Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

provided through a module in our bioprocess engineeringlaboratory course. This work started a few years ago and the first efforts were reported in aprevious ASEE Conference12. Students were exposed to FDA regulations related to GLP,common compliance practices, enforcement, and consequences of non-compliance. This moduleintends to: (i) Develop a understating of the letter and spirit of GLP regulations, (ii) develop aworking knowledge of GLP, and (iii) develop a familiarity with GLP documentation. GLP is a set of federally mandated guidelines under which experiments are planned,conducted, monitored, recorded and reported. It intends to promote quality, traceability, andintegrity of scientific data. GLP is enforced by regulating agencies such

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Golebiowska; Giovanni Kelly II; Yassir M. Samra; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #7237Analysis of Biodiesel Production and its Derivatives for a College CampusEmilia GolebiowskaMr. Giovanni Kelly IIDr. Yassir M. SamraDr. James P Abulencia, Manhattan College Page 23.189.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013ANALYSIS OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION AND ITS DERIVATIVES FOR A COLLEGE CAMPUSAbstractIn the Fall of 2010, XXXXX College started to devise and develop plausible green initiativesspearheaded by students across all five of its schools. From this college-wide endeavor, a plan toconvert

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

conditional knowledge(knowledge about when and why to use strategies). KC includes knowledge of task, strategy, andpersonal variables. RC covers five areas: planning (goal setting), information management(organizing), monitoring (assessment of one’s learning and strategy), debugging (strategies usedto correct errors) and evaluation (analysis of performance and strategy effectiveness after alearning episode). RC includes the ability to monitor one’s comprehension and to control one’slearning activities. The self-regulation factor of metacognition describes activities that regulateand oversee learning such as planning (predicting outcomes, scheduling strategies) and problem-monitoring activities (monitoring, testing, revising and rescheduling during

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

Appendix where the make, model, and cost of each of the main components is presented.In this poster we discuss the design and implementation of the various experiments afforded bythe apparatus, our experience with the gas pressure drop experiment in unit operations lab, andour plans to use the equipment in other courses. Page 23.126.2Figure1. Schematic diagram of air flow apparatus.Experiments and Example ResultsFriction factor and pressure drop in a pipeIn agreement with Luyben and Tuzla1, we had observed that our students lacked practicalunderstanding of gas flows. We included a gas pressure drop experiment similar to the one theydeveloped at

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Chemical Engineering

concept is a powerfulstatistical method which not only directs the planning and execution of an experiment, but alsoallows quantitative interpretation of the outcomes of the experiment. A key advantage of theDOE concept is that after choosing the dependent and independent variables of interest, theresearcher then only needs to execute the experimental design suggested by DOE to provide dataready for analysis. However, many homework assignments related to the DOE concept do notlead students through the entire DOE process, instead presenting data from an already-completedstudy for students to evaluate. Based on this type of homework problem, it is difficult for aninstructor to determine if students understand the application of DOE and the

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Aravind Suresh, University of Connecticut

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Chemical Engineering

external references in their writing, and performing dataanalysis during the course of the experiment and using that information to modify theirexperimental plan. Both pre- and post-course surveys were carried out, which collected data on the students’experience with a multitude of game types, as well as their personal habits. Additionally, theirattitude and perceptions about gamification and our particular implementation were surveyedboth prior to the start of the class and after the semester ended to compare differences. After onesemester of implementation, comparison of scores on lab reports from a non-gamified offering ofthe class with the gamified version showed no statistical difference. However, the studentparticipation in

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh V Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Chemical Engineering

that the author originally planned to askthem in their individual test. The author planned for the next slightly higher level conceptexercise, which is elaborated below.Concept group test 2 (moderate)If the following grid (Figure 3b) is available to solve unsteady state one-dimensional laminarflow equation, can you write discretized algebraic equivalent? If intervals of ‘y’ and ‘t’ andkinematic viscosity are known, can you find out velocities at points (2,2) and (3,3)? How manyequations that you will need to calculate velocity at point (2,2) if only V0= 3 ft/s is known at theentrance, y=0?Summary of student groups response:As this was open book test, it was relatively easy for all the groups to provide the followingequation

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Gerald C Nelson, Mississippi State University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; John Louis Gazzini, Nimbus Mobile LLC; Read Sprabery, Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

accomplish the formation of an entrepreneurial culture at Mississippi State Uni- versity. Nelson is also the director of the Entrepreneurship Program in the College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He implemented the Entrepreneurship program at MSU in March 2001 to establish relations and invite entrepreneurial leaders and experts to Seminar Series. He mentors students involved in the program, plans and executes Project Teams, and markets the program to students. He advises the Entrepreneurship Club and the Engineering Toastmasters Club. From July 1999 to March 2001, Nelson was the chief operating officer at Deka Medical Inc. in Columbus, Miss. In this role, he was responsible for manufacturing operations

