surveys of the students who developed the problems, surveys of thestudents who solved the problems in the chemical engineering course, as well as the peer reviewof the problems by biochemical engineering faculty will be presented. This strategy for studentlearning could effectively be utilized with other application areas as a way to incorporate moreinterdisciplinary learning in the undergraduate curriculum.IntroductionSince the late 1990's there has been a drive to integrate more biological applications into theundergraduate chemical engineering (ChE) curriculum. The availability of employmentopportunities in the life sciences has grown steadily for ChE graduates, spurred by the expansionof bioprocessing to include both high margin fine
processes were an explicit outcome.Further, faculty wanted to give students the chance to integrate what they had learnedthroughout their various seminars earlier in the course. The target educational goals ofthe project are shown in Table 1.Table 1: ENGR 100 project goals Educational Goal RationaleApply teamwork process Ability to function on a multidisciplinary team is explicit course goalApply engineering design process Application specified process is explicit course goalWork with a real customer Practice communication with a non
Paper ID #34050Pilot: ”Success is a State Function”—Ways of Viewing Student SuccessRobert Wayne Gammon-Pitman, Ohio State University Robert Gammon-Pitman: PhD candidate in STEM education with a focus in engineering education. His research focuses on student success and how the meaning of success changes as the students matriculate and enter the profession. Dr. Lin Ding: Associate Professor in Department of Teaching & Learning. Dr. Ding has extensive expe- rience in discipline-based physics education research, including students’ conceptual learning, problem solving and scientific reasoning, curriculum development
Paper ID #15699A Chemical Engineering Success Course for Transfer StudentsDr. Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Bayles, Ph.D., is a NTS Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Petroleum Engi- neering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A
pre-Engineering curriculum. Dr. High is involved with the development of an undergraduate entrepreneurship program at Oklahoma State University.Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University ERIC MAASE is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and was AIChE Student Chapter President and AIChE Local Chapter Student of the Year in 1993. He completed an M.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and his PhD from Oklahoma State University in 2005. His research interests include computer and mathematical modeling and
feedback role via an industrial advisory board.Quantity of CoverageOf the seventy institutions responding to the question, 68 indicated they offered at least onecourse identified as containing significant “process control”. Seven had more than one requiredcourse on the topic, and two reported coverage in electives in addition to a required course. Twoinstitutions indicated no coverage in a required course but that the topic was covered in electives.Institutions reported an average of 40 hours lecture, 10.8 hours simulation or problem laboratory,and 7.1 hours of experimental laboratory per course. When the subject was integrated into othercourses, the coverage was an average 18.8 hours lecture.Course DeliverablesFigure 2 shows the distribution of
: Overview and Future Research Directions. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 279–294.[17] Stewart, S., & Richardson, B. (2000). Reflection and its place in the curriculum on an undergraduate course:should it be assessed? Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 25(4), 369–380.[18] Turns, J. A., Sattler, B., Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J. L., & Atman, C. J. (2014). Integrating Reflectioninto Engineering Education. In Proceedings of the ASEE annual conference.[19] Vigeant, M. A. S., Prince, M. J., & Nottis, K. (2011). The use of inquiry-based activities to repair studenmisconceptions related to heat, energy, and temperature. In Proceedings of the ASEE annual conference.[20] Wald, H. S., Borkan, J. M., Taylor, J. S
interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Why Not Ask Students to Explain Themselves? Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical Writing1. IntroductionRecently a great deal of exciting work has been performed on concept-based instruction inchemical engineering, in particular the efforts associated with the AIChE Concept Warehouse(AIChE-CW)1,2. The AIChE-CW provides chemical engineering educators with instruments forevaluating students’ conceptual understanding of course material. Conceptual learning is notwell-served by traditional
AC 2011-1893: USE OF HIPELE APPROACH IN A SPLIT-LEVEL CHEM-ICAL ENGINEERING ELECTIVE COURSEAdrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedi- cal microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award; her group has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Lab on a Chip, and had an AIChE
introducing more complex problems5. An additionaladvantage of the software is that it allows the students to visualize the transport processestaking place.Other studies have also used computers to help students learn concepts in chemical Page 12.746.2engineering education. This includes that of Thompson6, who has used the partialdifferential equation (PDE) toolbox within MATLAB to visualize steady laminar flow ina finned heat exchanger, transient and steady heat transfer in a finned heat exchanger, andwave propagation in a heterogeneous material. Sinclair7 has used FLUENTcomputational fluid dynamics software within the undergraduate curriculum. Besser8
the MAI was used as a measuring tool in aresearch that examined the effects of teaching metacognitive strategies to 60 students in aphotography class. The results of the MAI exhibited an increase in the total mean score, from 65to 68 out of 100. The MAI was answered before and after assignments with instructions andpractice in reflection, planning and evaluation15.MAI has also been used at the faculty of Odontology in Malmö University in Sweden, for aproject focusing on students’ proficiency to learn in a problem-based curriculum. Students tookpart in different workshops; they watched a tutorial that was followed by discussions and workedin small groups designing cases. After the workshops the MAI-data from students taking part inthe project
