Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Danny Olsen, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

time and effort spent on assessment is optimized.In 2003 the Middle States Commission on Higher Education published a valuable guide onassessment entitled, Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources.1 This guidediscusses a variety of direct and indirect assessment tools, their strengths and limitations, andprovides insight for the development of assessment programs.Direct assessment measures are those which provide direct evidence that a learning objective hasbeen met. Such evidence demonstrates the degree to which a student has mastered a particularsubject, has acquired a specific skill, or developed a certain characteristic. These measures aremost commonly applied at the course or program level, but can also be applied at the

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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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

include redundanthomework problems, mid-term exams, comprehensive creative exercises (projects) and adiagnostic final exam. These types of assignments rely heavily upon repetition for learning andthey work well for many lower-level engineering courses, but often do not include synthesis ofideas by the students. Typically, higher level courses require the students to do more synthesisand rely less on memorization of material for learning.Using the traditional approach, the student creates an extensive body of work. While completinghomework assignments in the form of problem sets is invaluable for introductory courses,1 thephysical pieces of paper produced by doing homework are likely of little use as reference uponcompletion of the course

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Robert Ofoli, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-2107: ENABLING CURRICULAR INTEGRATION THROUGHMULTI-COURSE ASSESSMENTDaina Briedis, Michigan State UniversityMark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State UniversityRobert Ofoli, Michigan State UniversityDennis Miller, Michigan State UniversityJon Sticklen, Michigan State University Page 12.602.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enabling Curricular Integration through Multi-Course AssessmentIntroductionIn 1991, ABET was faced with a major challenge of transforming from a rigid set ofaccreditation criteria to evaluation criteria based on constituency focus, continuousprogram improvement, and outcomes in student learning.1 To accomplish this change,ABET underwent a massive

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering Education, 2006 A Constructivist Experiment in Particle Settling and CentrifugationIntroductionParticle settling and centrifugation are related rate-based separation techniques. Rate-based,time-dependent separation processes are often difficult to teach in a traditional lecture format.1However, simple experiments on particle settling and centrifugation are hard to find.2 Toenhance student understanding of these concepts, a particle settling and centrifugation exercisecentered on constructivist learning theory was developed.Constructivism is a philosophical view on how we come to understand or know.3 Thisphilosophical view can be characterized in terms of three primary propositions.3 1

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Marlin, McMaster University; Andrew Hrymak, McMaster University; John MacGregor, McMaster University; Vladimir Mahalec, McMaster University; Prashant Mhaskar, McMaster University; Christopher Swartz, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

Page 12.120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 1 A STREAM IN PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (PSE) IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM T. Marlin*, A. Hrymak, J. MacGregor, V. Mahalec, P. Mhaskar, and C. Swartz Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L7 (marlint@mcmaster.ca)1. IntroductionProcess Systems Engineering (PSE) plays a central role in the chemical

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

decisions.The key barrier to improved teaching and learning of operability is identified as easily accessedand low cost educational materials, and a proposal is offered to establish a portal open to alleducators.1. IntroductionEngineering instructors and practitioners do not question the requirement for a design to be“operable”; however, without considerable discussion, no two engineers would agree on themeaning of operability or how to achieve it. Certainly, this is not a reasonable situation for theeducation of engineering students; therefore, a set of operability topics is proposed forundergraduate education. For the purposes of this paper, operability will include the following eight topics.1. Operating window,2. Flexibility (and

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Young, University of Auckland; Robert Kirkpatrick, University of Auckland; William Svrcek, University of Calgary

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Chemical Engineering

occurred more thenfifteen years ago where many process simulators had considerable difficulty in managing waterand hydrocarbons 1. More modern simulators may provide warnings about this type of situatione.g. VMGSim 2. However the more important observation is not whether the simulator provideswarnings but whether junior engineers construct a detailed computer model of the apparentproblem area prior to actually reviewing the first principles operating data to see if a fundamentalunderstanding of the changed conditions can be developed without simulation.The tendency of modern students in chemical engineering to rush into developing a detailed Page

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

detrimental to the relevance of engineering solutions tosociety as a whole. A future engineering workforce lacking a diversity of perspectives may alsobe ill equipped to recognize the needs of a diverse society. In attempts to better understand why the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields are experiencing such a loss of able students, many researchers haveturned their focus to the choices, achievement, and interests of students in the fields. As a result,many studies have emerged demonstrating a clear link between students’ self-efficacy beliefsand their persistence,1-8 achievement,2, 8-13 and interest2, 9-13 in the fields. Introduced by Banduraas a part of his social cognitive theory, self-efficacy beliefs describe

