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Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

technologycourses, others have not.To address this deficiency, a new survey course in Particle and Crystallization Technology(PACT) was developed that blended theory with practical applications. The goal was to provideinstruction that was not being covered in the core curriculum that would be helpful for studentsin their future careers. This course was offered twice as a split-level elective course withundergraduate and graduate students. Topics included characterization of particle size and shapedistributions, filtration, continuous and batch settling, cyclone and hydrocyclone design, particlesize reduction and enlargement, and crystallization. This course is novel in its inclusion ofcrystallization, ternary solid-liquid equilibrium phase diagrams, and

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach FL; Ximena Toro; Jennifer C Adam, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Andrew P Easley, Washington State University; Xuesong Li P.E., Washington State University; Kevin Lee, University of Idaho; Mert Colpan, Washington State University; Kevin Tyler Gray, Washington State University; Benjamin Garrett, Washington State University; Shane Riley Reynolds, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman

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Chemical Engineering

disaster relief and concentrated solar power for electricity generation, water desalination, and engineering edu- cation. He leads a yearly effort named Project Haiti to design, build, and install a solar powered water purifier in Haiti with students on an annual basis. He teaches senior design, vehicle dynamics, and in- strumentation courses. In addition to Clean Energy his research pursuits include hybrid electric vehicles, hardware-in-the-loop modeling, simulation and control, and swarm robotics with multiple heterogenous unmanned air and ground vehicles.Ms. Ximena Toro Ms. Ximena Toro graduated with a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering in the Fall of 2011 and graduated with Bachelors of Science in

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda S. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Deborah Lynn Grubbe P.E., Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC; Ronald Lee Cutshall Sr., R. L. Cutshall Sr., Consulting; Steven J. Swanson; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Arvind Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chemical Engineering

, anexplosion in a Massey Energy mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers in the worst mineincident in four decades. Also, in 2010, an explosion on the Deep Water off-shore oil platformin the Gulf Coast left 11 dead and caused yet to be understood damage to the environment andeconomy. The fines and lawsuits associated with these three incidents have been and willcontinue to be horrendous2. Process safety management must continue to improve and beadhered to if employees, communities and the environment are to be protected.A revision to the ABET program criteria for chemical engineering programs in January 2012requires that the curriculum “enable graduates to design, analyze, and control physical, chemicaland/or biological processes, and address the

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

. 4. Silverstein, David L., Vigeant, Margot, Visco, Donald, Woods, Donald, “How We Teach: Freshman Introduction to Chemical Engineering”, Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2010. 5. Silverstein, David L., Vigeant, Margot, “How We Teach: Kinetics and Reactor Design”, Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2011. Page 25.703.13Appendix A. Print version of online survey. Page 25.703.14UK College of Engineering Surveys - AIChE Best Practices in Teaching 2011 http

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Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

process was to come upwith a working definition of “leadership” with enough substance that we could deal in concreteprinciples and practices. Through discussions with our Industrial Advisory Board, we developeda list of leadership characteristics important in engineering practice which constitutes thisworking definition.Although there are team experiences in most of our courses, we have designated one course ineach semester from the second semester of the sophomore year through graduation in which tofocus on and assess leadership skills. In each team experience in these courses, students use thelist of leadership characteristics as a basis for giving feedback to their teammates. Then eachstudent uses the feedback from his/her teammates to develop