Paper ID #12430Promoting Metacognition through Writing Exercises in Chemical Engineer-ingDr. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyDr. Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 26.1276.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Promoting Metacognition through Writing Exercises in Chemical EngineeringAbstractA high-level goal of all disciplines is for students to develop the capacity for lifelong learning. Todevelop the capacity of lifelong
Paper ID #11650Diversity in Chemical Engineering Education: Status and PerspectivesDr. Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Cheryl A. Bodnar, PhD, CTDP is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Track) in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her certification as a Training and Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the
Paper ID #11972Improving Student Technical Communication via Self ReflectionMr. Kenneth P Mineart, North Carolina State University Kenneth Mineart received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Iowa. Currently, he is a doctoral student in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he works in the field of block copolymer science with Professor Richard Spontak. Kenneth has regularly served as a graduate teaching assistant for a variety of courses including: Unit Operations Laboratory, Material and Energy Balances, Introduction to
when students do not realize a computedanswer is incorrect by multiple orders of magnitude. Indeed, poor conceptual understanding hasalso been observed in young engineers during their work in industry6,7. With this in mind,instruments which can effectively teach and evaluate engineering students’ conceptualunderstanding are key tools for modern engineering educators.In addition to the struggles of engineering students to achieve conceptual understanding, recentengineering graduates’ grasp of written communication and associated skills is often below thatexpected by their anticipated positions in the modern workplace8. Pedagogical research hasfound that writing assignments effectively facilitate learning by forcing students to
Paper ID #13873Variability in Instruction of Introductory Chemical Engineering Course: Doesit affect our students?Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University Elif Miskioglu graduated from Iowa State with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and minor in Genetics. She is currently a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University, where she is studying learning styles in the chemical engineering undergraduate student population. Page 26.1697.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
Paper ID #12706Assessments of Ultra-Low-Cost Venturi Nozzle in Undergraduate Engineer-ing ClassesMr. ARSHAN NAZEMPOUR, Washington State University Arshan Nazempour completed his undergraduate study at University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran in Chemical Engineering. Currently, he is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University and working under Professor Van Wie’s supervision on two projects, synergistic influences of oscillating pressure and growth factor on chondrogenesis in a novel centrifugal bioreactor and hands-on learning solution for students.Dr. Paul B Golter, Washington State University
. In theassociate questions, it is interesting to note that as sophomores, 10% feel proficient at using thefew laws that govern everything (conservation laws) while that number increases to 16% by thejunior year and then falls to zero by the time they enter graduate school. If true, it appears thatstudents become increasingly aware of their inability to solve problems and recognize that theyare not proficient at using even the few laws that govern chemical engineering phenomena.Keep in mind that the seniors and graduate students represent the best of the student body sinceless able students tend to change majors in the sophomore and junior years. Likewise, studentsbecome increasingly aware, as they move through the curriculum, that there are
Paper ID #13944Student Led Example Problems in a Graduate-Level Advanced TransportPhenomena CourseDr. Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michi- gan Technological University. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di- electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL
Exposition, June 24 – 27, 2007.10 R.M. Felder and L.K. Silverman, “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education”, Engr. Education, 78(7), 674 (1988).11 L. S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (1978).12 C. Quintana, B. Reiser, E. Davis, J. Krajcik, E. Fretz, R.G. Duncan, E. Kyza, D. Edelson, and E. Soloway, “A Scaffolding Design Framework for Software to Support Science Inquiry”, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13, 337 (2004).13 M. Guzdial, “Software-Realized Scaffolding to Facilitate Programming for Science Learning”, Interactive Learning Environments, 4, 1 (1994).14 A. Bandura, “Self-Efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change
Paper ID #11356A Virtual Community of Practice to Introduce Evidence-based Pedagogy inChemical, Materials, and Biological Engineering CoursesDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA) and Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University