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Advancing Labs: From VR to Process Control

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Ronald Carl Hedden, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Joel L. Plawsky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiatao Sun, Yale University; Alex Joseph Rishty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Caitlin Gee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jose Alejandro Luchsinger, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #46255Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering Laboratory EducationDr. Ronald Carl Hedden, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ronald C. Hedden is Professor of Practice in the Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI. His research and teaching interests cover both Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science. Dr. Hedden’s research has recently focused on the use of Virtual Reality in the classroom and laboratory.Prof. Joel L. Plawsky, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteXiatao Sun, Yale University Xiatao Sun is currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Yale University. His research focuses on spatial

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Advancing Labs: From VR to Process Control

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Joachim K. Floess, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jacob Leicht, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Paper ID #47244Implementing a Distributed Process Control System in a Unit OperationsLaboratoryDr. Joachim K. Floess, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Floess is an Instructor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he is leading the effort to update and relocate the student Unit Operations Laboratory. As an instructor, he has taught the Unit Operations Lab, Senior Process Design, Chemical and Process Safety, and Process Control. He is the author of a textbook ’Notes on Process Design and Analysis,’ published by Cognella

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Jamie Clark, University of Washington; Alexis N Prybutok, University of Washington

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Paper ID #47683Assessing accessibility and challenging ableism in Unit Operations LaboratoriesDr. 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. Chris Barr, University of Michigan Dr. Christopher Barr is the Instructional Laboratory Supervisor in the Chemical Engineering Department at University of Michigan. He obtained his Ph.D. at University of Toledo in 2013 and is a former Fellow in the

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Advancing Labs: From VR to Process Control

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Tata Serebryany, University of Washington; Jennafer Marsh, Brigham Young University; Hayden Scott West; Stacy K Firth, University of Utah

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Paper ID #47592Introducing Programmable Logic Controllers in Undergraduate ChemicalEngineering Process Control Laboratory using a Liquid Level SystemTata Serebryany, University of WashingtonJennafer Marsh, Brigham Young UniversityHayden Scott WestDr. 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 undergraduate education. She has developed an inclusive curriculum for a year-long Engineering exploration and projects course that is now taught in 57 Utah

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Advancing Labs: From VR to Process Control

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Samuel Gavitte, Tufts University; Bertrand Neyhouse, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto; Shirin Kuppusamy, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Graham Leverick, Tufts University; Fikile Brushett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Paper ID #47991Designing an Industrially-Situated Virtual Laboratory to Support ElectrochemistryLearning in Chemical EngineeringSamuel Gavitte, Tufts University A PhD student working at Tufts University working with Dr. Milo Koretsky to research engineering epistemic practices in the context of virtual and physical lab activities.Bertrand Neyhouse, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of TorontoShirin Kuppusamy, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and OutreachGraham Leverick, Tufts UniversityFikile Brushett, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University Milo Koretsky is the

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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Laila Abu-Lail, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Andrew R Teixeira, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #46979Development of a Biochemical & Biomanufacturing Track in the Unit Operationsof Chemical Engineering Laboratory CourseDr. Laila Abu-Lail, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Laila Abu-Lail received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology. She earned her M.S. in Environmental Engineering and her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering at WPI. Professor Abu-Lail has been actively involved in WPI’s

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis Ledesma, Cornell University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; T. Michael Duncan, Cornell University

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Paper ID #47299Work-in-Progress: A Living Laboratory: Inquiry-Based Learning in ChemicalEngineeringDr. Francis Ledesma, Cornell University Dr. Francis Ledesma is a Postdoctoral Associate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. His research focuses on incorporating active learning into the traditional core chemical engineering curriculum and studying the resulting effects on both students and faculty. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Cornell University.Dr. Allison Godwin

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman; Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University - Bozeman; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Paper ID #46910Work-in-Progress: Relevance, Responsibility, and Agency in Laboratory ExperimentsPredict Engineering IdentityProf. Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman Stephanie Wettstein is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. She has been the faculty advisor of the MSU SWE chapter since 2013 and is an Associate Director of the Montana Engineering Education Research Center.Dr. Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University - Bozeman Jennifer Brown is a Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Montana