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddalena Fanelli, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University; Martin C Hawley, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

planning and designstages. This is an approach that we expect to successfully address the new requirements of theAIChE Program Criteria; moreover, we expect that our students will graduate with abilities inprocess hazards analysis that will be of benefit in the workplace.BackgroundIn response to the updated ABET Program Criteria for chemical engineering that now requireconsideration of hazards associated with the processes that our students design, analyze, andcontrol, we have acknowledged the need to provide additional exposure to risk assessment andmore rigorous safety considerations in our baccalaureate chemical engineering curriculum.Therefore, we are adding simplified Process Hazard Analyses to both Unit Operations andProcess Design courses

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Charmian Wu, Tufts University; Ryan Poling-Skutvik

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Chemical Engineering

New York City (from Staten Island tothe Bronx) were chosen to be part of the pharmaceutical engineering project. In an effort toengage the students and “break the ice” a series of group activities were developed to introducethe students to chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, and to their fellow teammates.For the first exercise, students were required to work in groups of two to fill out activity formsthat included questions about their teammates (e.g. “what does your teammate plan to learn fromparticipating in this?” Following this, students were given an introduction to the field ofchemical engineering. At the end of the lecture, the students were required to work in teams andfill out questions about chemical engineering (e.g

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

either included or excluded. While the majority of students seem to have higherscores when their own self-evaluation is included in the computation of this score, the statisticalsignificance of this observation is more modest, on the level of α=0.2.We did not implement any measure to determine student preferences for the two types ofevaluation systems. Both the point division and CATME systems are being implemented again inthe Spring 2013 semester and plans for a student attitude survey are ongoing. Page 23.32.8References[1] Michaelsen, L. K., A. B. Knight, and L. D. Fink (eds.), Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of SmallGroups in

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sayara Saliyeva, Nazarbayev University; Dinara McLaughlin; Moulay Rachid Babaa, Nazarbayev University; Hella Tokos, Nazarbayev University; Stefaan Jan Rogier Simons, University College London; Sarim Naji Al Zubaidy, Nazarbayev University; Joseph A. Menicucci Jr., Nazarbayev University

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Chemical Engineering

integrated into Engineering Systems Laboratory, a ten-laboratory course that will be taken by all engineering students in the second semester of theirsecond year in the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University. The aim of this course wasto teach students how to analyze experimental data and interpret results. At the successfulcompletion of the course, students are expected to be able to:  analyze a problem,  state an experimental objective,  develop and implement an experimental plan,  analyze data for statistical significance,  draw conclusions from experimental data, and  write a technical report.Engineering in Society is an elective course that was first offered in the fall semester of thesecond academic year

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

conduct their material/energy balance class on different schedules with differentapproaches. Should significant differences in the results appear between programs theresults can be analyzed on a program by program basis rather than being pooled.Current StatusRepresentatives from the eight schools involved in this study have now attended twoworkshops, each held just prior to the annual ASEE meetings. The first of these, held onJune 25 – 26, 2011 served to introduce the participants to ChemProV, the IRBrequirements for the study, and the intended plans for the study. The second workshop,held on June 9 – 10, 2012, was used to introduce the participants to the SBL approach,work on assessement activities, and receive feedback about the prior year

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel J. Versypt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

STEM fields collectively. We plan to expand ourmaps to include more states and also more STEM fields, particularly engineering disciplines,along with a control group of non-STEM majors. It could also be useful to perform a cross-sectional study of student enrollments before and after a campaign targeted towards increasingrural STEM students for a given university or geographic area. A large scale qualitative studycould provide insight into the rural pathways into STEM fields and various obstacles that ruralstudents face. Finally, while this paper focused on rural students, an equally interesting andimportant study using a similar methodology could consider the geographical distribution ofSTEM students in an urban region to assess whether

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Talia Sidne Finkelstein, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

alert faculty of this tool? Confirmation Do you plan to use/continue using the CW?Questions devoted to teaching philosophy and the experiences that influenced that philosophywere asked to gain a better understanding of the culture and background of each interviewparticipant. These questions would help determine if the Concept Warehouse was an innovation Page 23.561.8that the participant would value and how compatible it was with their current practices.Logistical questions such as participant’s classroom environment, class size, and availableresources

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donal James Boyd; Jared Snell, WPI; Lucas J Brutvan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

summary of the accident and a discussion of what could have been done toprevent it.The third objective of the pre-lab is to understand the theory presented below and show howresults for glycerol concentration as a function of time can be used to obtain coefficients for anapproximate rate expression. The final objective of the pre-lab exercise is for students to explainhow they plan to use the equipment described below to study the temperature dependence andevaluate the activation energy for conversion of canola oil to biodiesel with 0.5 weight % KOHand 6:1 methanol to oil ratio.In the lab, student groups use a computer-controlled mini pilot plant to run the reaction safely atseveral different temperatures. They collect samples from the reactor at

