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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Robert S. Parker, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2134: EVALUATION AND RESULTS FOR AN INTEGRATEDCURRICULUM IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGJoseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh Professor of Chemical EngineeringRobert S. Parker, University of Pittsburgh Page 22.650.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Evaluation and Results for an Integrated Curriculum in Chemical EngineeringAbstractIncreasing knowledge integration has gained wide-spread support as an important goal in en-gineering education. The Chemical Engineering Pillars curriculum is one of the first fullyintegrated curricula in engineering, and is

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2011-127: OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS FOR ALL LEVELSBrian J. Anderson, West Virginia University Brian J. Anderson is the Verl Purdy Faculty Fellow and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University. Dr. Anderson’s research experience includes sustain- able energy and development, economic modeling of energy systems, and geothermal energy development as well as molecular and reservoir modeling.Robin S. Hissam, West Virginia University Robin Hissam received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech. The focus of her research as both an undergraduate and graduate at Virginia Tech was polymer physics, in particular, the

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-244: STUDENT LEARNING AND THE CONTINUOUS PROGRAMIMPROVEMENT PROCESS IN A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMHoward S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Kimmel is Professor of Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. He has been Executive Driector for the Center for Pre-College Programs at NJIT for over 30 years. Dr. Kimmel has had numerous NSF grants and State grants focusing on professional development, curriculum, and assessment. In addition, he is a member of the assessment committee for Chemical Engineering.Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr.Angelo J. Perna is professor of Chemical and

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Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Frances C. Ray-Earle, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels (C2B2); Nancy S. Tway, University of Colorado

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of Colorado at Boulder. Ms. Ray-Earle oversees under- graduate, graduate, postdoctoral and professional-level research and education programming; additionally she manages corporate sponsor relationships, fiscal budgeting and intellectual property management at the center.Nancy S. Tway, University of Colorado Nancy S. Tway is the Financial Coordinator and Center Assistant for the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2). Ms. Tway holds a B.S degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. Her current duties include accounting functions for the center, planning and administering the C2B2/NSF REU program, and website and newsletter generation

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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nanopar- ticles by short-distance sputtering, microfluidic fabrication of self-healing materials, thermal management for powerMEMS, and biomedical application of superhydrophilic surfaces.Jeffrey D Naber, Michigan Technological UniversityJeffrey S. Allen, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. John T. Lukowski, Michigan Technological UniversityBarry D Solomon, Michigan Tech UniversityJay Scott Meldrum, Sr., Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Thomas F. Edgar, University of Texas, Austin Page 22.465.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development and Assessment of Energy

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thuyoanh Truong, California State Universtiy, Long Beach, Department of Chemical Engineering; William Ferguson, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach; Roger C. Lo, California State University, Long Beach, Department of Chemical Engineering

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technical information exchange. We hope that in the future these twocourses may excite more students to pursue advanced studies and careers in this area of growingimportance. Page 22.1062.6AcknowledgementsThe authors greatly acknowledge the financial support for the equipment of this work by thestarting fund from the College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach. Theauthors also thank Professor Sergio Mendez for his proofreading and suggestions.References1. M. A. Burns, B. N. Johnson, S. N. Brahmasandra, K. Handique, J. R. Webster, M. Krishnan, T. S. Sammarco, P. M. Man, D. Jones, D. Heldsinger, C. H. Mastrangelo, D. T

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

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7. Communication skills when interacting with students 8. Overall performanceThe second type of evaluation forms used on the presentation day requires students to evaluatetheir team mates and their own performance during the semester and during the projects. Thisquestionnaire, in Table 7, enables students to evaluate self-performance and the performance oftheir team mates. Table 7: Inquiry about the performance of the teammates Rate over 10 (1 - very poor .. 10 - very good) 1. S(he) has completed perfectly every part of laboratory reports that s(he) was responsible 2. S(he) was eager to help other partners on their parts 3. S(he) contributed her/his

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

. Cooper, G. M. and Hausman, R. E. The cell – A Molecular Approach, 3rd edn. ASM Press (2004).8. Bean, T. W., Searles, D., Singer, H. and Cowensource, S. Learning Concepts from Biology Text Through Pictorial Analogies and an Analogical Study Guide. The Journal of Ed. Res, 83(4), 233-237 (1990).9. Edens, K. M., and Potter, E. F. Promoting Conceptual Understanding Through Pictorial Representation. Studies in Art Ed., 42(3), 214-233 (2001).10. Dymond, J .S., Scheifele, L. Z., Richardson, S., Lee, P., Chandrasegaran, S., Bader, J. S. and Boeke, J. D. Teaching Synthetic Biology, Bioinformatics and Engineering to Undergraduates: The Interdisciplinary Build-a- Genome Course. Genetics Ed., 181, 13-21 (2009).11. Guilford, W. H. “Shrink Wrapping