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaoye Michael Wang; Jackie Anjie Liu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; TImothy Welsh, University of Toronto; Ariel Chan, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #48689Development of AI-Assisted, Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Module toEnhance Operation and Procedural Accuracy for Laboratory EducationXiaoye Michael WangJackie Anjie Liu, University of British Columbia, VancouverTImothy Welsh, University of TorontoProf. Ariel Chan, University of Toronto Professor Ariel Chan joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto in 2017. She is also a practicing professional engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses on experiential learning and laboratory curriculum design. She has also devoted her research to

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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Ariel Chan, University of Toronto; Saad Yasin, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #48987BOARD # 42: Re-Engineering Chemical Engineering Education: MakingUnit Operations Laboratory More Accessible Through 3D Printing and Self-GuidedLearningProf. Ariel Chan, University of Toronto Professor Ariel Chan joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto in 2017. She is also a practicing professional engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses on experiential learning and laboratory curriculum design. She has also devoted her research to cultivating more equitable and inclusive learning using a data analytic approach to identify factors

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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Gautom Kumar Das, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Paper ID #46722Work-in-Progress: Leveraging ChatGPT to Support Technical CommunicationSkills (Writing) in a Senior Chemical Engineering Laboratory CourseDr. Gautom Kumar Das, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Gautom Das is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at UMBC. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, and a Post-doctoral Scholar at the University of California, Davis. He earned his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Nanyang Technological

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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into the major, a course communicating food science and engineering is a valuable addition to students’ general education. Applied Food Science & Engineering for Non-majors (CHEG 242) is a sister course to the 400-level (senior/junior) engineering elective CHEG 442: Applied Food Science & Engineering. The 200-level course is aimed at rst-year and sophomore non- engineering students and moves at a deliberately slower pace than the 400-level version, with a particular focus on foundational material in chemistry, heat transfer, and thermodynamics in a food-context. The course is designed as an online-only summer course that meets the university “laboratory science

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WiP: Interdisciplinary Connections

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Pranav Chintalapati, The University of British Columbia; Gina Sengeri, The University of British Columbia

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-resourced contexts. At UBC, he currently teaches at all levels of the undergraduate Chemical Engineering program, and is Co-Director of the Environmental Engineering program.Gina Sengeri, The University of British Columbia Gina Sengeri is an undergraduate student in the Chemical and Biological Engineering program at UBC. She supported curriculum coordination efforts in second-year courses, including content mapping and the development of a cross-course assignment connecting lab results to material balance calculations. She worked as a laboratory teaching assistant in UBC’s Vancouver Summer Program, leading students through chemical and microbiological experiments and assisting with data analysis using LabVIEW software

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Advancing Labs: From VR to Process Control

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Charles Barkdull, University of Utah; Stacy K Firth, University of Utah

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Paper ID #47213Lessons Learned From Microcontroller-Based Liquid Level ControlMr. Michael Charles Barkdull, University of Utah Michael C. Barkdull earned a combined BS/MS in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. As both a student and a teaching assistant, he has developed a passion for enhancing engineering education by integrating hands-on experiences with theoretical learning. In addition to academic achievements, Michael has gained practical experience during his internship at Idaho National Laboratory, where he developed and tested materials for real-world applications. He also contributed to undergraduate

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felipe Anaya, The University of Kansas; Claudia J. Bode, The University of Kansas; Kent Smith, The University of Kansas; Mark B Shiflett P.E., The University of Kansas

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Paper ID #48348Undergraduate Research Experience Uses Drawing and Art to Bolster Understanding,Communication, and Innovation in EngineeringProf. Felipe Anaya, The University of Kansas Felipe Anaya is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas (KU). Dr. Anaya is the director of the NSF-funded Chemical Engineering REU program and Director of the Chemical Engineering Laboratories. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and joined KU in 2021.Dr. Claudia J. Bode, The University of Kansas Claudia Bode is the Education

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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Keisha C.A. Antoine, Prairie View A&M University (DUPE); Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University; Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University; Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University

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, Antoine Technical Consulting LLC, where she she continues to offer process design, scale-up and water management solutions to manufacturers principally in the chemical process industries. Keisha is the holder of two patents and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.Dr. Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University Kazeem B. Olanrewaju is an assistant professor in the department of chemical engineering at Prairie View A & M University. His more than 10 years of experience in the chemical engineering profession both in the public and private sectors includes positions as Chemical/Cement Laboratory Engineer at State Highway Administration, Maryland Department of Transport., Associate

