Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

, the inter-cohort groups work together for approximatelythree weeks to complete a capstone laboratory project. Significant logistical hurdles wereencountered due to the divergent expectations, schedules, and priorities of the two groups.However, effective management methods were developed to address these issues, and mitigateinterpersonal conflicts.Survey results were collected for over 300 students involved in this program. Peer, mentor, andmentee evaluations were also collected, along with faculty evaluations of the senior team’smanagement and use of their freshmen employees. Results reveal significant freshman andsenior satisfaction with this collaborative project, but this satisfaction is greatly dependent uponthe senior team’s use of

Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

limitations.” College Teaching, Vol 60, No 4, p170-175 (2012).3 Castellanos, M., and Enszer, J. A. “Promoting metacognition through writing exercises in chemical engineering.”Proceedings of the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA (2015).4 Ohland, M. W., Loughry, M. L., Woehr, D. J., Finelli, C. J., Bullard, L. G., Felder, R. M., Layton, R. A.,Pomeranz, H. R., & Schmucker, D. G. “The comprehensive assessment of team member effectiveness: Developmentof a behaviorally anchored rating scale for self and peer evaluation.” Academy of Management Learning &Education, Vol 11, No 4, p 609-630 (2012).5 Brown, P. C., Roediger III, H. L., and McDaniel, M. A. “Make it stick: The science of successful learning.”Harvard University

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Courses in Emergent Areas

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

majors and career fields. The factors that havebeen studied fall into three broad categories: individual attributes(17-20), environmentalconditions(7,21-28), and learning pedagogy(19,23,25,29-31). The academic and career experience forwomen in STEM has been characterized by isolation, a lack of mentors, and a shortage of rolemodels(26). Faculty and peer interactions have substantial influence on the satisfaction andretention of students(2,3,32). Specific faculty influences include the frequency of interaction withfaculty, the quality of teaching by faculty and TAs, and the availability of female faculty and TArole models. Peer interactions affect the classroom climate and influence women’s confidenceand sense of belonging(29). Peer interactions

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

large library of thermodynamics videos, suitable toact as “learning objects” for topic introduction or further study outside of class, enhanced studentengagement, student demonstration of the capacity to engage in lifelong learning. By the draftpaper due date, we will also be able to say whether or not it also resulted in a significant changein students’ thermodynamics concept inventory scores. In previous years of the study, simplywatching videos or generating a single video on a larger team did not improve student scoresover control.BackgroundPeer instruction has been shown to be a powerful tool for learning(1). The goal of this work wasto see if the benefits of peer instruction could be attained asynchronously via the medium ofvideo. In the

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

fulfillment of ABET criteria. Grading in the courseconsisted of the following deliverables:  Individual Exams  Completion of four SACHE certificates  Three Project Reports (Team)  Peer Project Evaluations (Team and Individual components but Individual grade)  Individual Progress Memos  Final Project Report (Team)  Final Project Presentation (Team and Individual presentations but Individual grade)The individual’s grade for the project was calculated from the Team Project grade and weightedusing the evaluations of the individual’s contributions to the team effort made by the teammembers. The teams were created using CATME(7,8), which allowed the teams to be formed sothat each team would have common schedules to work on the

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

sequence of modular courses.6 Project-based learning andproblem-based learning have also been shown in other settings to improve retention, assummarized by Woods.7 These facts are relevant to the current study in that the spring 2015PCP II course included homework and a project completed by students in teams of 3-4, whilethe PCP course as offered in the summer of 2014 was an online course in which allassignments were individual and there was no team-based project.This paper describes the results of an investigation comparing the performance of the risingsophomores who took the summer course to the performance of their peers who followed thetypical academic-year curriculum. The research questions of the study are: What is the relationship

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Sefcik Anderson, Lafayette College; James K. Ferri, Lafayette College; Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

and interfacial phenomena. He has more than 30 peer reviewed journal publications, 600 citations, and $1.6M in external research sup- port with fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Max Planck Society, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. He received his BS and PhD both in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1995 and 2000.Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College Ashley received her M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Northwestern University in 2012 and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College in 2010. She worked developing point of cared (POC) medical diagnostic devices for Quidel Corporation until 2014. Ashley’s research interests include

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

in real settings; and in creating positive learning and work environments. She has a B.S. inEngineering, an M.BA., and has worked in industry for over 18 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Mapping Assets of Diverse Groups for Chemical Engineering Design Problem Framing AbilityAbstractEngineering programs across the US are engaged in efforts to increase the diversity of theirstudent populations. Despite these efforts, students from groups underrepresented in engineeringare still less likely to persist, relative to their peers. One approach taken is adding design earlierin programs, but faculty sometimes doubt that freshmen and sophomore students have thecapacity to

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather C. S. Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineering and science courses. Laws et al. highlightsignificant learning gains in university students who participated in active learning classrooms(30% vs 75% of students who understood fundamental acceleration concepts)7. According toLaws et al., the elements that improved student learning include using peer instruction andcollaborative work; using activity-based guided-inquiry materials; using a learning cyclebeginning with predictions; emphasizing conceptual understanding; letting the physical world bethe authority; evaluating student understanding; making appropriate use of technology; andbeginning with the specific and moving to the general7.Inductive-learning is a method of learning which exposes the learner to an observation orexperience