Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

]. Three distinctlearning strategy groups were identified: Navigators, Problem Solvers, and Engagers [10].Navigators plan their learning and focus on completing the necessary activities to achieve theirgoals. Order and structure are important to these learners, who tend to be logical, objective, andperfectionists. They want clear objectives and expectations at the beginning of a course and inadvance of activities, such as in an explicit and detailed syllabus. Problem Solvers are criticalthinkers who like to explore multiple alternatives. For them, the process is important, so theyneed flexibility in completing learning activities. They may have difficulty making decisionsbecause they must choose among multiple alternatives and because the

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University; Richard Tang, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael R. Bockstaller, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Polymer Emulator, to compare the results withpredictions based on the theory learned in class and to discuss the impact of molecular parameterson the validity of the statistical network elasticity model.The Polymer Emulator has been installed in Undergraduate Research Laboratories in the homedepartments of the principal investigators. The original plan was to implement the PolymerEmulator in the module on ‘Network Polymers’ that is being taught as part of the Colloids,Polymers and Surfaces Laboratory class (06-802/39-802) that is offered in the Spring 2020. Dueto recent events and University closure, a testing of the device in class was not possible. We planto implement the device as part of the next occurrence of the class in the Spring 2021

Conference Session

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brad Cicciarelli, Louisiana Tech University; Eric Sherer, Corteva Agriscience; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

., “Barriers to Student Success in Engineering Education,” European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(4), 368-381 (2017)[14] Seymour, E. and Hewitt, N.M., “Talking about Leaving: Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates among Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Undergraduate Majors,” Final report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on an ethnographic inquiry at seven institutions. Boulder: University of Colorado Bureau of Sociological Research, 1994[15] Jones, B.D., Paretti, M.C., Hein, S.F., and Knott, T.W. “An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First-Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans,” Journal of Engineering Education, 99(4), 319-336 (2010)[16

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

online collaborative tools,including the Google file-sharing suite. These tools are used for all members to contribute ideas: “When we research improvements to the battery, or want to tune a certain variable, every person has to write something down in the Google doc…” “...we can have everything in one place like and it’s all shared with us.”The use of these sharted tools for developing and annotating presentations, and making plans,were implemented before the onset of the pandemic, and have continued as important tools tosupport collaborative work remotely.Limitations A limitation the researchers observed in conducting the virtual interviews was thatparticipants typically discussed their experience

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Oral Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Eric Wagner, Trine University; Amanda Portis Malefyt, Trine University; Jon D Koch, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

emphasizes the second step in the above process. While this is not meant to be a tutorial,the example below should provide the reader with a sense of how the template is used. Detailedinstructions and the latest template can be found at www.ExcelProblemPedia.orgIt should be noted, the website repository is in its infancy and it, along with the templates andinstructional material, are works in progress. While over 100 different problems, primarily in Materialand Energy Balances, have been developed using some version of the template, most are not yet availableon the web site. In this stage, template development is much easier if a limited number of questions aredeveloped for the templates current version. It is planned that the beta version of the

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xueyi Zhang, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

be implemented in large laboratory courses.More work is planned in analyzing a more diverse sampling of discussion questions and in evaluatingstudent self-perception of their critical thinking skill development.References 1. Zhao, Y. "Impact of Oral Exams on a Thermodynamics Course Performance.". 2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 2018, March. 2018, March. 2. Woods, D. R., Felder, R. M., Rugarcia, A., & Stice, J. E. (2000). The future of engineering education III. Developing critical skills. change, 4, 48-52. 3. Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (2004). The intellectual development of science and engineering students. Part 2: Teaching to promote growth. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(4

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

interested in student attitudes andsubsequent performance. To accomplish this, we will continue to track a single cohort ofstudents from material balances through the remainder of their career in the chemicalengineering program. We will keep track of student retention, subsequent courses and respectiveinstructors, as well as performance, attitudes, and external experiences such as research orinternships. We also are in the planning stages of a more homogeneous course model for materialbalances. The revised course model will focus on exposing students to problems that engage thefull spectrum of learning styles. As learning styles describe the cognitive processes involved ininformation gathering and problem solving, we believe it is important to teach

