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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #42268Alumni Engagement and Mentoring Integrated in the Chemical EngineeringCurriculumDr. Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh Joaquin Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh since 2018. He received his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar (Caracas, Venezuela), MSc. and PhD in the same discipline from the University of Pittsburgh (1990-92). He developed his expertise in thermal cracking processes and advanced materials (cokes, carbon fibers) from oil residues, and became a business leader for

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University Dr. Courtney Pfluger is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. In 2011, began as an Assistant Teaching Professor in First-year Engineering Program where she redesigned the curriculum and developed courses with sustainability and clean water themes. In 2017, she moved to ChE Department where she has taught core courses and redesigned the Capstone design course with inclusion pedagogy practices. She has also developed and ran 9 faculty-led, international programs to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy. She has won several teaching awards including ChE Sioui Award for Excellence in Teaching, COE Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award, and AIChE Innovation in ChE Education Award. She also

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin

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Paper ID #41335Project-Based Learning and Industry Collaborations to Integrate ProcessSafety in an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering LaboratoryDr. Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin Carlos Landaverde-Alvarado is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a PhD and MEng degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, an MBA from Boston University, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Ca˜nas (UCA) in El Salvador. His research focus is on understanding how students learn

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 2: Community Retrospectives

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #38164Graduate Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Progress in Twenty YearsMrs. Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky 2nd Year Ph.D. Graduate CandidateDr. Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky Malgorzata (Gosia) Chwatko is an assistant professor in chemical engineering. She has gotten her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Graduate Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Progress in 20 yearsEmily Ingram, Malgorzata ChwatkoChemical and Materials Engineering Department, University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

appropriate amount of security (locks, fences, security cameras)for a remote oil collection and storage tank, the best strategy to approach the community aboutthe hazards of the sol storage tanks. Unfortunately, the grading rubric was not designed toextract a subgrade for the assessment of the ethical considerations (the rubric will be changed inthe summer of 2023 to provide an ethics subgrade.ConclusionsOur department has integrated safety into the curriculum using a wide variety of toolscoordinated across the sophomore, junior and senior years. SAChE modules are assigned inevery course and lab, with an additional ten being required in the Safety and Ethics course. Thisenables each student to complete the Level One and Level Two SAChE curricula

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ariel Chan, University of Toronto; Chijuan Hu, Texas Tech University

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bioethanol intheir bioreactor for educational purposes (i.e. conducting life cycle analysis utilizing this process). A carbonfootprint study was undertaken to enable a data-driven laboratory experiment design to reduce carbonfootprint by selecting an efficient feedstock for the fermentation process. In the undergraduate laboratory curriculum, refined sugar is the most common feedstock used inbioethanol production. In this study, the student team also investigated another alternative feedstock of cornsyrup based on the bioethanol conversion/yield4,5. Studies have shown that the amount of CO2 generatedfrom the chemical processes is directly proportional to the conversion rate 3. Since corn syrup contains morecomplex sugar, the lag phase is

Conference Session

Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Powell, University of California, San Diego; Justin Paul Opatkiewicz, University of California, San Diego

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #42979Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of a Curriculum-Wide Chemical ProcessProjectDr. Alyssa Powell, University of California, San Diego Alyssa Powell is an Assistant Teaching Professor at University of California San Diego.Dr. Justin Paul Opatkiewicz, University of California, San Diego Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering in the NanoEngineering Department at UCSD since 2012. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of a Curriculum-Wide Chemical Process ProjectAbstractThe chemical engineering program at

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huan Gu, University of New Haven

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #41235Integrating Problem-Solving Studio into 75-minute Chemical Reaction KineticsSessionsDr. Huan Gu, University of New Haven I am an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering. I am teaching Chemical Reaction Kinetics, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Process Analysis, Introduction to the Modeling of Engineering Systems, and Chemical Engineering Workshops. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Problem-Solving Studio into 75-minute Chemical Reaction Kinetics SessionsIn Fall 2021, I started teaching 75-minute Chemical Reaction Kinetics Sessions. By the end of theFall