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin Vento, Villanova University

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-minute labperiod each week in a dual-functioning bioengineering laboratory classroom. A semester-longcase study project of engineering baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce a Vitaminprecursor chemical is used to simulate an industrial synthetic biology project while applying coreconcepts covered in the lectures. A broad range of synthetic biology applications are covered inthe course content as well as via assessments and through a podcast series where academic andindustry representatives are interviewed during class. This synthetic biology course should helpothers implement similar courses, and the general structure of the course should be beneficial toothers wanting to create elective courses in popular chemical engineering

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Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Emily R Kerr, University of Pittsburgh

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II and theirrespective Laboratory courses), they are eligible to complete their Chemical Engineering corecourses in four semesters. Therefore, it is important to provide professional development asquickly as possible, so that they can make decisions concerning cooperative education, internshipsand pursing undergraduate research.Undergraduate SeminarTwo years ago, our department seminar had been restructured to support the collaborative, holisticadvising practice that is the mission of the University of Pittsburgh Academic AdvisingFramework[3]. Under the guidance of the Academic Advising Manager, weekly seminar meetingsin the classroom reinforce student-facing modules housed in the Canvas Learning ManagementSystem (LMS) that are to be

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Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research

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Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Joseph H Holles, New Mexico State University

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their work was only at one institution with 30 participants and includedmostly graduate students (who benefited from help in the laboratory), they were able to breakdown motivation into intrinsic (done in the absence of external reward) and instrumentalcategories (done as a means to an end). Jones and Davis looked at faculty perspectives onundergraduate research at a liberal arts school and an R1 school.[14] Faculty at both institutionslisted time and funding resources as barriers; the liberal arts faculty also listed the lack ofscholarly (research) culture; and the R1 faculty listed not receiving teaching credit for the workas a barrier. Morales et al. investigated a larger sample of 13 research institutions to studyenabling and constraining

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Carl Hedden, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jingwen Tan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Caitlin Gee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brad DeBoer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathryn Dannemann, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Joel L. Plawsky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Laboratory at RPI (hereafterabbreviated MDL) were responsible for equipment selection, visualizing plant layouts, andpreparing detailed designs for specialized process equipment such as heat exchangers. Thispaper reviews our findings regarding design guidelines and the educational aspects ofmultidisciplinary design for modular processing plants.Student and Faculty Engagement The overall design effort supported involvement of 21 undergraduate students and severalfaculty members from multiple departments. Two students from chemical engineeringparticipated via semester-long, paid independent study experiences, rather than through aconventional design course. Three teams of students (19 total) from other engineeringdisciplines completed their

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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Yuexin Liu, Texas A&M University; Behbood Ben Zoghi P.E., Southern Methodist University

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Paper ID #45928Work-In-Progress: Optimizing Student Mental Health Support through Biomarker-DriveMachine Learning and Large Language ModelsDr. Yuexin Liu, Texas A&M University AI/DRL in low Reynolds number hydrodynamics, Stress Management and Well-beingDr. Behbood ”Ben” Ben Zoghi P.E., Southern Methodist University Ben Zoghi is the Associate Dean, Advanced Studies and Industrial Partnerships, Executive Director, Hart Center for Engineering Leadership Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Innovation Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a faculty Fellow, with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Before

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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Jennifer Fiegel, The University of Iowa; Charles Stanier, The University of Iowa

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laboratory course and other STEM courses," Advances in biology laboratory education, vol. 41, p. 61, 2020.[7] L. Fingerson and A. B. Culley, "Collaborators in Teaching and Learning: Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in the Classroom," Teaching Sociology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 299-315, 2001, doi: 10.2307/1319189.[8] K. A. Ritchey and S. and Smith, "Developing a Training Course for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants," College Teaching, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 50-57, 2019/01/02 2019, doi: 10.1080/87567555.2018.1518891.[9] R. M. Ryan and E. L. Deci, "Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being," American Psychologist, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 68-78

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WiP: Student Identity, Support, and Success

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May Lim, The University of New South Wales; Sumiko Iida, UNSW Sydney; Ghislain Bournival