Conference Session

ChE: Retention and Outreach

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Donald Orlich, Washington State University; William Thomson, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

not selecting for either a math or science specialization we do aim to have eightin-service and four pre-service teachers as participants. Teachers selected for participation werenotified by March 1 and had to reconfirm their intention to participate no later than April 15.This latter action was found necessary in order to insure that we had our full compliment of 12teachers during the summer. At the same time that the teachers were being recruited so too were the engineeringfaculty who would serve as the mentors for the teachers. Unlike our prior program for which nofocus was planned, the RET program used biologically related engineering topics as its focus.This topic is both current as well as being of interest to the K-12 students

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

in engineering applications of nanomaterials andmacromolecules. This paper describes how the development of a Master’s program resulted in aminor for engineering undergraduates that is relevant to industrial technology.The CPS graduate program developed because the late Dr. Howard Gerhart, then vice presidentfor R&D at PPG Industries and later adjunct professor of chemical engineering at CarnegieMellon University, took the lead in approaching Carnegie Mellon with specifics of hiscompany’s needs in basic training and continuing education for technical employees. Hisrequirements fit well with existing planning by the polymer research group of the chemistrydepartment to launch a graduate curriculum in polymers and by the chemical

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franklin King, North Carolina A&T State University; Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Our objectives are to increase the number of seniors that take the FE exam and toincrease the pass-rate of our graduates. NCEES2 reports that 55% of engineeringgraduates take the FE exam. We suspect, however, the percentage of chemicalengineering graduates taking the FE is much lower. Our goals are to get over half of ourgraduates to take the exam and for them to perform above the national average. Abouthalf of our graduates have taken or plan to take the exam during the two-year period. Forthe April 2007 exam, our pass rate was less than 100%. On average, our graduates scoredwithin 3 points of the FE passing score, which was estimated by the authors’ to be 133points out of 240 points. For the October 2007 exam, our pass rate was 100%, but

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

are as follows: “The seminars have become more useful and well planned. I haveenjoyed most of them and learned from them. The cultural presentations are great and I like thesafety seminars”; “more non technical presentations would make the seminar series moreinteresting”; “I have liked most of the non-technical seminars”; “asking questions should not bemade a substitute for homework. I have heard a few dumb questions as a result”. When asked about how many technical to non-technical presentations they would like tohave, the average response was 7.5 technical to 5.5 technical presentations in a series. Thisanswer could be somewhat skewed as the number of technical presentations in semester is 8 andthe number of non-technical

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

information, and a plan for improvement.Students were then required to contribute to a wiki page with their ideas on what would be bothan effective warning to future students and a declaration of what they learn during the first monthof the course. A screen capture of this page is given in Figure 2.AssessmentThe project was assessed by instructor observation and student survey. The survey wasconducted at the end of the course and consisted of 14 statements for which students were askedto indicate agreement or disagreement on a 5 point Lickert scale (1= strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree). Several additional free- answer questions were also asked. Results of thequantitative portion of the survey are presented in Table 1

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University; Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Chris Green, Michigan Technological University; Geoff Gwaltney, Michigan Technological University; Scott Bradley, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

, Campus Planning, Aerospace Enterprise,and Consumer Product Manufacturing. It is noted that there is a one-hour weekly“business meeting” between the faculty and staff mentors and all enrolled students. Themain goals and accomplishments during the past years will be briefly summarized here.Project work AFE Enterprise courses were first offered during the fall semester of 2002.Over the course of four years, an average of thirty students have been enrolled persemester (~ 40% Chemical Engineering). The original project was funded by the UnitedStates Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) with the goal oftaking an electric vehicle and operating it with a hydrogen proton exchange membranefuel cell to extend the operating range of the

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineeringcurricula. The point is that a chemical engineering curriculum can be tailored to specific needs,but a curriculum that incorporates extensive training in both traditional and modern chemicalengineering probably can not be completed in four years. By taking advantage of the flexibilityof the current accreditation criteria, any of these curricula would pass accreditation as long asthere were an assessment plan in place to show that the curriculum responds to the needs of theconstituencies and produces graduates meeting the stated educational objectives and programoutcomes. Can all of these curricula be called chemical engineering? Why not? We always extol theflexibility of chemical engineers. An analogy to civil engineering may be appropriate. The