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Coronella, University of Nevada-Reno

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Chemical Engineering

is in chemical engineering. Each of the FYE courses have severalcommon objectives: to develop written and oral communication skills; to familiarize studentswith the engineering design process through a hands-on semester-length project; to developteamwork skills; and to develop basic computer skills. At UNR, ChE 101 is a 3-credit course required in the first semester of the chemicalengineering curriculum. It has 3 weekly meetings: a 3-hour meeting on Monday afternoon; a 1-hour meeting Thursday morning, and a 1-hour seminar with all undergraduate chemicalengineering students on Friday. The course has beentaught for several years, more or less following the Table 1 Following is a list of coursetext by Solen and Harb5, and

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas; William Penney, University of Arkansas

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Chemical Engineering

correlations found in the literature.Free Convection Heat Transfer from an Upward Facing Horizontal PlateFree convection heat transfer is encountered in many practical applications, including heattransfer from pipes, transmission lines, baseboard heaters and steam radiators. Correlations areavailable for predicting free convection heat transfer coefficients for many different geometries.One of the important geometries is the upward facing horizontal heated surface or plate, thesubject of this investigation. The overall objectives of this experiment were to: 1. Determine the experimental free convection heat transfer coefficient for the top surface of

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

anapproach can, however, be frustrating for students at the remote site if the equipmentmalfunctions. Page 11.872.2The process control class at Washington State University is taught in the first semester ofthe senior year. The class is typical of many ChE-based control classes. The courseobjectives state that the students should be able to: 1) analyze the dynamics of process operations 2) understand the dynamic response of various operations 3) understand PID controllers for process operations based on both theoretical and empirical process characterizationThe outcomes arising from the objectives outlined above are intended to partially satisfyABET

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Jonathan Windsor, Washington State University; Gary Held, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

, non-electronic flow meters, manometers, pressure transducers and temperature probes withsmall-scale readouts.IntroductionThere is a well known need to re-visit the way in which engineers are trained to better preparethe next generation of engineers for the challenges of our changing society. [1] This can be doneeither by adding more courses, and thus more years, to engineering curricula or by utilizingalternate pedagogical techniques that can simultaneously enhance learning of core concepts anddevelop traditionally neglected ‘soft’ skills such as good communication practices.Alternate pedagogies include cooperative, hands-on, active and problem-based learning. Usually these pedagogies are applied

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Zachry Kraus, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

point in the curriculum. Adifferent approach is being pursued to develop interlinked curriculum components (ICCs), whichcan be used by students at many different points in the four-year curriculum. As envisionedduring their development, faculty members might use an ICC to introduce students to a set ofconcepts or use an ICC to provide a review of a set of concepts when they will be used in a moreadvanced course. The initial ICC prototype focuses on conservation of mass (CoM). Adescription of the CoM ICC is provided together with preliminary results.IntroductionA chemical engineering department, with NSF support, is renewing its entire four-yearcurriculum to achieve four additional student learning outcomes: 1. Apply fundamental ideas over an

Conference Session

ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

socialproblems in the world around them will be beneficial to them in future careers. An article in theCornell Chronicle observed, “No longer the ‘me generation’, American engineering students areactively taking on some of the world’s toughest problems…students and professional engineers[are] working to improve the lot of some of the world’s poorest communities, many in thedeveloping world.”3 Helping the impoverished have a better life enables students to look beyondthemselves into the world around them.In order to engage engineering students from many disciplines in a global opportunity, a newvariable credit (1-3) course was developed and is currently in progress during the Winter 2007semester. For all engineering disciplines (chemical, civil

Conference Session

ChE: Computers and Simulation in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Faith Morrison, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

Operations 1 course and electives in polymer rheology. She is author of the textbook Understanding Rheology.Julia King, Michigan Technological University Julia King is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. She recieved her PhD from the University of Wyoming in 1989. Julie teaches the required Transport / Unit Operations 1 and Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering 1 courses. Page 12.746.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Finite Element Modules for Enhancing Undergraduate Transport Courses: Application to Fuel Cell FundamentalsAbstractThe

