Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-269: HYDROGEN CURRICULUM AT MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICALUNIVERSITYJason Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University Dan Crowl is the Herbert H. Dow Professor of Chemical Process Safety in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.David Caspary, Michigan Technological University Dave Caspary is the Manager of Laboratory Facilities in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University Jeff Allen is an Assistant Professor

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-29: IDEAS TO CONSIDER FOR NEW CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGEDUCATORS: PART 2 (COURSES OFFERED LATER IN THE CURRICULUM)Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He received his B.S.ChE from the University of Akron in 1995, and his Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame in 2001. His current research interests include reactor stability, alternative energy, and engineering education. He is the 2008 recipient of the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effectiveness and Educational Scholarship.David Silverstein, University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is currently the PJC

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

4 4Once again, the Spring 2008 Chemical Plant Design class out-performed the Spring 2007 PlantDesign class in all respects. This was true despite the fact that the class of 2007 earned slightlybetter grades in the curriculum as a whole. While the Chemical Plant Design results wereobtained from small sample sizes of 4 teams per cohort, and therefore not statistically significant,they provide an additional indication of a lasting impact from the Fall 2005 improvements toSophomore Clinic I. Anecdotally, the Spring 2008 class projects was observed to show moreevidence of divergent thinking than the Spring 2007 class. For example: ≠ The 2007 Plant Design project was on production of Methyl Methacrylate and the 2008

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Wankat, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

partners with the faculty in both research andteaching. Integration of these activities could lead to Ph.D. graduates naturally having anunderstanding and appreciation for engineering education research.Professors who did not have an educational background can obtain the background to understandeducational theories and research methods through workshops, books10-13, 24 and journals.Chemical Engineering Education (CEE) and the new applications-based ASEE electronic journalAdvances in Engineering Education26 can help provide this understanding.CEE is a journal for all chemical engineering faculty. Thus, CEE publishes rigorous researchpapers, and expository and application papers about curriculum and course improvements,hands-on activities, and

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; xiuhua si

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Chemical Engineering

drawsheavily from the degree of freedom analysis taught in the introductory material and energybalances course.IntroductionMultiple effect evaporation is an industrially important unit operation. It is the foundation ofseveral industries, including, for example, the production of sugar, which had over $6.9 billion inrevenues in the United States alone in 20081. Teaching multiple effect evaporation in the junioryear of the chemical engineering curriculum reinforces and integrates key topics from thesophomore year such as mass and energy balances, structured problem solving, and steam tablecalculations. As a side benefit, teaching multiple effect evaporation allows the opportunity todiscuss the work of Norbert Rillieux2, and his role as an inventor

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marvi Matos, University of Washington; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

valued by engineering departments that have embraced this form of instruction.[5-7] This teaching approach has been found to reinforce creative thinking,[8] to improve designquality[9] and to develop confidence and innovation skills.[10] Students are also more passionatewhen they are provided with challenging problems that do not have an obvious linear solution or [10-12]a tightly constrained parameter space. Offering project-based learning experiences enablethe students to integrate technical design with real world constrains resulting in an increased and [6, 13-16]deeper understanding of their field. There is vast evidence in the arena

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

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Chemical Engineering

2 2004 3 2005 4 2006 5their core ChE courses with five to six targetedcourses in a particular area; thus, each Figure 1. Percentage of students selecting eachemphasis acts as a “mini-minor”. emphasis in Chemical Engineering. The second approach uses laboratory research experiences as an integral part of theundergraduate education process. We have recently begun modernizing our curriculum byincluding emphasis-specific laboratory experiments associated with

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Todd French, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

Polymeric and Multicomponent Materials courses. Her funding includes NSF and DOE and she received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2006. Central to her research in polymer and surface engineering is the design and synthesis of molecules with well-defined chemical functionality and molecular architecture with current projects on stimuli-responsive and biomass-based polymeric materials.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University Bill Elmore, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

was used as the primary component for theBRIDGE program, which offers an opportunity to ease the transition of incoming freshmen intocollege life. In addition to this role, online social networking tools have other potential uses for aChemical Engineering department. First, they can be used as a mechanism to disseminateinformation quickly. Creating a central communications location allows easy announcement ofdepartment events or collection of feedback surveys. Another possibility is to use it as adiscussion forum for their Chemical Engineering courses. Since classes can be gathered togetherinto one group, exchanges on concepts or assigned problems can occur among the members (i.e.students and faculty of the course). Finally, online

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering

surveys of the students who developed the problems, surveys of thestudents who solved the problems in the chemical engineering course, as well as the peer reviewof the problems by biochemical engineering faculty will be presented. This strategy for studentlearning could effectively be utilized with other application areas as a way to incorporate moreinterdisciplinary learning in the undergraduate curriculum.IntroductionSince the late 1990's there has been a drive to integrate more biological applications into theundergraduate chemical engineering (ChE) curriculum. The availability of employmentopportunities in the life sciences has grown steadily for ChE graduates, spurred by the expansionof bioprocessing to include both high margin fine