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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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Applied Science at Northwestern University and the Associate Director of the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone and freshman design, and her research interest are in engineering design education.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” with Donald Visco, and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance” with father Donald Dahm.Dr. Bruce K. Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jeffrey R. Errington, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; David A. Kofke, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Maura Sepesy, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Mark T. Swihart, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2009.10.007.[27] M. Pilvankar. "How to deliver effective research posters." https://youtu.be/2L6trywEMjA (accessed Feb. 07, 2024).[28] A. N. Ford Versypt. "Conference Best Practices." https://youtu.be/2L6trywEMjA (accessed Feb. 07, 2024).[29] A. N. Ford Versypt, "Self-reflection assignments for evaluating non-technical skills and setting goals for professional development," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, 2017.[30] A. N. Ford Versypt, "Self-evaluation and reflection for professional development of chemical engineering students," Chem Engr Ed, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 157-161, 2019.[31] C. S. Dweck and E. L. Leggett, "A Social-Cognitive Approach to

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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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Luke Landherr, Northeastern University

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. Specifically, havingthe flexibility to procrastinate on completing work for their portfolio led some to wait until later in thesemester to build their portfolio, thus driving them to somewhat ‘cram’ their learning in as they would havehad to before an exam, and leading to less of a long-term connection with the concepts themselves.The overall reported positive student experience with the ungrading approach was demonstrated throughtheir feedback, with many students reflecting on how the approach to assessment allowed them to betterfocus on the course content as well as experience lower levels of stress during the semester: - “I feel like I really learned in this course because I was challenging myself with solving the problems because I

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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

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Iram Rahman, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

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3.8 to 4.6 over the semester, showing that the average student came in with someinterest in the topic. Figure 8 also shows that the experiment was successful in teaching generalknowledge about climate change and carbon removal technology. The reported level ofknowledge increased from an average rating of 3.4 to 4.3. According to the survey data, an IBLexperiment in laboratory was successful in educating students on skills and also increasedinterest and knowledge of the contextual problem.Figure 8: Student reflections on their level of knowledge and interest in climate change andcarbon removal before and after experiment, measured on 5-point Likert scale (1= Veryunfamiliar, 3=Somewhat familiar, 5=Very familiar), and plotted on a scale from 3

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of Texas, Austin; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico

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using principal axis factoring as ourextraction method to account for a non-normal distribution of data [28], as is expected withsurvey data. We chose an oblique rotation method (promax), as this is appropriate in educationaland social science surveys in which some correlation between factors is both anticipated anduseful [29, 30]. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) [31] measure of sampling adequacy was 0.78,which met the recommendation of ≥ .70 [32] and Bartlett's test of sphericity was significant, p .40 or < -.40); this loading indicates which questions group together as a latentfactor. These factors are retained if they have a Cronbach’s alpha ≥ .70; the factors can then benamed by researchers to reflect the latent construct measured. The

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Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Barnabas Gao, Rowan University; Kirti M Yenkie, Rowan University; Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; David Anthony Theuma, Rowan University; Sean Curtis, Rowan University; Michael Fracchiolla, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Steven Roth, Rowan University; Emma Marie Padros, Rowan University

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effectiveness in pumpingwater through coffee beans. These pumps are crucial in handling low viscosity fluids and areoften overlooked in traditional education settings. The laboratory limits its operational pressureto 5 bar for safety reasons, although it can handle pressure up to 15 bar. Students can comparethe capabilities of two vibratory pumps with a centrifugal pump, providing a hands-on learningexperience that reflects real-world applications.The laboratory conducted three experiments on vibratory pumps. The first involved examiningthe impact of vertical height on flow rate and power. Students selected three to four heights torun the pump, recording flow rate, pressure, and outlet height. The second experiment focused onthe effect of downstream

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Penn State University; Katie Cadwell, Syracuse University; Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Lisa G. Bullard P.E., North Carolina State University; Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Penn State University

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data frompublicly available departmental websites. The data in this paper comes from survey data for 74departments and from websites for the other 85 departments. Thus, it is unclear if thedifference reflects only changes in numbers or differences in available data on websites. Forexample, some departments do not differentiate teaching non-tenure track faculty from tenure-track faculty on their website’s title designations. This underscores the need to more formallytrack numbers of TFF in chemical engineering. 3Table 2: Number of total ChE faculty and Teaching Focused Faculty (TFF) in R1, R2, M2, M1,PUI and D/PU Universities

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Safety and Sustainability in the ChE Classroom