. Chemical Engineering Education 2004, 38 (3), 182-187.5. Mosto, P.; Savelski, M.; Farrell, S. H.; Hecht, G. B., Future of chemical engineering:Integrating biology into the undergraduate ChE curriculum. Chemical Engineering Education2007, 41 (1), 43-50.6. McIver, K.; Merrill, T.; Farrell, S., An experiment to introduce mass transfer conceptsusing a commercial hollow fiber blood oxygenator. Chemical Engineering Education 2017, 51(1), 22-33.7. Felse, A., Development and delivery of a physiological transport phenomena course. InASEE Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, 2011.8. Wheeler, J.; Parker, C.; Ross, J.; Bayles, T., Engineering new curricula for technologyeducation. In ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 2005
with the ChemE major than those who did not. Campattendees also reported a larger network of potential study partners than non-attendees andperformed better in the Material and Energy Balances (MEB) course. To explain these observedeffects, we enlisted the help of an engineering education researcher. After review of the relevantliterature in learning theories, we decided to focus on the constructs of self-efficacy and socialsupport. We then improved the design and rigor of our study and refined our surveys byintroducing subscales from validated instruments of self-efficacy and social integration.Preliminary results suggest that the camp is having a positive effect on the self-efficacy, socialand academic integration, and intent to persist of
. Page 15.243.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Bringing Research into the Classroom: Conceptually New Heat-Exchange Cartridge for Chemical Engineering Education. Page 15.243.2AbstractThere is a need for faculty to integrate their research and teaching activities. This call has be-come more strident especially within research universities. In fact, funding agencies such as theNSF are providing strong motivation to include educational components as part of the broaderimpact of research proposals. This paper describes an example of a new idea from the researchlab in the form of a multichannel evaporator being brought into a classroom with an
to integrate these topics into the classwe found that there was a paucity of published biochemical-themed projects for a sophomore-level mass balance curriculum. This challenged us to develop a new team project thatincorporates biotechnology. We chose to apply mass balances to human alcohol metabolism.Student teams create a mass balance model of the breakdown of ethanol within the human bodyusing computer spreadsheets to calculate mass flow rates to and from key organs. Process unitsmodel the organs handling biological functions such as oxygen and liquid intake, chemicalbreakdown, and waste removal. The project requires only knowledge of multi-unit mass balancesand chemical reactions in the steady state; parameters are designed to create
curriculum in Dutch higher education: an exploratory study from the teaching staff perspective. European Journal of Engineering Education 38(1), 1-10. 7. Tonso, K. L. (1999) Engineering Gender− Gendering Engineering: a cultural model for belonging. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5(4). 8. Shane, J., Puerto, C. L., Strong, K., Mauro, K., & Wiley-Jones, R. (2012) Retaining women students in a construction engineering undergraduate program by balancing integration and identity in student communities. International Journal of Construction Education and Research 8(3),171-185.
Development, Stanford University. His research interests are educational research, market analysis and manufacturing of photovoltaics. Page 24.450.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014AbstractThis paper describes the development of educational modules which provide a multi-disciplinaryknowledge of solar energy and which can be incorporated in the curriculum of chemicalengineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, among others. Through thesemodules, we have made an effort to provide basic information to students on the economic,technical, and policy based aspects of
, the class average was 69.6 ± 15.9,with an average median of 70; in all semesters afterwards, the average was 79.1 ± 14.1 with anaverage median of 80.9. A paired two tailed t-test comparing the results from Fall 2016 to Fall2018, again distinguishing between before the project to just before the lab courses changed,indicated statistical significance in the results (p = 0.012). Given that the exam questions changedevery semester, this continued improvement strongly suggests that the course project was helpingto improve students’ understanding of the concepts.Conclusion In response to students’ requests for more learning material in their courses, curriculum-producing projects were integrated into a heat and mass transfer course, with the
Workshop because I want to gain some insight into the field ofchemical engineering. Even though it is my major, I am not completely aware of what the job of a chemicalengineer entails. Also, I would love to gain design experience so that I may be more comfortable withworking in a design team and have some direction in the workshop setting.Final Remarks:The current work in progress looks for opportunities that can be offered to chemical engineeringstudents without the need to immediately changing the core curriculum. This is an excitingopportunity to share findings on the role that well-designed extracurricular experiences have onthe attitudes of chemical engineering students. Authors will be using the preliminary results toidentify trends (using
AC 2010-180: INTRODUCING FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS TOEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: COFFEE BREWINGStephanie Farrell, Rowan University Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Her educational interests include the incorporation of experiential learning throughout the ChE curriculum and the development of academe-industry-government collaboration. She is the recipient of the National Outstanding Teaching Award (2004) and the Robert G. Quinn Award (2006), and she currently serves on the ASEE Board of Directors as Zone I Chair.Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University
