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Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Matthew W Liberatore, The University of Toledo; Megan Davidson, The University of Toledo; Kayla Chapman

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Chemical Engineering

help answer many questionsabout student engagement and learning. In addition, some data is available to instructors in realtime, so individual or class-level interventions do not need to wait for the next exam. In this study,a fully interactive online textbook, Material and Energy Balances zyBook, has been employed withseveral cohorts of students. Recent findings focused on quantify reading across three cohortsrepresenting over 280 students and almost 300,000 reading interactions. Median reading rates wereas high as 99% for over 1,300 interactions per student were found, but these reading clicks onlyquantify effort and not competence in the course material. Now, auto-graded homework questionswith randomized numbers and content are explored

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Uchenna Asogwa, The University of Toledo; Matthew W Liberatore, The University of Toledo; Timothy Ryan Duckett, The University of Toledo; Gale A Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC

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Chemical Engineering

brain's way of healing: Remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity. 2016: Penguin Books.14. Liberatore, M.W., Improved student achievement using personalized online homework for a couse in material and energy balances. Chemical Engineering Education, 2011. 45(3): p. 184- 190.15. Liberatore, M.W., Active Learning and Just-in-time Teaching In a Material and Energy Balances Course. Chemical Engineering Education, 2013. 47(3): p. 154–160.16. Liberatore, M.W., High textbook reading rates when using an interactive textbook for a Material and Energy Balances course. Chemical Engineering Education, 2017. 51(3): p. 109- 118.17. Bullard, L.G. and R.M. Felder, A Student-Centered Approach To Teaching A

Conference Session

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

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Justin F Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Jordan Lopez, Colorado School of Mines; Alexander Luther Ellis, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #29416Chemical engineering students’ emotions towards biologyDr. Justin F Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Justin Shaffer is a Teaching Associate Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Col- orado School of Mines. Dr. Shaffer’s research focuses on high structure course design and student atti- tudes towards biology. He teaches thermodynamics, material and energy balances, anatomy and physiol- ogy, and introductory biology.Mr. Jordan Lopez, Colorado School of Mines Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate: Graduating December 2020Alexander Luther Ellis, Colorado School of Mines Alexander is a

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

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Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Martha Grover, Georgia Institute of Technology; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

spreadsheet programs,and this finding was confirmed in this survey. In this survey we asked what were the major usesof spreadsheet programs and for each category shown in Figure 1. In each of these categories,respondents rated the use from 5 (high) to 1 (low) with an additional option to state ifspreadsheets were not used for this category. In Figure 1 the average score for this rating isshown. To compare this question to the 2003 survey in which only a yes or now response wasobtained, we grouped the 4 and 5 responses to indicate a yes. Using this criteria, spreadsheetsoftware is used by 70% of respondents for process data analytics, as well as economic studies(38%), engineering design (36%), material and energy balances (28%) and numerical analysis

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Matheus Oliveira Cassol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jonathan Verrett P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Chemical Engineering

times at the end of the term. It is important to note that a core class in the CHBE curriculum iscalled “Material and Energy Balances”, and is likely a strong contributor to this difference.The theme “diagrams” also had a significant increase in frequency from the start to the end ofterm from 0 to 15. This theme would be expected to increase since it is the first term thatstudents start interpreting and creating chemical engineering diagrams such as block flowdiagrams and process flow diagrams. Some other themes that had similar trends of high increasebetween start and end are “equilibrium” (1 to 12), “process control” (2 to 21), “reaction ratelaw/kinetics” (3 to 16), and “separation techniques” (0 to 11). All of these topics are

Conference Session

Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering

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Bradley Cicciarelli, Louisiana Tech University; Eric A. Sherer, Louisiana Tech University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #30669From Assessment to Research: Evolution of the Study of a Two-DayIntervention for ChemE SophomoresDr. Bradley Cicciarelli, Louisiana Tech University Brad Cicciarelli is a Senior Lecturer in the chemical engineering and mechanical engineering departments at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. from the University of Florida and Ph.D. from M.I.T., both in chemical engineering. He teaches a variety of courses, including material and energy balances, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mass transfer.Eric A. Sherer, Louisiana Tech University Eric Sherer is an Associate Professor in chemical engineering

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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

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Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics Course on a Summer ScheduleAbstractThe authors have individually taught a course in chemical engineering thermodynamics at theUniversity of Kentucky for many years, but starting in 2017 brought the course into an entirelyonline format for the summer term. The course coverage includes 1st and 2nd law (building off apre-requisite material and energy balances course), equations of state, phase equilibrium,mixtures, and ideal/non-ideal VLE. Through three summer offerings, the authors have comparedstudent performance as measured through a common final exam and entering class average GPAat time of enrollment with that of students taking the traditional offering. Performance in both thetraditional face-to-face spring term offering (over 16 weeks

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

for Face-to-Face Courses) – an MEB ExampleAbstractThis paper addresses some common assumptions and concerns about, benefits of, andapproaches to offering a rigorous technical course online. A systematic approach to convert eachpart of a typically face-to-face (F2F) course to an online equivalent or replacement is presented.Course elements such as cleverly designed discussion prompts, student-recorded problemexplanations, and online assessments designed as described here may be used to increase studentengagement, motivation, and content retention in any course.A fully-online Material and Energy Balances (MEB) course was offered at the Colorado Schoolof Mines as the first online course offered from this institution’s Chemical and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year

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Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Landon Bassett, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University where he teaches Senior Design, Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical/Computational Methods. He is the recipient of teaching and pedagogical research awards including the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, ASEE ChE Division Raymond W. Fahien Award and the 2013 and 2017 ASEE ChE Division Joseph J. Martin Awards for Best Conference Paper. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, process safety decision-making skills and best practices for online education.Dr. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the De- partment of

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Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware; Catherine A Fromen, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #29183Putting Course Design Principles to Practice: Creation of an Elective onVaccines and ImmunoengineeringProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for