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

ocean and inland most likely has a residence time in the atmosphere that is 1. Very short 2. Very long 3. It is impossible to tell b. If there are several mechanisms (not steps) by which a species is removed from the atmosphere and each mechanism has a specific time constant associated, the overall removal is dominated by 1. The fastest time constant mechanism 2. The slowest time constant mechanism 3. The squared sum of the time constants 4. The difference between the fastest and slowest mechanisms c

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

theirsecond accreditation visit under the assessment-based criteria. Based on our combinedexperience of over 30 visits as both program evaluators and team chairs, it appears that manyprograms are struggling to identify valid measures for their program outcomes to come in fullcompliance with the requirements of Criterion 3 of the Engineering Criteria. This issubstantiated by evidence of the relatively large number of citations for shortcomings relative tosome aspect of this criterion.1 One cause of this is that many programs rely very heavily onsurveys and similar indirect, or “soft,” measures of these outcomes. We believe that there is toomuch reliance on these indirect assessment measures and programs should endeavor to makedirect assessment a

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

. Beginning in the late 1970s, an active learning-based approach to the stoichiometrycourse was adopted at N.C. State, in which most lectures included activities that providedpractice and feedback in the methods that would be required on homework and tests. A 1990paper outlined the new instructional approach and described the turnaround in studentperformance and evaluations that resulted from its adoption.1 The stoichiometry course hascontinued to evolve. Since the early 1990s, it has been taught using cooperative (team-based)learning, with measures being taken to hold all team members individually accountable for theentire content of team assignments. Instructional technology has played an increasinglyimportant role in the course, with variety of

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Talia Sidne Finkelstein, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

educational innovation moves from the home institution to otherinstitutions with different faculty, different students and a different culture. In analogy tomolecular diffusion, E.M. Rogers put forth a theory, Diffusion of Innovations, that offers oneframework with which to examine this process. In this context, Rogers describes diffusion as“the process in which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time amongthe members of a social system. (p. 5)”1 We focus on one aspect of diffusion, the innovation-decision process, which describes five stages the potential user goes through as they decidewhether to adopt a new innovation: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, andconfirmation.1Conceptual learning is critical to

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

direct comparison of time commitments for the course, but it does appearthat time devoted to experimental laboratory work was comparable to that spent on lecture andcalculation laboratories in the first design course, but significantly less important in the secondcourse.Class DetailsThe typical size of a class section as reported by instructors was around 45 students, with someclasses as large as 130. The distribution of class sizes is presented as Figure 1. Page 23.675.3 30 Number of respondents 25 20 15 10

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sayara Saliyeva, Nazarbayev University; Dinara McLaughlin; Moulay Rachid Babaa, Nazarbayev University; Hella Tokos, Nazarbayev University; Stefaan Jan Rogier Simons, University College London; Sarim Naji Al Zubaidy, Nazarbayev University; Joseph A. Menicucci Jr., Nazarbayev University

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Chemical Engineering

, Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Nazarbayev University. Page 23.700.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Implementation of State-of-the-Art Learning Tools in the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University in the Post-Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan Sayara Saliyeva1, 2, Dinara McLaughlin3, Moulay Rachid Babaa1, Hella Tokos1, Stefaan Simons4, Sarim Al-Zubaidy5, and Joseph Anthony Menicucci Jr.1, † 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University. 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana, Kazakhstan 010000; 2. School

Conference Session

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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

XP). Assignments and reports were as described above,only now each experiment was worth 1000 XP (for a 3000 XP total). Students began thesemester at Level 1, and every 300 XP they earned increased their level by 1. While these levelsdid not necessarily correlate to letter grades to allow for grade scaling, students were told that thehigher their final level, the higher their grade in the course will be. This method of gamifying aclass has been used previously and has been shown to be effective9. It was thought that thiswould be effective for the laboratory class, as students would be encouraged by the desire to earnmore points, rather than demotivated by the fear of losing points. Furthermore, it was

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

modules are completed, students should: 1. Have a working knowledge on regulatory compliance through good laboratory practices training. 2. Have a working knowledge on safety compliance, risk assessment, and hazard mitigation in a laboratory environment. 3. Understand the risks of regulatory and safety non-compliance. 4. Have functional knowledge to work with professionals in RC and SC areas. 5. Have the ability to write and understand RC and SC documentation. 6. Understand the interplay between technical aspects and compliance aspects of CHE profession.General teaching methodology RC and SC modules are designed to be used in lecture, laboratory or design courses. Allinstruction in these modules was done through