integration is not suitable for processes that do notrequire high temperatures for a reaction step, or (2) students encounter a lack of available timenear project completion because too much time is spent early in the project on correctimplementation of reaction kinetics. In the 2016 offering of Design III, 4 out of 6 groupssuccessfully incorporated heat integration in their process (see Figure 1). In the spring 2017offering of Design III, 7 out of 11 groups successfully incorporated heat integration in theirprocess, while in the summer 2017 offering of Design III, only 1 out of 4 groups successfullyincorporated heat integration in their process. Table 2 below presents an overview of the utilitycost benefit for the 12 senior design groups that chose
process simulators and othercomputational tools.Today expectations for the capstone design project are much higher than they were 20 years ago.Such expectations include multiple case studies, sophisticated optimizations including processeconomics, and life-cycle and safety analyses. However, very few chemical engineeringgraduates work for design and construction companies and those employed in the processindustry will more likely work in an operating facility. The senior capstone design projectprovides students an opportunity to bring different concepts taught throughout the curriculuminto the design of a chemical process. The question is: how well does a rigorous chemicalengineering undergraduate curriculum and the associated capstone design
Annual Conference, 2018.13. Boyle, P., Houchens, B. Adaptive Water Laboratory For K 12 Outreach On SustainableWater Use. ASEE Annual Conference, 2008.14. Ganesh, T. G., Randall, L. S., Thieken, J. Designing and Testing Water Filtration Devicesusing the Engineering Design Process: A Description of an Eighth Grade Curricular Unit onBioremediation. ASEE Annual Conference, 2011.15. Goldman, S., Carroll, M., Zielezinksi, M. B., Loh, A., Ng, E. S., Bachas-Daunert, S. Dive In!An Integrated Design Thinking/STEM Curriculum. ASEE Annual Conference, 2014.16. Ford Versypt, A. N. Water Filtration Lesson Plan. Available from URL:http://tinyurl.com/ashleefv/waterfiltration.
of the46 following four areas: academic and career advising, high school preparation, engineering structure and47 curriculum, and faculty relations[9]. This paper focuses on faculty relations because, historically, 148 universities have relegated retention issues to staff and advisors. The importance of faculty influence on49 student retention is an under-researched and under-explored area. Specifically, faculty relations can be50 shaped through specific teaching practices instructors can use to increase student retention. Research51 supports the claim that student-professor relationships are vital in promoting the success of engineering52 students [10], [11]. One
cover the overall field of engineering.Further, Crash Course: Engineering was effectively an extension of the project into the next fieldto cover, after having previously covered other subjects like chemistry, ecology, and literature; thebest practices utilized in producing these engineering videos were thus based on previous effortswithin Crash Course, and not based on work conducted by other researchers. The previous studies,on the other hand, will be most impactful moving forward in guiding future analyses of CrashCourse: Engineering videos in formal and informal learning environments, by means ofshowcasing how videos can best be integrated into classrooms or tutoring. Work-to-date with the Crash Course: Engineering videos has
student’s interests and major choice, it isimportant to explore these facets with regards to specific majors and career choices. Biology isbecoming an integral part of chemical engineering education, and biological courses are evenrequired in curricula for chemical engineering programs with the terms “biochemical” or“biomolecular” in their names [5]. While chemical engineering students are therefore beingexposed to more and more biology, it is unknown whether they have positive or negativeemotions towards biology. Indeed, from the authors’ own anecdotal experiences, chemicalengineering students do not seem to be overly positive or excited about biology. The goal of thisstudy was therefore to test the hypothesis that chemical engineering students
Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Prof. Dawn McFadden, Pennsylvania State University Since 2015, Dawn McFadden has been an Assistant Teaching
is certified as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD). Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques in undergradu- ate classes (problem based learning, games and simulations, etc.) as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering curriculum. In addition, she is actively en- gaged in the development of a variety of informal science education approaches with the goal of exciting and teaching K-12 students about regenerative medicine and its potential.Dr. Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University Dr. Joseph Shih is a Lecturer in the Department of
-endevaluation tool relies on the assessment expertise of faculty, but reestablishes the focus onindividual competencies.Through this tool we have discovered weaknesses in a variety of competencies including aninability to perform flash calculations in the thermodynamics course and an inability to performtransient mass and energy balances in several courses. With this information and a feedbackloop to the curriculum, modifications in course activities have been made and improvementshave been realized and documented.This feedback and documentation is strengthened with a form that accompanies the end-of-course evaluation, shown in Table 2. The form includes questions concerning how thoroughlythe competencies were addressed in the course and solicits
his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Mr. Edward C