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Heys, Montana State University

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Chemical Engineering

offavorite heuristics. For example, “assume the solution is known and try to determine whatproperties it might have” is a commonly used heuristic in many fields (e.g., physics, engineering,etc.)Beginning in the 1970’s, Schoenfeld began teaching mathematical problem solving, and hestarted observing and videotaping students while they struggled to solve different mathematicalproblems. Schoenfeld identified four different components to successful mathematical problemsolving performance3-6, and they are: 1. resources – the mathematical facts and procedures possessed by the problem solver 2. heuristics – problem solving strategies or techniques, 3. control – ability to select and implement the proper resources and strategies, and 4. belief

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

hydrolizes myelin glycoprotein6. Buanol via co-fermentation of T. Resei, R. erythroplis and immobilized C. beijerinckii.7. Expression of thermostable scaffoldin protein in S. solfataricus8. Site-directed mutagenesis of oxygen diffusion pathways in C. reinhardtii hydrogenase for enhanced oxygen tolerance9. Phototrophic biocathode for enhanced biomass photosynthesisMaterials-related10. Photon modulated On/Off switch via light oxidative voltage (LOV) protein.11. Organic solar cells via combined nanotube-bulk polymer heterojunctions12. Cation-exchange membrane formation via film forming and hot press lamination13. Increasing the efficiency of self-healing polymers14. Lithium ion battery electrolytes for low temperature

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Edgar A. O'Rear, University of Oklahoma; Gary Robert Brown, Washington State University, Office of Assessment and Innovation; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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class titled “ENGR 1510Intensive Hands-on, Interactive Fluid Flow & Heat Transport” was focused on developingstudents’ intuition using videos, hands-on activities, lectures and discussions. It was made opento all engineering majors because a lot of engineering classes contain elements of FMHT, and thegrading policy adopted was a pass/fail (S/U) with course participation taking 50% of theweighting and the remaining 50% equally distributed between the class exercises and finalexamination.Given the context of this class, the researchers deemed it fit to ask questions in the form: Can thelearning in this class be deemed significant enough to prepare the students’ cognitively andaffectively for more learning? Also, given the pass/fail grading

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

complexity of this PDLlearning context and the fact that it seeks to develop skills rather than highly specifiedknowledge, we have attempted to collect various kinds of data to determine how well we aredoing in fostering an interdisciplinary perspective and disposition. Assessment of studentlearning takes several forms. • Facilitator observation and evaluation: Each team of eight has a faculty or post-doc facilitator that observes and facilitates the team for three hours each week. In these sessions they can observe and assess each student’s behaviors as s/he interacts with, helps in the problem solving, works to develop knowledge and contributes through individual research to the process team. The assessment scoring

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Chemical Engineering

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

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; Inci Ayranci, University of Alberta

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Chemical Engineering

Fellowship, she is teaching material and energy balances to 2nd year students under the supervision of Dr. Suzanne Kresta. Page 22.286.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Bi-modal No More: Shifting the Curve in Material and Energy Balances Courses In the early 1990’s, common wisdom stated that a bi-modal distribution in process analysisis “normal”, with a significant number of students needing to take the course twice before they“get” the material. As class sizes in second year chemical engineering at the University ofAlberta grew to over 100

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Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick J. Nefcy, Oregon State University; Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

Development and Usage Representation is provided below; more detail is available inSeniow et al.’s work.12Model Development and Usage RepresentationStudent journals and memorandum reports are the primary source of information as they containall notes, references, results and calculations relevant to the project and its development overtime. Model components are identified in student journals and verified in other sources (reports,run data, oral presentations). A student researcher assembles this information and constructs thepreliminary Model Representation. A faculty member, a domain expert, then reviews andevaluates this information for accuracy and correctness. The separation of the studentresearcher’s production of the preliminary Model

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Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