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

integratedcurriculum at Pittsburgh,” in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, November 16-21, 2008,Philadelphia, PA.[3] J.J. McCarthy, R.S. Parker, A.A. Abatan, and M. Besterfield-Sacre. “Building an EvaluationStrategy for an Integrated Curriculum in Chemical Engineering.” Advances in EngineeringEducation, 2(4):1-22, Summer, 2011.[4] J.J. McCarthy, and R.S. Parker. “Evaluation and Results for an Integrated Curriculum inChemical Engineering,” in Proceedings of 2011 ASEE Annual conference and Exposition,Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2-17931.[5] M. J. Baird, and S. L. Shannon. “Unit Operations Lab Bazaar: incorporation of LaboratoryExperiences in Six Integrated Pillar Courses,” in Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Yanosko; Matthew W. Liberatore, The University of Toledo

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Engineeringeducation, especially in higher education, creates similar big data for both faculty and studentsrelated to learning experiences. From clicks to page and video view times, points can be awardedfor engagement or left as an opportunity for student self-evaluation. The digital platform ofinterest here is the interactive textbook with integrated online homework. While these tools aremore common in math and introductory science courses, interactive textbooks for engineeringcourses are becoming more widely available [1-5].Historically, engineering textbooks have been the antithesis of active learning with static text thatis updated about once per decade. However, interactive textbooks put onus on students tocomplete participation clicks, view animations

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Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Chemical Division

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

and is an Associate Director of the Montana Engineering Education Research Center. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrating Industrial Feedback into Role-Playing Scenarios in Laboratory Classes for Improved Technical Communication Skills Transferable to the WorkplaceAbstractGood communication skills are necessary for students entering the workforce. However, due to acontinually changing communication landscape, courses that integrate communication skills intothe engineering curriculum may not align with the skills students need. In this paper, informationwas solicited from practicing engineers in industry regarding the types of communication genresthey engage

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Safety and Sustainability in the ChE Classroom

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather L. Walker, University of Arkansas ; Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University of Arkansas (U of A). Prior to Spring2022, there were no courses within the chemical engineering curriculum that counted toward theuniversity-level minor in Sustainability at the U of A. This meant that students minoring inSustainability were required to take additional courses outside the chemical engineeringdepartment and potentially add to their required degree credit hours.Once it was determined that a sustainability course would be developed, an initial review ofchemical engineering programs revealed that that there were not many broad-based Introductionto Sustainability courses that presented the principles of sustainability across all three pillars—environmental, social, and economic—in a chemical engineering context. In addition

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Kirti M. Yenkie, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Sean Curtis; Michael Fracchiolla; David Anthony Theuma

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Division Early Career Award.Dr. C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a professor of chemical engineering and founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rowan University. He has an extensive research and teaching background in separation process technology with a particular focus on membraSean CurtisMichael FracchiollaDavid Anthony Theuma ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Hands-On Experience in Solving Real-World Problems via a Unique Student-Faculty-Industry Collaboration Program1. IntroductionModern engineering education should have an inclusive teaching curriculum that combinestraditional lecture-based learning with new methods that can

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #36848Develop the Mindset of Engineering for One Planet in Chemical ProcessControlZuyi Huang, Villanova University Zuyi (Jacky) Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University. He teaches Chemical Process Control (for senior students) and Systems Biology (for graduate students) at Villanova. He is enthusiastic in apply ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Annual ConferenceDevelop the Mindset of Engineering for One Planet in Chemical ProcessControlAbstract: It is important to incorporate

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 7: Innovative Pedagogy

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin N. Johns, The State University of New York, Buffalo; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, The State University of New York, Buffalo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #38671Numerical Problem Solving across the Curriculum with Python and MAT-LABUsing Interactive Coding Templates: A Workshop for Chemical EngineeringFacultyAustin N. Johns, The State University of New York, Buffalo Austin N. Johns is an active-duty captain and developmental engineer in the United States Air Force. In 2017, he earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. In 2023, he earned a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His graduate research focused on developing computational educational resources for use in the chemical

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Desen Sevi Özkan, University of Connecticut; Monika Crowl, University of Connecticut