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam T Melvin, Clemson University; Michael J. Ardoline, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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to an improvement in thestudents’ normative reasoning skills. Dilemma 2 poses a question of putting colleagues in apotentially dangerous situation to benefit the company. Dilemma 5 poses the question of what ismore important: the safety of the workplace versus the bottom line for the company. The changein both can be seen as moving from thinking in terms of benefit (Kohlberg’s pre-conventionalstage) or acceptable professional practices (the conventional stage) to the terms of values andethical principles (the post-conventional stage). Given the link to Kohlberg’s stages ofdevelopment, it would appear as if the learning module succeeded in providing students a greaterunderstanding of moral reasoning which was reflected in their responses to

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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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working on CO2 adsorption must examine the system and decide if they need to use a vacuum line, an external CO2 analyzer, or piping rated for their experimental pressures to ensure their experimental work area is safe at all times. 6. Allowing the creation of tangible products and artifacts: The project culminates in a poster session for which teams also prepare a summary of their approach to safety. This safety summary detailing their learning and their safety procedures in the laboratory is the final safety product developed from the courses. Students also reflect on the strategies their pursued to mitigate/minimize risks. Additionally, as required by the PjBL framework, knowledge is created by students

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WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Fernando Mérida, University of Florida

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participants, as reflected by the summerprogram course evaluations. Even in the online setting, which was used to accommodate studentswho were unable to make it in person during the first offering of the summer program due tovarious reasons, students were able to work through the detailed instructions and execute theexperiment with real-time guidance and troubleshooting help from the instructor. An informal in-class poll was conducted to gauge the familiarity of fluid flow-based topics like flow rate,friction, pressure drop, and viscosity. Of these four topics, the most familiar topic was friction,while flow rate was the least familiar. However, the familiarity did not come from fluid flowcontext but from having heard the word “friction” from day-to

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ChE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

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, higher education is part of a broader inequitable system. If inequities that occur beforecollege divert students from pursuing STEM degrees, changes to university programs will havelittle impact.The current work is a quantitative study focused on studying the systemic factors that impact therepresentation of women among chemical engineering graduates. We note that the granularity ofour analysis is limited by the use of institutional data. For example, we have ACT scores as acrude proxy for opportunity gaps in high school (the hypothesis being that opportunity gapswould be reflected in this metric).Following the framework of Costello et al. (2023), wehypothesize that the lack of representation of women in chemical engineering could be due to (1

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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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Milo D. Koretsky, Tufts University; Lisa G. Bullard, P.E., North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas, Austin; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida

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community and whatneeds are and are not met in the current journal format and offerings. In this paper, we presentthe results from focus groups collected from the community at the 2022 American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition and the 2022 ASEE/AmericanInstitute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Summer School. The Summer School is a week-longprofessional development opportunity with the goal of providing practical tools to get facultyrapidly and securely on track for a successful career in academia.We paid particular attention to qualitative data that reflected participants’ values, attitudes, andbeliefs and represented their perspective or worldview on chemical engineering education. Wefollow Saldaña’s [7

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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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integrated a variety of homework, projects, and quizzes into the curriculumacross the sophomore, junior and senior years, which allows students to consider the impact oftheir design, or engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and social context.Their assignments begin as homework and quizzes with reflections so that they can consider theimpact of the solutions. By the senior year, the projects are more complex and there are typicallymany contexts which warrant consideration and analysis.References[1] J.J. McCarty and R.S. Parker. “The pillars of chemical engineering: A block scheduledcurriculum.” Chemical Engineering Education, 38(4):291-301, 2004.[2] J.J. McCarthy, R.S. Parker, and M. Besterfield-Sacre. “The pillars of CHE: An

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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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inmedians with all but question Q7, the survey results still indicate some important takeaways.Bench-top Arduino experiments appear to improve perceived gains in areas relating to individualcontrol loop elements, PID tuning for good control, troubleshooting, and confidence to applycontrol in the real world. Pilot-scale experiments appear to improve perceived gains inunderstanding of process nonlinearities, curiosity about control topics, and persistence inunderstanding. Taken together, exposure to both types of experiments appears to provide awell-rounded complimentary experience with control application and enhancement of controltheory learning.Instructor ReflectionAlthough purely anecdotal, some reflection by the instructor of the courses

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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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, doi: https://doi.org/10.18260/p.27205.[9] A. Edgcomb and F. Vahid, "How Many Points Should Be Awarded for Interactive Textbook Reading Assignments?," in 45th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), El Paso, TX, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2015.7344350.[10] C. M. Burchfield and T. Sappington, "Compliance with required reading assignments," (in English), Teaching of Psychology, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 58-60, Win 2000, doi: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2000-07173-017.[11] R. Wang and A. K. Ribera, "Moving students to read - Unpacking the relationship with reflective and integrative learning," in American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2016, doi: https

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Stephen Ward Thiel P.E., University of Cincinnati

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experiences.Dr. Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer L. Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and the Director of the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research at Northwestern University.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has published two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” with Donald Visco and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance” with his father Donald