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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)

, we set out to learn about the history of why the junior leveldesign course was proposed. Through the sustainability expert interviews, we set out to learnabout existing plans and initiatives at the university around sustainability and energy efficiency.Ultimately, our purpose for this landscape mapping was to build a course curriculum with auniversity community that is already very focused on its own energy transition.PositionalityWe approach this project as two junior faculty in the chemical and biomolecular engineeringdepartment. Monika is an assistant professor in residence, which is a more teaching focusedfaculty track and Desen is an assistant professor of engineering education, whose research isfocused on engineering education. Monika

Conference Session

Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorena S. Grundy, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

thecontext of the class they are instructing, which adds an additional dimension to social-emotionalrisk by changing the witness to the confusion from researchers or other instructors to theinstructor’s own students.Reflective PracticeKolb’s experiential learning theory serves as a model for how practitioners can learn and growfrom an experience through reflective practice [31]. It begins with a stage of concrete experience,which serves as the foundation for learning, and is then followed by reflective observation, inwhich the learner intentionally reflects on the concrete experience, abstract conceptualization, inwhich they generalize what they have learned, and a planning stage in which they plan for the nextconcrete experience. These steps are

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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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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University and Columbia University), and how these curricular objectives aretargeted within each. These cases are used to show how other chemical engineering educatorsaddress the following questions: (1) How can chemical engineering educators better addresssustainability topics in chemical engineering courses? (2) How could chemical engineeringeducators implement sustainability topics throughout the chemical engineering curriculum toimprove students’ understanding of the need and ability to apply these topics? We follow theseexamples with a description of our planned assessment to complete this work-in-progress paper.Description of CoursesTo help demonstrate how we are able to integrate sustainability across the chemical engineeringcurriculum, we

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Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glaucia Prado, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis; Sara Sweeney, University of California, Davis

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

others.(10) Coping strategies for stress relief isdependent on an individual’s preferences, however, reliance on peers has been reported to be themost common approach used by engineering students.(3)(5)(10)Due to its importance, institutions, departments, and professors have developed programs and/orincluded assignments to promote wellbeing and stress management techniques to students. Someexamples include meditation (mindfulness(11)(12)(13), Tamarkoz(14), Yoga(15)), a resilienceprogram(16), dance movement therapy(17), engaging in acts of kindness and giving(18), anassignment consisting of developing an actual plan for mental wellness(19), and increasing student-faculty interaction through informal social events.(20) It is worthwhile to mention

Conference Session

Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary Rasmussen, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

curriculumand department line-up with current and emerging trends.Methodology:For collecting bachelor of science (or engineering) curriculum data, schools’ public 4-year planswere used to find the number of credits for each class and the year in that plan at which they arerecommended to be taken. The credits for each curriculum were scaled such that there were 128total credits for each program, by multiplying each class credit with the ratio (128 / total numberof credits in 4-year curriculum), making an average class roughly 3-4 credits. 128 credits waschosen as the normalizer due to it being the average number of credits in a semesterly 4-yearprogram. This scaling was done to group quarter and semester systems together, and reconcilevarious credit

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Penn State University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Penn State University; Michael John Janik, Penn State University; Jennifer S. Brown, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

retreat, in which the faculty wereinvited to use these goals to help brainstorm and formulate a list of potential “aims” to guide thedepartmental change efforts. Following collective brainstorming, we engaged faculty in acascading agreement multi-voting activity to prioritize which aims they felt were most importantto address as a department [5]. Facilitating this collaborative strategic planning techniqueallowed us to ensure that all faculty had a chance to express their opinions in small groupswithout feeling that any one departmental leader was influencing the activity too heavily.After the cascading agreement activity, we were left with a prioritized list of five aims. We thenasked faculty to discuss student outcomes and specific, actionable