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

comes to this project as the future instructor for thiscourse and is interested in connecting engineering concepts to local problems for students. Desenis interested in investigating contextual energy education and ways to connect localinfrastructural projects to the engineering curriculum. Her research background includesinterdisciplinarity and sociotechnical engineering education.While the landscape mapping for this new course is an important aspect of building acontextually relevant and integrated experience for junior-level chemical engineering students,this process has been equally enriching for two junior faculty who are newer to the wide-rangingactivities happening outside of the engineering college. Through this work, we have sought

Conference Session

Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #43337Material and Energy Balances and Character Development: An Investigationof Student Responses to Intentional Virtue Education in a Traditional ChemicalEngineering CourseDr. Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame Dr. Victoria Goodrich is a Teaching Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Notre Dame. In her role as a teaching professor, she teaches hands-on courses across the chemical engineering curriculum. Her educational

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Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Chemical Division

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Joanne Beckwith Maddock, Carnegie Mellon University; Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira Azarin Azarin; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

serves as secondary instructor for the CHE labs, the Departmental Safety Coordinator, and lead for the SAFEChE (Process Safety Across the CHE Curriculum) modules as well as the Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment. Currently, he serves as a Director for the ASEE ChE Division.Dr. Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky Sarah Wilson is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Rowan University in New Jersey before attending graduate school for her PhD at the University of Massachusetts.Dr. Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis Janie Brennan is a Senior Lecturer of Energy, Environmental

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 8: Lab Module Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy K. Firth, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Mason John

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #39156Development and Use of an Adaptable Arduino-Based Control System forBench-Top Process Control ExperimentsDr. Stacy K. Firth, University of Utah Stacy K. Firth is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. In her role, she focuses on Engineering education in grades K-12 and undergradu- ate education. She has developed an inclusive curriculum for a year-long Engineering exploration and projects course that is now taught in 57 Utah high schools. She also developed and provides professional development workshops for Elementary and Secondary science

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luke Landherr, Northeastern University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Students then read through the comic, before answering theConcepTest questions again and providing another assessment of their confidence. Differences in theiranswers and self-assessment were then evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the comic.This paper discusses analysis of the comic with consideration of how to integrate a comic learning tool intothermodynamics courses for greatest positive impact.BackgroundComics have been a long history of being an effective visual learning tool, with potential application tonearly all fields of study. Comics have been known to have a positive impact as educational tools since the1940s, with a significant number of studies investigating their use in K-12 classrooms and entire issues ofpeer-reviewed

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christi L. Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

course description for Numerical Computing for Chemical Engineers course at MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology states that students will “add to their programming skillsby exploring numerical computational techniques for … chemical engineering processes.” Thechallenge is that the course is taught early in the curriculum before the students know what thosechemical engineering processes are. The course has been structured as a flipped class with classtime devoted to solving problems with the numerical tools. To provide relevance for the material,an experimental component has been added to the course. In the laboratory sessions, the studentsconduct a brief experiment or activity and then analyze that process using the

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Bruce K. Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta, Canada; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein, P.E., University of Kentucky; Troy J. Vogel, University of Notre Dame; Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Stephen W. Thiel, University of Cincinnati

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throughout the curriculum (a design project in fluids, one in heat transfer, one inreactor design, etc.). The 2-or-3-course series has an average of 6.1 credit hours compared to the4.7 credit hours for a single capstone design course. The capstone design experience is 4.8 hourson average if there are design courses throughout the curriculum but 5.7 hours if there are onlydesign projects sprinkled through the curriculum. The survey question did not distinguishbetween semester and quarter credit hours, but 93% of the responding institutions are on thesemester system.Either the capstone design series or single course may be offered once per year or multiple terms.At 78% of the institutions, the capstone design course or courses are offered only once

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh; Michael McMahon; Hseen Baled

