hands-on ActivitiesAbstractWork in Progress - In the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at VanderbiltUniversity, introduction to Chemical Engineering course have been offered previously. The styleof both sections of course have been predominately lecture-based. When asked to

Conference Session

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Olufunso Oje, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

(EDUC-ATE) project since Fall of 2017.Mrs. Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University Second year Chemical Engineering doctoral student pursuing research on the development and dissemina- tion of low-cost, hands-on learning modules displaying heat and mass transfer concepts in a highly visual, interactive format. Graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engi- neering in 2017 and M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2019 with work related to potentiometric biosensing.Olufunso Oje, Washington State University Olufunso Oje is a Masters student in the Educational Psychology program at Washington State University. His research interests include learning strategies in engineering

Conference Session

Labs and Experiments

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Shawn E Nordell, Washington University in St. Louis ; Erin D Solomon, Washington University in St. Louis

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Chemical Engineering

St. Louis where she works extensively with faculty to enhance active learning strategies to help create inclusive, engaging classrooms. Her research ranges from communication networks in mammals and birds to metacognition in student learning.Dr. Erin D Solomon, Washington University in St. Louis Erin Solomon, Ph.D., (Social Psychology) is currently a research scientist and project manager in the Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work focuses on the collection and analysis of educational data to evaluate the impact of curricular changes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. She also works to support STEM

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

processes as well as with the large-scale unitoperations used to implement them industrially. Students are also expected to engagewith the extensive regulatory, political, and ethical environment surrounding foodproduction and policy. The five problems on which the course is based span keyelements of food chemistry such as reduction, emulsification, crystallization,pasteurization, and fermentation. The course concludes with a final “free- choice”project where students propose a new product not currently available in stores, and also ajust for fun ‘Iron Chef’-style competition. Student work demonstrates that the courseobjectives are being achieved.BackgroundMotivationStudents’ interest in the technical aspects of food is at a peak, inspired by the

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Steve Hill, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

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Chemical Engineering

their internships and a video of the students describing their workexperiences.The utility of electronic portfolios to enhance and document student learning is widelydocumented, primarily in the context of teacher education. Rutkowski3 described an electronicportfolio system developed at the University of Minnesota that allows students to collectexamples of their work as electronic files (artifacts), and allows sharing these items with a targetaudience by creating folders containing the desired items and assigning appropriate accesspermissions.Students in this project used the ePortfolio software product from Desire2Learn® to create theirportfolios. There were two primary reasons for using this software

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Taconi, University of Alabama, Huntsville; R. Michael Banish, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Chemical Engineering

Transport Equipment, Unit Operations Lab I and II, and a split-level course in bioseparations. She also focuses on development and implementation of biofuels-related problems, projects, and labs into the undergraduate curriculum.R. Michael Banish, University of Alabama, Huntsville Dr. R. Michael Banish is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He received his Ph.D in Material Science and Engineering in 1992. After working in the Center for Microgravity and Materials Research at UA Huntsville, Dr. Banish joined the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering in 2003. Dr. Banish's primary research focus is evaluating crystal

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura P Ford, The University of Tulsa; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta; Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Bruce K Vaughen P.E., American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Stephen Ward Thiel P.E., University of Cincinnati

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Chemical Engineering

process design teaching team, manages the courses and industry interface. Her current research focuses on the application of blended and active learning to design teaching and learning, program content and structure, student assessment, and continuous course improvement techniques. She managed and was a key contributor to a two-year pilot project to introduce Blended Learning into Engineering Capstone Design Courses, and is a co-author with John M. Shaw on a number of recent journal, book, and con- ference contributions on engineering design education. Recently she has taught a short course on how to design and teach process engineering courses to professors in Peru and workshops on Metacognition and Lifelong Learning

Conference Session

ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

coverage so far but needs some elaboration. - H2O2 can be quite hazardous depending on the concentration. This should be discussed some more, as well as the use of any personal protective equipment (PPE) needed (gloves, glasses, handling techniques, etc.) - In previous projects, the H2O2 – beef liver catalyzed reaction has been strong. How will you handle loading, mixing, and sealing the reaction vessel? Also, at the pressures you are considering, the steel pipe should not be a problem but the fittings and PVC drive unit may need some caution. - I suspect your pressure will need to be increased. It looks like there is a relief valve just downstream of the reactor output valve. Have you determined the relief pressure you should use? GENERAL: - Good

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware

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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

Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katelyn Dahlke, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

the large-scaleproject and their role in it. The workshops are supported by a robust website that contains allaccompanying material including worksheets, instructions, assembly videos, frequently askedquestions, a frequently asked questions hotline, and real-time help during implementation.PlanningMost participants, approximately 50, were recruited in the spring and summer of 2018,approximately one year before the workshops began occurring. Participants were recruited via anumber of sources, including the ASEE ChED Summer School, personal networks, andsecondhand suggestions. After faculty agreed to participate in this project and their home IRBoffices gave approval, they were assigned to hubs based on their geographic location. Aschematic of

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel López Gaxiola, Michigan Technological University; Daniel A. Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Desheng Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey D. Naber, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey S. Allen, Michigan Technological University; John T. Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Barry D. Solomon, Michigan Technological University; Jay Scott Meldrum Sr., Michigan Technological University; Thomas F. Edgar, University of Texas, Austin