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-centereddesign principles made instruction and learning challenging. This is generally the case for largeclasses as teams of students have to quickly iterate through user research involving observations,surveys, and interviews, to brainstorming and evaluating designs or solutions, to hands-onactivities in the institution’s makerspaces and laboratories where students design, test, and refinetheir designs or solutions on one hand and instructors have to provide timely feedback [7]. Notehere that DESN2000 is taught to undergraduate students across all eight engineering schools atUNSW Sydney, and number of student enrolled per term range from <25 to >500, depending onthe engineering discipline.To address the abovementioned challenges, the instructor

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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Dat Huynh, University of Delaware; Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware; Marianthi Ierapetritou, University of Delaware

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laboratory sessions involving the use of real process controlinstrumentation such as pressure-regulators and programmable logic controllers[2]. Cloughsequences the lab sessions starting from basic circuits, instrumentation, process dynamics,standard proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control, and finally to advanced controlschemes[3]. Others have used more traditional active learning techniques such as peer learning,gamification, and flipped classrooms[4, 5]. The use of simulation tools is especially compellingfor process controls. It enables students to use the theoretical principles of process dynamics andcontrol taught in the class to real-world applications in the chemical engineering domain. Processdynamics can be challenging for chemical

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Innovative Pedagogies and Assessment Strategies

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Laura P Ford, The University of Tulsa; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Mississippi; Stephen Ward Thiel P.E., University of Cincinnati; Troy J. Vogel, University of Notre Dame; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keisha C.A. Antoine, Prairie View A&M University (DUPE); Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University; Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University; Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Jorge Federico Gabitto, Prairie View A&M University

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firm, Antoine Technical Consulting LLC, where she she continues to offer process design, scale-up and water management solutions to manufacturers principally in the chemical process industries. Keisha is the holder of two patents and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.Dr. Kazeem B Olanrewaju, Prairie View A&M University Kazeem B. Olanrewaju is an assistant professor in the department of chemical engineering at Prairie View A & M University. His more than 10 years of experience in the chemical engineering profession both in the public and private sectors includes positions as Chemical/Cement Laboratory Engineer at State Highway Administration, Maryland Department of Transport

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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Viviana Monje, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jinhui Li, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Ashlee N Ford Versypt, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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perceived as lack oftraining [21].Many programs incorporate basic concepts as part of their unit operations laboratory modules orhave students take a general course in statistics, often offered outside the department. In the lattercase, the applications and sample problems are too general or abstract, and chemical engineeringstudents tend to disengage more easily and lose motivation without the direct application ofstatistics to the profession. Chemical engineering students need robust training in statisticalanalysis related to risk assessment, process optimization, uncertainty quantification, datamodeling, experimental design, and hypothesis testing as an evidence-based and objectiveapproach to process design and understanding as highlighted in

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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Riley Jackson Fosbre, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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engineeringstudents with active, hands-on learning opportunities to enrich their education and better preparethem for their chosen careers (1-3). Chemical engineering is a multidisciplinary field of studywith a large depth and breadth of material to cover in just four short years, so learning should beboth efficient and reinforcing of basic concepts to maintain student retention and success. To better facilitate better learning outcomes in our current NSF sponsored work, our teamdeveloped several ultra-low-cost desktop learning modules (LCDLMs) which can serve as a full,unit operations experiment without need for a full laboratory budget and set up to facilitate (4-6).The more recent kits are on the order of 10” x 4” x 1” (1) meaning they can be used

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Hunter Flodman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Daniel A. Crowl, Michigan Technological University

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Paper ID #47259A process safety framework for teaching and learningProf. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter is a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Northeastern University. She is also a faculty facilitator for the Industry/CCPS Faculty Workshops on process safety. In addition to her academic work, she has 9 years of R&D experience in industry. She has 15+ years of experience teaching unit operations laboratory and process safety to undergraduate and graduate students. She also has 5+ years mentoring graduate students on technical communications in the NU College of Engineering

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WiP: Hands-on Learning and Safety

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Matthew Senter, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Brian Donley PE, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Jason Blair McHaney; Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Paper ID #46771An Elective Course in Chemical Process Safety: Managing and Respondingto Hazardous IncidentsMatthew Senter, Missouri University of Science and Technology Matthew Senter is a lecturer in the chemical engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology where he primarily teaches in the Unit Operations laboratory. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the same department in 2014 and 2022, respectively, and is finishing a Ph.D.Brian Donley PE, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyJason Blair McHaneyDr. Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Ludlow has