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://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/daly/criteria.2000.html.2 J. J. Biernacki, “The Department of Chemical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University,” Chem. Eng.Ed., 42(3) 118-124 (Summer, 2008).3 Arce, P. and L. Schreiber (2004), “High Performance Learning Environments, Hi-PeLE,” Chemical EngineeringEducation, Fall 2004 Issue, 286-291.4 Bruner, J. S. (1961). "The Act of Discovery," Harvard Educational Review, 31 (1), 21–32.5 Arce, P. E., and Arce-Trigatti, P. (2000), “Parallel Between Team Sport Coaching Techniques and EngineeringInstructions,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition.6 Hunter, K. W., Matson, J. O., and Dunn, R. (2002), “Impact of a Fifty-Minute Experiential Team-BuildingProgram

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Christopher D. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

inInterdisciplinary Studies and the topic has taken a front-line position in science and engineeringresearch in the US with the introduction of the Science and Technology Centers (STC) andEngineering Research Centers (ERC) by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1980’s. Thepreponderance of such centers in research education is clearly articulated by Schuler, who statesthat at some schools “interdisciplinary programs and centers… have become as numerous as thetraditional academic departments 2.” Finally, in 1998 ABET introduced its Engineering Criteria2000, which mandates that “Engineering programs will demonstrate that their graduates canfunction on interdisciplinary teams.” It turns out that interdisciplinary studies in engineeringeducation is rather

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SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College

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Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

guidance during formal class time 3, 4. It may be versions of PBL at theminimal-guidance extreme that led Kirschner et. al. 1 to name PBL as an example of an“instructional procedure that ignores the structures that constitute human cognitivearchitecture,” or more specifically, an instruction method that “proceed[s] with noreference to the characteristics of working memory, long-term memory, or the intricaterelations between them.” The tax on working memory during minimally guidedinstruction, Kirschner et al. argue, is great enough that students use all working memoryin their attempts to search for problem solutions, blocking their ability to truly learn thematerial via the accumulation of knowledge in long-term memory.However, as noted in Hmelo

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SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

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Engineering Education. 2000. Budapest.17. Corkins, J. (2009). The Psychometric Refinement of the Materials Concept Inventory (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Arizona State University, Tempe.18. Chi, M. T. H. (2009). Active-constructive-interactive: A conceptual framework for differentiating learning activities. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1(1), 73-105.19. Efaw, J., Hampton, S., Martinez, S., and Smith, S. (2004). Miracle or menace: Teaching and learning with laptop computers in the classroom. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 3, 10.20. Koile, K. and Singer, D. (2006). Development of a Tablet-PC-Based System to Increase Instructor-Student Classroom Interactions and Student Learning. In D. Berque, J. Prey, & R. Reed, The Impact of Tablet PCs and

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

. Drug regulatory processes and agencies? ________ 4. The culture, geography, and social/political climate of other countries? ________ 5. Issues involving and examples of “access to medicines”? ________ 6. Pharmaceutical business strategy(s)? ________Figure 1 on the following page shows some of the survey results, namely the average scoresfrom the engineering and business students on these questions 1 through 6 above. All averagescores indicated that the students learned at least “an adequate amount” of new material in eachof the six topical areas. The only border line case was

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Genencor, a Danisco Division, where she developed a metabolic flux model for an enzyme production process. Additionally, after her postdoctoral research at the ETH-Zurich, she obtained a Science and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science to spend a year working in the U. S. Agency for International Development providing technical expertise to the Child Health Research Project which promoted research targeting the reduction of child mortality in third world countries. She has 19 publications and 2 patents, has received over $1MM in grants since joining SJSU. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ACS Biochemical Technology Division and on the advisory board of

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

operations lab experiments and provides instruction for the virtualbioreactor. Dr. David Hackleman developed CBEE 416 and served as the Linus PaulingEngineer for 5 years. The authors are indebted to numerous practicing engineers for sharingtheir time and experiences with students. Finally, several faculty members sponsor seniorprojects, committing resources and knowledge.References1. Feisel, L. D. and A. J. Rosa. (2005). The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education. J. Eng. Educ., 94, 121–130.2. Wankat, P.C. and F.S. Oreovicz. (1993). Teaching engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill.3. ABET Website, http://www.abet.org/, retrieved Jan. 2011.4. Dutson, A., R. Todd, S. Magleby, and C. Sorensen. 1997. A Review of Literature

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SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron

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Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

italics were from a previous year. Students were provided the same detailedinformation in the syllabus about the desktop module as in Year 1, but were told that last year’sstudents already completed that. The Year 2 students were told that they were to modify thoseprojects to fix short-comings indicated in the assessments from Year 1. Relevant project reportswere handed over (with grades redacted), which gave the new student teams a place to start. Theywere also given the name of the team leader from the previous year(s) to use as areference/resource.In an effort to help mitigate students back-loading the work on the project to the end of thesemester, teams were required to hand in a weekly memo, which updated the instructor on theprogress on