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

for dynamics analysis during the first half of the term. In the secondhalf of the term, the teams are focused on process control. Teams switch the type of experiment(liquid level or temperature control) by this second rotation, receiving the report on dynamicsanalysis from a previous team. Teams provide a critical review of the received report and decideon carry on with the models (Transfer function, ODE) derived by the previous team or adjustbefore moving into the process control analysis. Teams are also advised to structure leadershipand work in three areas: (1) documentation on equipment, instrumentation, and industrialapplications, (2) experimental plans, operation, data gathering, and analysis of results, and (3)computational modeling

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

documentation during experiments; (3) data analysis andinterpretation; and (4) communication of purpose, methods, and conclusions—contributes tostudents’ development. We conjecture that students having agency in planning the experimentaldesign (Domain 1) and in analysis of data (Domain 3) may matter more than having agencywhile performing the experiment (Domain 2).BackgroundStudents’ prior experiences in introductory chemistry courses, where cookbook style laboratoryexperiments are commonplace, can shape their expectations about upper division chemicalengineering laboratory courses [1]. In such courses, students commonly have agency only overdomain (2) data collection and documentation during experiments, as the experiment is designedfor them, a

Conference Session

Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T Melvin, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

rubric similar toone used by the Louisiana Science Fair Competition to provide them with practice and similarmetrics of success that they would see if/when they competed in the science fair competition. Allthe judges scores were compiled and then winners from each class and an overall winner wereidentified.The Bioengineering 101 activity has been delivered four times during the fall semester of 2019and the spring semesters of 2021, 2022, and 2023. A major success of the program was the activeinvolvement of the two high school teachers who were able to adjust their lesson plans to allowfor the inclusion of the activities during the normal class period and incorporate graded elementsof the activity to ensure continued student involvement in the

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Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

"Advancing Racial Equity" strategic plan. Thiscomprehensive document outlines the department's short-term and long-term goals to fosterracial equity, demonstrating a committed and structured approach to addressing racial disparitieswithin the department. The plan serves as a blueprint for targeted actions and initiatives aimed atcreating a more equitable environment, ensuring that efforts to advance racial equity are bothintentional and measurable.In parallel with the strategic planning, the DEI committee took a proactive step by participatingin the university's Bridge to Faculty program. This innovative initiative is designed to enhancediversity among faculty members by supporting the hiring of postdoctoral scholars whotransition into faculty roles

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas McKean, University of Arkansas; Ranil Wickramasinghe P.E., University of Arkansas; LaShall Bates; Gary Bates; Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Undergraduates (REU) program hostingstudents from universities outside of Arkansas. The LSRM program mirrored the 10-week REUsummer schedule with the addition of monthly mentoring sessions after the full-time summerexperience ended (Figure 1). This structure took advantage of the ability to maintain contact withthe students after the program ended that traditional REU programs lack. These sessions weredesigned to extend the mentor-mentee relationships formed during the program and provide careerawareness and professional development sessions. These sessions included presentations fromspeakers and tours of local industry planned with input from the students. The program expectsthat continuing to support the community and relationships formed will result

Conference Session

Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

experiments are planned yet), students are evaluated by the feasibility oftheir project. This feasibility includes considering resources and equipment available andexplaining how their proposed idea will be completed safely in the laboratory.The next step in the completion of the class project is the submission of a group written proposalin which each team defines the problem to be solved, the relevance of the problem, theirproposed solution and approach, a summary of relevant theory and methods, their managementplan, a detail of supplies and equipment needed, and a draft of the calculations needed tocomplete the problem solution. Teams are also required to designate a safety officer for theirteam, this is the student responsible for all the safety

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

mindsetframework. This entrepreneurial mindset framework is summarized by the 3C’s, namelyCuriosity, Connections, and Creating value. By applying an entrepreneurial mindset, participantsidentify characteristics desired in their student chapter, officers, and members. Additionalworkshop prompts explore actions of student members and leaders and help participants developan action plan for the coming semester and year. The logistics and delivery of the workshop aredetailed in this contribution. In addition, surveying participants at both the beginning and end ofthe workshops found high engagement, i.e., significant evidence of brainstorming and goalsetting.Introduction and backgroundEngineers are known as problem solvers, who commonly work in teams. Teamwork