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

list of protocols to minimize the impact of terrorism waspresented. It should be noted that none of these protocols are new. Some are modified to considerhigher likelihoods of improbable events. ‚ Communication between a plant, the community, and government agencies ‚ Just-in-time production, waste minimization, best practices with hazardous materials, inherently safe design, “green” engineering ‚ HAZOP analysis ‚ Redundant control systems with fail-safes ‚ Venting systems with neutralization equipment ‚ Mechanical interlocks Some newer concerns for safety planning were also enumerated. These includedpreventing theft of materials, threats to

Conference Session

Early ChemE Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

service to others, project planning and management, and ethos of determination and intensity of effort and focus to achieve a goal 3) Practice of project completion from inception through experimentation, data collection and analysis and report writing and presentations. Team ChallengesEarly in the fall term, it is fascinating to watch as students undergo stages of development as theytransition from what most experience as a traditional lecture environment in high school to anentirely new structure within which they must learn to take ownership in the learning process. Thisgrowth phase can be somewhat “precarious” as many students suddenly realize that the process ofbecoming a practicing engineer is a

Conference Session

Professional Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Dee Clay, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

? What would be the factors involved in making this selection (e.g. think of size, cost, safety, packaging, and reliability)? What is the efficiency of a typical battery?Planned Problem AssessmentThis problem provides an ideal opportunity for assessing student comprehension of critical topicslate in the Mass and Energy Balances course. The problem will be given to students in thecurrent spring semester course, with an assessment implemented to evaluate the learning impactof this problem. The format of the assessment will be as follows. First, a general, open-endedproblem statement will be provided to the students as a seed, and the students will be asked toidentify key variables required to perform the calculations and assumptions

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Junior, Senior, and Graduate

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Amy Frances Golightly, Bucknell University; Carrine Megan Gadoury, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

graduated in 2019 with a BA in Education and a minor in Psychology and plans to go to graduate school to obtain a Masters in Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Computer Simulations versus Physical Experiments: A Gender Comparison of Implementation Methods for Inquiry-Based Heat Transfer ActivitiesAbstract Fundamental concepts in chemical engineering such as rate versus the amount of heattransferred and thermal radiation, can be difficult for students to understand. While priorresearch has found that one way to facilitate conceptual understanding and alter misconceptionsis with inquiry-based activities, there may be differing outcomes based on their method ofimplementation. This

Conference Session

Labs and Experiments

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Ann Thompson, Loras College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Inaddition, this experiment can be used to obtain thermodynamics data, specifically the enthalpy ofvaporization as well as a portion of the phase diagram for the chosen liquid.In the future I plan to work to improve this experiment. The first problem to explore is that theflask needs to be jostled to maintain boiling, likely due to the surface tension of methanol. Thismight be overcome by either using a shaker table or using a different fluid. In addition, it willlikely be beneficial for students to use addiitonal liquids so that they can build a “consensus” andbe even more convincing that boiling cold is not only possible but quite normal with a widevariety of applications.References[1] T. S. Kuhn and D. Hawkins, "The Structure of Scientific

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

outof 5) – which is somewhat ironic in the cases where comments were made on the use ofsignificant digits in student work. Also, as the faculty team teaching our laboratory courseschanges on a yearly basis, it takes time to get new members “on board” with this style ofevaluation. This said, it is critical to get raters to understand and agree on the algorithm in orderto obtain more consistent rubric results.We have already begun developing and implementing rubrics using this “two-column” approachin other courses and plan to investigate other features of this grading scheme, such as number ofstudent questions about grades before and after implementation. So far, anecdotally, facultyinvolved in the laboratory courses before and after the

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Year 4, p<0.01. Pre-test Post-testYear 0 - No video project 43.7% 67.7%(“control”)n=60Year 1 - Made video only 47.1% 64.3%n=76Year 2- Watched video only 44.6% 65.7%n=68Year 3 - Made and watched 44.6% 65.7%videos, large teamsn=81Year 4 - Made and watched 44.6% 60.9%videos, shortn=75The original plans for this project extended for three years. However, our concept inventory dataat the conclusion of that time period indicated that students did not improve relative to thecontrol for making videos, watching videos, or for making