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

model to synthetizecontrollers using various model-based tuning methods (IMC, AMIGO, ITAE, Z-N, and Relayauto-tuning) [3]. Students analyze performance curves (Figure 6) and select the best tuningparameters. In addition, they elaborate on the matching of model and experimental performance. Figure 6. Example of controller synthesis by on-line adjustment in the large tank temperature control experiment, with disturbance in place (EMV=50% openness of a secondary drain), atarget set-point of 60 ℃ from an initial condition of 55 ℃, a gain value of Kc=5, and an integral time (𝜏𝑖 ) of 10 seconds for a PI controller. Plot displays the rising time (tr) the time for the first peak (tp), values for the calculation for the overshoot (a, b), period

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Hasiya Najmin Isa; Emily Seriruk; Cody Wade Mischel

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

ineffective in promoting high-level skilldevelopment and self-learning in engineering problem-solving [5-7]. Instead, design thinking,integrated or inductive-learning models, and abductive-thinking, which introduce fundamentalprinciples in the context of solving a given engineering problem, are being used as newparadigms in engineering education [8-13]. These models provide learners with an environmentfor problem-solving while offering feedback and guidance. There are also many active learningstrategies like cooperative learning, problem-based learning, hands-on learning, and computersimulation that have been shown to improve student learning and engagement [14-19]. However,many chemical engineering faculty members are not trained in these

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WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #43744Work-in-Progress: Chemical Engineering Students’ Representational Fluencywhen Designing in the Context of Fluids MechanicsDr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-Progress: Implementation of standards-based grading in a mass transfer/kinetics courseAbstract:Standards-based grading (SBG) is an alternative grading technique where grading is based onstudent demonstration of specific learning outcome (standards) mastery. While a traditionallygraded course may contain several high-stakes, high-stress exams throughout the semestergraded with partial credit, an SBG course instead allows for students to retry learning outcomeswhere they have not yet shown proficiency. In short, the focus in SBG is student learning anddemonstrated expertise of standards and not competition between students or a fight for

Conference Session

WIP: Classroom Innovations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin; Emily Mellen, University of Texas at Austin; Amanda Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

are using an approach that blends undergraduateresearch, interdepartmental collaborations, and a focus on experiential learning. We arecollaborating with the university Green Fund and the Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)department to recycle materials, reach the campus community, and understand the environmentaland economic impacts of the study. The manuscript describes a summary of the projectdevelopment, a detail of project goals and current advances, and a summary of our researchobjectives as we integrate the practice of sustainability into the chemical engineering program.Motivation and Research QuestionThe Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin has investedefforts and resources in the renovation

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 5: Work-in-Progress Part 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gaurav Giri, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

techniques. A few reasons could explain the results. One, as the students spend a disproportionateamount of time using analytical solutions, they are more likely to recall instances where theirknowledge was limited. Conversely, good programming technique is not utilized heavily in thecore curriculum, so they do not have the chance to continuously struggle with new material, andthus have an inflated sense of knowledge concerning the material. Another reason could be that,it is possible that the coding-heavy nature of the course enabled the students to remember goodprogramming practices, and this is reflected in the subsequent semesters. The lowest self-rating was given to the question “I can code my own numerical solutionsto PDEs

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 7: Innovative Pedagogy

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiamin Zhang, University of California, Riverside; John Ellington Byars, Auburn University; Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

connecting representations. Students also tend to focus on thesurface features instead of the underlying scientific principles.In chemical engineering, students are introduced to block flow diagrams (BFDs), a new type ofpictorial representation of a chemical process, early in the curriculum. For example, in thesophomore-level material and energy balances, often an initial exercise is to convert a wordproblem into a simple block flow diagram. The block flow diagram consists of a series of blocksrepresenting different equipment or unit operations that are connected by input and outputstreams. Important information such as operating temperatures, pressures, and flow rates areincluded in the diagram. However, the diagram does not include any details of

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado P.E., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

been offered twice since Spring 2023, with a total enrollment of 15 students. It aims tointegrate first-year students into the MSE department and promote their academic successthrough activities including student panels and lessons on time management and wellness. TheMSE seminar is based on an academic success strategies course developed at the start of thepandemic that emphasized time management, wellness, and reflective change [28]. Both courseswere taught by department faculty and integrated significant peer interactions.This study had two research questions: (1) How do students perceive belonging in the two engineering departments? (2) Are there differences in students’ perceptions of belonging between students who