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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Carrico, P.E., E4S, LLC; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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of organizations she is associated with. Learn more about Sreyoshi’s impact - www.ThatStatsGirl.com ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Preparing Engineering Students to Find the Best Job Fit: Starting Early withthe Career Development ProcessAbstractIn spite of the vast amount of literature that focuses on the need for significantly more science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, the importance of a studentfinding a good career fit, and what makes a student employable, little research exists onundergraduate engineering students’ understanding of the process of how to find, qualify for, andsecure a preferred first position after graduation (FPAG). Likewise, it is important

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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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Esohe Fawole, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado, University of California, Davis; William Ristenpart, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis

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enrolled in a STEM major during their first year: NO NO Took The Design of Coffee or Food Science Folklore and Health YES YES during their first year: Took a “core” STEM course during their first year before or YES NO while taking a non-core STEM course:For both groups, data was obtained for students graduating before pandemic-related remoteinstruction began (students graduating Fall 2019 and earlier) and for students that would havebeen impacted by remote instruction. Due to the constraints on the population studied of (i) beingin their first year when they took TDOC or FSFH and (ii) having since graduated from UCDavis, all students would have taken either of the

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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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are also expected to participate in seminars to practice oral communication skills.Seminar attendance was noted as a mandatory activity for 41% of the schools. These seminarsinclude presentations given by visiting faculty, which allows students to learn differentpresentation techniques that faculty use to convey information about their own research. Havingformal presentations amongst peers can help students learn what methods of presenting work anddo not work to advance their oral communication skills. Once again, the 2002 study did notexamine such requirements, and thus, we cannot adequately compare the progression of thisspecific curriculum.Exam Requirements Written and/or oral examinations are a key requirement for all of the schools

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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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the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and socialcontexts” require faculty to include content and experiences for engineering students todemonstrate their abilities in addressing these broader impacts. Our chemical engineeringdepartment has structured the core curriculum for the last 20 years in a series of six sequencedPillar courses (5-6 credits) [1], [2], [3], [4], five of them with a companion lab course (1 creditunit) [5], and the capstone process design course integrated with a course on Ethics and Safety (2credits). In order to directly and quantitatively assess the achievement of these student outcomes,competency is measured in a variety of required courses across our curriculum using variousassignments

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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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Paper ID #37633Opportunity Gaps for Women in Chemical Engineering: A QuantitativeCritical InvestigationProf. Eric Burkholder, Auburn University Eric Burkholder is an Assistant Professor in the departments of physics and chemical engineering at Auburn University. He completed a PhD in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology studying the physics of soft active matter. He then transitioned into STEM education research during his time as a postdoc at Stanford Univeristy. Eric’s research focuses on the intersections of assessement, problem-solving, and equity in the undergraduate and graduate STEM classroom

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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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Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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responsibilities of the UTAs, (3) how theUTAs were recruited and trained, and (4) preliminary assessment on their effectiveness.Course designThe three-credit hour course consists of two days of traditional lecture (50 minutes) and one dayin the lab (3 hours) and is typically taken during the spring semester of the junior year. Thelecture component of the course is dedicated to instruction on statistics, probabilities, andstatistical tools. The lab component of the class consists of a two-week experimental workshop(one day per week) during the first two weeks of classes and then three separate, four-weekcycles for the remainder of the semester. The experimental workshop provides students withtraining on all aspects of lab work including experimental design

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 3: Work-in-Progress Part 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olatunde Olu Mosobalaje, Covenant University; Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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teacher in the department from the Dean of Engineer- ing, Covenant University. Currently, Dr. Mosobalaje’s research interest is in petroleum data analytics (PDA) as well as the deploy- ment of machine learning (ML) tools to petroleum engineering applications. In research (and teaching, too), he leverages his proficiencies in open source platforms such as R and Python and associated libraries (ggplot, gstat, dplyr, scipy, numpy, matplotlib etc). In a modest way, his research products have helped to extend the functionality of some existing geostatistical routines. For his efforts, he recently received the Best Paper award in the 2020 International Conference on Applied Informatics, sponsored by Springer and