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

-efficacy,motivation, outcome expectancy, and anxiety). We also wanted to include our own questionsregarding future career plans, ability to recall previous coursework, and attitude toward designand associated skills. Because there is no requirement or incentive to complete the survey, it is inour interest to make it as quick to complete and simple as possible. For that reason, we reducedthe Carberry instrument to no more than two self-concepts (self-efficacy for all three surveys,and anxiety in surveys 2 and 3).The course uses Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) tocapture and assess team dynamics.7-9 CATME provides summary and analysis of teams andindividuals based on a set of algorithms, and in certain cases flags

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Christian Michael Wisniewski, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

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

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuesong Li P.E., Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. For evaluating their performance we designed assessmentsusing pre-test and post-test questions with the same questions about continuity and pressure drop,with the pre-test being taken at the beginning of the semester and the post-test just before thesemester’s end. After the implementation we did in the chemical engineering class, we designeda new system to mimic neuronal membranes, planned for demonstration in a bioengineeringclass. This system involves fluid flow from a reservoir through tubing past a dual ionophore Ion Page 26.837.2Selective Electrode (di-ISE) / reference electrode system with flow returning to a reservoir. Wereport on both

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Freshman and Sophomore

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

have contributed high quality work to their team and are likely tosimilarly do well on individual assignments. Additionally, students who submit homeworkassignments before they are due tend to perform better in the course than average, and studentswho submit homework assignments very late tend to preform worse. We plan to provide these results to our students in an attempt to improve theirperformance. Students may be more willing to improve their performance on teams and submithomework assignments earlier if they are given results backed by data which was collected froman engineering course as opposed to anecdotal stories or research collected from differentmajors. However, even though these factors have been shown to be associated with

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

; (b) requiring groups tocomplete a project planning phase that serves as a roadmap for their experience; (c) encouragingassignment of tasks to individuals rather than condoning ‘group work’; (d) conducting regularcheckups of team progress; and (e) coaching teams or team leaders in dealing with non-performing team members or other team dysfunction. All of these aspects of team guidance bythe instructor are deemed critically important to project success [2, 6].Approach to Capstone Design ExperienceThe project groups or teams for the capstone design in chemical engineering at TAMUK areformed in the fall, at the beginning of the two-semester senior design course sequence (fall-spring sequence, also known as Design II and Design III). The students

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland - College Park

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, there is a widerange of practices in course-specific learning outcomes and teaching practices across theinstitutions. Based on these results, the authors propose improvements to the survey and a widerimplementation of the survey. The authors also propose a preliminary plan to target the UOlaboratory for safety education in chemical engineering.Survey of Safety Education in Chemical EngineeringUsing the SAChE outcomes as a framework, a brief survey was developed in Qualtrics andcompleted by the authors to assess safety learning outcomes in UO laboratories and more widelyacross the chemical engineering curriculum. The complete survey is shown in Appendix A. Inaddition to asking about SAChE outcomes, the survey also examines potential differences

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald E Rogers Jr, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

as a standalone course, cannot be done in a ready-made fashion.Challenges faced with developing curriculum to address process safety include carefullyidentifying what topics should be covered in a course, timescale required to ensure material isadequately delivered, and how the course development is captured in plans of work of faculty.Many Chemical Engineering programs do not have room in their curriculum for a standalonerequired course on this topic. Therefore, these programs would have to remove a course fromthe credit count in order to substitute a process safety course. Which course do you remove?This is a point of contention for many faculty members given the desire to provide breadth anddepth to their students. There is not an easy

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Consider how your lectures will proceed before recording or transmitting them in order to optimize their length. Are there images or equations that would be just as effective if presented in their final form, or should you plan to develop those as you might in a face-to-face course?. Remember students have a pause button they do not have in a live class where writing and reflective time is important. Shorter videos also ease your burden as there is less cost associated with technical glitches or individual errors that can wipe out a recording in process. 6. Accountability and Engagement. Consider how you can incorporate low-stakes assessments or other activities into your instructional materials to keep

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

guest speakerswho can help students understand the application of what they are learning in theprofession. Depending on the focus of the course, this could include both “traditional”speakers who directly address topics related to process design and operation, as well asengineering graduates who have had non-traditional careers (medicine, law, pharmacy,business, teaching, or entrepreneurship). Financial planning, business and electronicetiquette, and professional dress are issues which students will soon face. Alumni panelson “Making the Transition from Student to Employee”, “Changing Jobs”, and “GraduateSchool” can be a very effective way to address these issues