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Chemical Engineering

ASEE.Daniel Lpez Gaxiola, Michigan Technological UniversityDaniel A. Crowl, Michigan Technological UniversityDavid W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University David Caspary is the Manager of Laboratory Facilities and Instructor in the Chemical Engineering De- partment at Michigan Technological University. He received a B.S. Engineering degree from Michigan Tech in 1982 and has also worked as a Training Specialist, Project Engineer, and Project Manager. He has over 25 years experience instructing and coordinating Unit Operations and Plant Operations Labora- tory, implementing distributed control and data acquisition systems, and designing pilot-scale processing equipment.Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan TechDennis Desheng Meng

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

. Her teaching interests focus on chemical reaction kinet- ics and computational science and engineering. She received an NSF CAREER Award in 2019. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Interdisciplinary Elective Course to Build Computational Skills for Mathematical Modeling in Science and EngineeringAbstractA cross-listed upper division and graduate elective course for students in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been developed to build computational skills inmathematical modeling. The course aims to fill a gap in the practical training of students startingcomputational research projects across various STEM disciplines who have inconsistent

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Chemical Engineering

Champaign Alison Kerr received a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The University of Tulsa. Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational settings. She is currently assisting on a number of training projects aimed at developing engineering students on relevant non-technical professional skills including ethical practice and presentation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Chemical Engineers’ Experiences of Ethics in the Health Products IndustryAbstractWhile ethics education for chemical engineers has been emphasized, potential

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

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Chemical Engineering

effective for a time;however, they did not address changes in technology or on-line resources that have more recentlybecome available and widely used. Moreover, the scenario-based videos were limited in scope toa single course in a single engineering discipline which restricted their overall utility across thecurriculum. Recent observations by the authors and input from current undergraduate studentsidentified new scenarios that needed to be addressed, including cheating in laboratory courses,cheating in project-based courses, and cheating on exams. Student Conduct professionals furtheroffered suggestions on the commentary provided by the video’s narrator to establish context forthe scenarios. This work in progress presents the updated set of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Turton, West Virginia University; Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

education, and outcomes assessment. Joe is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and he is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (3rd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2009. Page 15.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Module for Teaching Batch OperationsRationaleFor the past several years, the majority of projects chosen for one of the two required designs inour senior capstone course have involved some form of batch or semi-batch process. However,no formal instruction in the design and operation of batch processes was

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

United States and Canada. The reportconsists of two parts: the statistical and demographic characterization of the course and itscontent; and the remainder seeks to bring out the most innovative and effective approaches toteaching the course in use by instructors. Additionally, a historical comparison is made betweenthe current survey results and surveys on the same course conducted in 1974, 1984, and 1991.IntroductionIn 1957 the AIChE Education Projects committee began a series of surveys of the undergraduatecurriculum as offered by chemical engineering departments in North America. These surveyscontinued under the auspices of the AIChE Special Projects committee until the late 1990’s. In2008, AIChE formed an Education Division which recognized

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

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Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen; Nurdan Yurt; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

first is a critical thinkingrubric developed by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) on the author’s campusand the second is the Thermal and Transport Science Concept Inventory. At issue arehow to fit in new and different assignments, how or if to give students credit for theseactivities, and how to adapt the instruments to your course and material.IntroductionIn assessing a novel pedagogical approach, referred to as CHAPL, developed atWashington State University (WSU) which combines several effective pedagogies in asingle course including: the forming of Home Teams for conducting projects and solvinghomework problems (Cooperative Learning - CL); manipulating fluid and heatexchanger equipment to observe principles in action (Hands-on

Conference Session

ChE: Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 11.1320.3Laboratory sessionsThe work in the laboratory sessions fell naturally in two parts. The first part was devoted toformal training in the programming of the microcontroller and the assembly of the requiredcircuitry; the syllabus for this is shown in the Table (following the References). The aim of thefirst part was to give the students all the tools necessary to do the work on a liquid-level controlloop that was basis of the second part; this was couched in terms of a project. The circuitry, with which to do the project (the second part), was constructed in the firstpart; the first part takes requires 6 – 8 lab periods typically. In the project, the students had toreplace the temperature sensor with the pressure sensor

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

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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

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Zachary West, University of Dayton Research Institute; Matthew J DeWitt, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton; Donald A Comfort, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering

assess- ment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: Implementing an Open-Ended Laboratory Experience in the Unit Operations Laboratory with an Alternative CSTR ReactionSynopsisThis study focuses on the initial implementation of an open-ended final experiment that involvesa continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) in the unit operations laboratory at the University ofDayton. In this laboratory, senior undergraduate chemical engineering students were given theoption to choose certain topics for their final experiment. After obtaining students’ selection forthe given topics, four groups consisting of three or four students were selected by the instructorsto focus on a CSTR project. It

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; William J. Kelly, Villanova University; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

much less than in-classdemonstrations and especially appeals to students with a visual learning style. The goal of this project was to develop three sets of videos: (1) reviews of fundamentalbiology concepts, (2) demonstrations of biological experiments, and (3) safety and basic skillstraining videos for students in lab classes. Each video was strategically designed to enhancestudent learning in lecture and/or lab-based courses by allowing students to review basicconcepts and experimental protocols before class, thereby providing more time in class to discussadvanced concepts or perform experiments (see Figure 1). In addition, some of the experimentalvideos were also designed to enhance lecture-based classes by including

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Anderson, West Virginia University; Robin S. Hissam, West Virginia University; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University; Richard Turton, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

would also be suitable for assignments or projects in unit operations classes or as problem assignments for the portion of a design class where optimization is taught. Table 1: Available Optimization Problems Single Variable Multi-variable ProjectsPipe diameter (2) Absorber Generic chemical process (2)Reactor/preheater (2) Batch reactor/preheater Geothermal energy (2)Reflux ratio Staged compressors Fuel production from biomass (4) Page 22.1127.2Problem 1: Staged