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Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles J. Coronella, University of Nevada, Reno; Victor R. Vasquez, University of Nevada, Reno

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Chemical Engineering

= (3) dt  T r −T t   z D 10 rThe three parameters are given as Dr = 5560 s, Tr = 50 °C, and z = 4.35 °C. Initially, the rate ofcoliform contamination is specified as 106 CFU/g, and the burger is safe to eat when themaximum N(t) is below 1 CFU/g. Note that kN(T) is changing constantly in each node as afunction of time, as the nodal temperatures increase. Until the temperature rises above 50 °C,the rate of destruction is quite slow. The rate increases rapidly after

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chemical Engineering

. (1997). Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.5 Hill, C., Corbett, C., & St. Rose, A. (2010). Why so few? Women in science, technology engineering, and mathematics. Washington, DC: AAUW press.6 Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 45, 79–122.7 Lord, S. M., Brawner, C. E., Camacho, M. M., Layton, R. A., Ohland, M. W., & Wasburn, M. H., (2009). Work in

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Prudich, Ohio University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Robert Y. Ofoli, Michigan State University; Robert B. Barat, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Norman W. Loney, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ali Pilehvari, P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton; Robert J. Wilkens, University of Dayton; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington; William B. Baratuci, University of Washington; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Bridget R. Rogers, Vanderbilt University; John F. Sandell, Michigan Technological University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Horacio Adrian Duarte, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Charles Nuttelman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pablo LaValle, University of Michigan; Naoko Ellis, University of British Columbia; Sergio Mendez, California State University, Long Beach; Arne Biermans, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Coon, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Derek Allen Cline, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

correction factor, F(G) for a 1 pass shell side and 2 pass tube side exchanger applied tothe log mean temperature difference as described with the correction factor a function of the twoparameters R and S as shown below.12 Eq 5 Eq 6 Eq 7Using the modified shell and tube exchanger with thermocouples attached at the middle andeither end of the tube bundle on both first and second tube passes, experimental individual heattransfer coefficients hi and ho can be derived using the

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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PhD Valeriy Solomonov, Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT); Olga Belyaeva, Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT); Alla Frolkova, Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT)

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. Page 22.1170.6[1] Timofeev, V., S., Frolkova, A., K., Serafimov, L., A., The Idea and Realization of the Multi-LevelCurriculum Structure in the System of Higher Technical Education, Moscow : MITHT Publishing center, 2002.[2] Frolkova, A., K., Solomonov, V., A., “Multi-level curriculum structure in higher technical education:Russian experience and perspectives”, Vserossijskaja nauchno-prakticheskaja konferencija “Razvitie processaintegracii vysshego obrazovanija Rossii na osnove Bolonskih principov”, Moscow : MSU Faculty ofEconomics, 26 Nov. 2009, p.359-62.[3] Salomonov, V., A., Belyaeva, O., Y., Frolkova, A., K., “On development of multi-level structure of highereducation curricula in Russian Federation”, Journal of International Scientific

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Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Nippert, Widener University; Byung-Hwan Um, Widener University

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Chemical Engineering

learning when compared to a controlgroup of students who performed the actual experiment. In the early 2000’s, Klahr1,2 published aseries of studies involving K-12 students that indicated that student experiential learning usingsimulations was comparable to learning using actual hands-on experiments. At about the sametime, several including one of the authors3,4,5 wrote describing the use of Internet-basedsimulations in undergraduate engineering laboratories.On line simulations are relevant to chemical engineering community and are used, in ourcurriculum, to train students in process control and top prepare students for complex laboratoryexperiments in distillation. These experiments, however, used early versions of Java™ abd weremuch simpler to

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Richard J. Stock, Cooper Union

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Chemical Engineering

completion, a variety of timeline and calendar formats are possible) iii) Personnel (complete C.V.’s for the team) iv) Facilities (essential information such as square footage, availability of adequate utilities, code and safety specifications, possibly including a floorplan or photos)The students were given the task of preparing proposals for further work or equipmentimprovements (or both) based on the results they obtained for the fourth experiment. Page 22.157.7ConclusionsThe use of alternative ways of reporting laboratory data allowed the students to develop skill-setsin written, oral, and visual communication. The