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

Format:Final: Export the video to a common electronic format (.mp4, .mpg, or .avi, for example) and submit toDr. Vigeant either on CD / DVD or memory-stick. Hand in a cover sheet indicating: a) an outline of theanswers to the four points addressed in the video b) an introduction aimed at me explaining why this isimportant. Plan to share your work in class by showing the video to your classmates.Timeline: - Wed, 3/28: Initial personal reflection due. - Wed, 4/4: One page summary plus storyboard/script. - Wed, 4/18: Rough-cut (un/semi-edited video footage) due for feedback; feedback on other teams’ rough-cut due on Friday, 4/20 (email directly, cc-ing Vigeant) - Thurs, 4/26: Final project due, by email

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

2008 semester, the design project(3) required students to design,construct, test and mathematically model the performance of a hot air balloon. An emphasis oncommunication required each team to complete their design, mathematical model and testingplans well in advance to their scheduled testing date. Each team gave their design projectconstruction materials and design plans to another team, which constructed their design; and thenthe constructed projected was given to an evaluation team (while the original design teamconstructed and evaluated different designs). The design teams were returned their originaldesigns and evaluations prior to final testing with the instructor. The design project for the fall2009 semester required the students to

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Sean Poust, University of California-Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

designed for the development of written, oral, and interpersonalcommunication skills. The course ran continuously as required course for over 20 years untilFall 2007. The course was recently redeveloped and reintroduced in Fall 2011, after a four-yearhiatus, and was phased-in as an optional elective course in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academicyears. It is a required course for the class of 2015. The course runs multiple sections eachsemester of up to 30 students each section, serving approximately 100 students each year. Thetotal number of sections is planned to increase in response to a growing chemical engineeringundergraduate body and the required status of the course. We anticipate running five sectionsserving about 150 students during the 2013

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

industrial and student side.However, now that the course itself it better established, more instructor time should beavailable to coordinate such activities. A related stretch goal is to have the problemsthemselves proposed by local industry. This has not been attempted in part due to thelimited ‘laboratory’ available for the class, but will hopefully be an option for futureofferings as plans for addition of a kitchenette to one of the classrooms are underway. Page 23.929.9Bibliography   8  1. Armstrong RC, Brennecke J, Butts S et al. How is the Discipline of

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darinka del Carmen Ramirez, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), México; Manuel E Macías, ITESM, Campus Monterrey

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Chemical Engineering

typical formal education, involving the presentation of material in a logically orderedprogression. Sequential learners follow linear reasoning processes when solving problems.However, the remote lab allows both sequential and global students to learn thanks to theactivities the instructor is able to perform in the classroom.Research has shown that learning styles affect learner performance at university7. Therecommendation is that lecturers should be aware of the potential problems and needs of studentswith different learning styles, and plan accordingly the learning opportunities they provide 8.Teaching transient state by using a remote lab experiment simultaneously provides with theopportunity to enhance the learning process by giving students

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Turton P.E., West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

formal course evaluationprocess) was very positive. Some comments were; “Project was a lot of work,” “I learned a lotfrom this course,” “time really flew by in this class,” “this course should be mandatory for allChE students.”Instructor’s Impression about the Project and CourseFrom the author’s perspective, the course was a very good experience and one that I plan torepeat next year with an expanded but limited enrollment. There are some essential skills thatneed to be mastered prior to undertaking a course such as this one. First, a mastery or familiaritywith the software is essential. The dynamic simulator (Dynsim) used in this course is relativelystraightforward to learn and Invensys’s university helpline was very accommodating inanswering

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; David Finkel, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University-Pullman; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Justin William Atkinson

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Chemical Engineering

report on the results analyzed to date will begiven in the ASEE presentation. Because this is a within design study where half of the studentsget lecture and the other half an activity for one topic and the groups are switched for the anothertopic, we will have a head-to-head comparison between lecture and DLM activity for the samegroups of students taught in the two modes. We also plan for post DLM activity interviews thatwill be compared with those from the previous year to ascertain whether conceptual difficultiesshown to persist from a previous implementation with a lecture/ demonstration mode ofinstruction are substantially reduced. Based on the findings of this study, future work includesfurther development of DLM cartridge activities and

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

choosewhich topic was most interesting and join the team. Timing was such that the first item (theAgreement of Cooperation19) was due at the end of the first week of class so that the teams werestarted quickly with a clear, immediately milestone. Feedback was given on these agreements sothat students had all discussed how to deal with conflict, differing work ethic, and how to bestrespect each other’s ideas. The schedule and plan of progress reports were outlined in thesyllabus on the first day of class for the students. The progress reports were: • Team’s Agreement of Cooperation: Outline goals and guidelines of group participation. • Progress Report 1: Introductory description of proposed, novel analytical