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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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Bethany Jean Klemetsrud, P.E., University of North Dakota; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota

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cards andinvesting to see how these concepts have directly impacted those around them. These examplesand short life lessons have been positively perceived by students, especially nontraditionalstudents returning to college for a career change. It’s affirming to see discussion board posts andemails stating how relating this directly to their own experiences and showing concern for theirfinancial well-being helps students master and learn Excel in an engaging way. These sameconcepts and Excel techniques are also used during the economic analysis of a large chemicalprocess in senior plant design, however, it's more impactful to relate these concepts to students’current financial situation as occurs within the first-year course.Lessons Learned and

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Paper ID #39622Using Senior Peer Mentoring for Experiential Learning of Core ChemicalEngineering TopicsDr. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Castellanos is a full-time Principal Lecturer in Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineer- ing at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. She has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from Chemical Engineering Problem Solving and Experimental Design Lab and Thermo- dynamics to Biochemical Engineering and Process Engineering Economics and Design II (capstone) and graduate courses. Her research interests include

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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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Engineering, to develop the mindset of Engineering for One Planet (EOP)in students. In this project, lectures were given to students on the nine core values of EOP,including Systems Thinking, Environmental Literacy, Social Responsibility, ResponsibleBusiness and Economy, Environmental Impact Measurement, Materials Choice, Design Mindsets,Critical Thinking, and Communication and Teamwork. After students were given the trainingmaterials on EOP Framework after the midterm, including handouts, videos and one lecture on thecore concepts of EOP, three students formed a team to provide a two-page proposal on the scopeof the project and the alignment of the proposed project with the nine core values of EOP. On thebasis of the instructor’s feedback, each team

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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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Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah

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Foundation. The authors also acknowledge the Norm Asbjornson College ofEngineering’s Bryan Innovative Instructional Grant Program and the MSU Writing Center’sIntegrating Writing into STEM Grant Program for support. Special thanks to Writing CenterDirector Michelle Miley for meaningful discussions.References[1] C. D. Grant and B. R. Dickson, "Personal Skills in Chemical Engineering Graduates: The Development of Skills Within Degree Programmes to Meet the Needs of Employers," Education for Chemical Engineers, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 23-29, 2006.[2] M. C. Paretti, L. D. McNair, and J. A. Leydens, "Engineering Communication," in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge

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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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Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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CHE LabAbstractA multi-dimensional survey was created and administered to better understand the change inself-perceived and actual student abilities in a CHE laboratory course between two differentstudent cohorts. One cohort experienced a traditional lab structure with a companion face-to-facelecture course (N=47), and the other cohort included pre-lab modules integrated with in-labactivities that served as intentional scaffolding for the student learning experience (N=18). Theoverall study was motivated by the desire to understand the impact curriculum revisions have onstudent experience and abilities, with the goal to improve the educational experience usingevidence-based practices. The guiding research questions driving this facet of the

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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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Carlos Landaverde-Alvarado, University of Texas, Austin

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workfocuses on the flexibility of developing skills that will allow students to learn how to team (i.e.teaming skills), rather than on teambuilding exercises that promote the power of traditional rigidteam structures[1], [7].The overall objective of this work-in-progress is to propose the utilization of modern practices inteamwork and teaming education to effectively prepare chemical engineering students for achanging work environment that centers around collaborative activities. In the followingsections, we will detail our training model development as we have created lectures and practicalclass components focusing on the acquisition of teaming skills and the practice of effectiveteamwork in a Unit Operations laboratory course. The research question

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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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, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She is also the Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a Na- tional Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder be- longing and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in

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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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include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills through diverse learning environments. He aims to apply his research in the design of better educational experiences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student Agency in Chemical Engineering Laboratory Courses across Two InstitutionsAbstractLaboratory experimentation is a key component of the development of professional engineers.However, experiments conducted in chemical engineering laboratory classes are commonly moreprescriptive than the problems faced by practicing engineers, who have agency to makeconsequential decisions across the experiment and communication of