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddalena Fanelli, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University; Martin C Hawley, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

implementing amore rigorous safety review, requiring compilation of specific tables and lists to help studentsgive the safety component of the experiments particular consideration. Whereas past emphasishas been on personal safety, we are expanding the view to include process safety.To avoid making the process too time consuming, four of the five experiments students performover the course of the semester require a basic safety review, and a compilation of general safetyinformation and precautions. Only one of the experiments, involving the more complex stands,requires the thorough safety review intended to mimic the PHA methodology. The specificrequirements for both basic and thorough safety reviews are listed below. Tables 1 through 4specify the

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

schools: New Jersey Institute of Technology, PurdueUniversity and University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez). The goal of this educational partnershiphas been to develop and disseminate undergraduate materials related to pharmaceuticaltechnology and to seek ways to integrate this into the undergraduate engineering curriculum.1-3Pilot testing at X University, including the use of some of the materials in the FreshmanChemical Engineering course at the State University of New York-Stony Brook,4 has yieldedpositive assessment results. This work has resulted in the development of classroom problems,laboratory experiments and demonstrations that can be used throughout the undergraduateengineering curriculum and for K-12 outreach. The results have been

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Charmian Wu, Tufts University; Ryan Poling-Skutvik

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Chemical Engineering

communication skills.Pharmaceutical EngineeringBranching out from chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering has recently emerged as anew formal academic discipline [1]. Universities such as Rutgers University and New JerseyInstitute of Technology have begun to offer graduate programs to help complement thepharmaceutical industry based in New Jersey [2,3]. In recent years, many graduates of The Page 23.819.2Cooper Union have gone into careers in the pharmaceutical industry. This has led the leadauthor to develop new courses and research thrusts in this area. To complement this initiative, aK-12 outreach program was developed in pharmaceutical

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

chemistry students.14 A chi-square test wasutilized for dichotomous variables to assess whether there is a statistically significant differencein the responses of the two groups.15 A Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for all Likert-typequestions.16 For all tests performed in this analysis, the maximum probability of Type-I error (e.g.a false positive result) that was permitted was 5%. Note that only survey items pertaining tostudent preparation, background, and attitudes was analyzed in this paper. All analyses wereconducted using the statistical software system R.17Results /DiscussionThe results of the various t-tests and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests are summarized in Table 1, and theresults of the chi-square tests are summarized in Table 2. Only tests

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

toestablish their own experiment designs to explore chemical and physical phenomena related tojunior-level thermodynamics and transport courses. Concepts in statistics and numericalmethods, technical writing, engineering ethics, and laboratory and industrial safety are allintroduced in the scope of this course.This course serves as the first in our curriculum where students are responsible for the creation oflaboratory procedures, in contrast to their typical chemistry labs where experimental methods areprovided. Given a brief (1/2-1 page) prompt explaining the principle of interest and a list ofavailable laboratory equipment, students are required to explicitly outline the objective,hypothesis, and methods of their experiment, followed by

Conference Session

Design, Creativity and Critical Thinking in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

project. Mid-terms were used to evaluate knowledge of material balance principles, quizzeswere used to assess key concepts by means of short online questions, homework were dividedinto traditional exercises and project oriented assignments. The final project grade was obtainedthrough the Fluency Rubric average score, taking into account self-, peer-, expert-, and instructorassessments (See Appendix A). The Investment Theory of Creativity Rubric score was used asextra credit to enhance students’ motivation.The assigned final project was carried out in two stages (Figure 1). Thirty-eight students (fromthe three undergraduate programs) were grouped in teams of three to four members. Learning

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Isabella M. Quagliato, Yale University: School of Engineering & Applied Science

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Chemical Engineering

level. The system does not measure the level of attainment of StudentOutcome for individual students. The data to measure individual performance is containedwithin the database that is used in the present system, but there are no plans to use the collectedinformation for the assessment of individual students. Page 24.118.4Systematic Approach for Accreditation Information SharingThe web portal to coordinate the Yale’s Self Study process is illustrated in Figure 1. In additionto publicizing the accreditation preparation timeline, the portal also serves as a tool to relayaccreditation training information (such as instructional handouts on aspects