Conference Session

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)

detection Fueling efficiency Tank storage capacity Plan for failure Plan for Failure Storage of materials Storage of Materials Environmental testing Environmental testing Noise level Noise Level Social/ environmental Tank and piping maintenance and cleaning Tank and pipe materials

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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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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Still, the option of running the program in ahybrid format remains open for subsequent iterations, especially to better reach students in othergeographic areas and as a mechanism for students requiring special accommodations. Onlinerollout of the program requires some advanced logistical planning, such as compiling andpackaging the supplies to send to the students. We would also like to point out that in the hybridversion, the online students miss out on the in-class interactions. The learning objectives ofteamwork and collaboration are not met in the online setting.The topics covered in the ChE-focused summer program include fluid flow, separations, energyconversion, mixing, and reactions. This work-in-progress paper focuses on

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Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rajadayakaran Edison, The Johns Hopkins University; Kellen Roddy, The Johns Hopkins University; Man Kit Ao, The Johns Hopkins University; Panwa Promtep, The Johns Hopkins University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

stripping profiles.This will imply that there is a path from the bottom composition to the distillation composition viathe stages in the middle-section. Figure 4 shows interactive plots from this example.Summary and Future WorkWe are currently introducing these notebooks in our Process Design with Aspen Plus course. Basedon student feedback we will refine these notebooks and our code-base. We will require our studentsto use this code-base to design distillation columns before they start designing columns in AspenPlus. We plan to host these notebooks on a remote server so that it is accessible online. The codeis freely available for download via this Github link. The code base has been written such that itis easy to create new Jupyter notebooks. It

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

the activities andproblems students see in class to ensure they align with the caliber of questions they are assessedon during quizzes. I plan to continue assessing one quiz in take-home format, specifically formetrics that cannot be feasibly completed in class. I will consider adding course metrics that willrequire students to synthesize material from multiple parts of the class in a take-home assignmentor project. Finally, I plan to administer additional focus groups to learn from more students whotook the class in the Fall 2023 semester and to conduct a qualitative thematic analysis onfeedback from these focus groups; just as students taking an SBG course can learn from theirmistakes and change their methods of studying if they are not

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

.” “Overall, I enjoyed the legacy project as a whole, but I believe some adjustments could have been made. My partner made the whole experience friendly and shared insights into life after college. We also had the opportunity to bond over teachers, experiences, and life as a whole. My partner gave me another option to a future career path. After all of that, this was a valuable learning experience for me. It taught me things about myself, about my future, eliminated some stress associated with post- graduation plans, helped me make a networking connection/friend, and let me reflect on my college experience and what I liked and dislike.” “The Legacy Project was a nice change of pace for a course that is otherwise very number, figure, and concept

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Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Specifically,these goals are spelled out in ABET student outcomes 2, 4, and 5[1]: (2) an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors; (4) an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts; (5) an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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. "Journal Club." https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=962 (accessed Feb. 01, 2024).[18] J. Cham. "Journal Club, pt. 2." https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=963 (accessed Feb. 01, 2024).[19] J. Cham. "Journal Club, pt. 3." https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=964 (accessed Feb. 01, 2024).[20] B. K. Ige and UCLA Graduate Division. "Steps to Success: Writing a Winning Statement of Purpose." https://grad.ucla.edu/asis/agep/advsopstem.pdf (accessed Feb. 07, 2024).[21] NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals Statement and Graduate Research Plan Statement." https://nsfgrfp.org/applicants/statements/ (accessed Feb. 07, 2024

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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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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

providebest practices or action plans to reduce CO2 emissions. However, this area has limited research to provideeasy and robust approaches to analyzing carbon footprint and drive research and experimentation design.Note that research and educational activity in higher education differs from industrial settings in that theprocess usually operates at the most efficient point to maximize profits. In higher education,teaching/research activities aim to understand specific processes or fulfill the identified learning outcomes,so operation conditions are often varied and can be less economical. Teaching laboratories are essential for higher education, providing students with hands-onexperience and practical application of theoretical knowledge

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Taylor Ashley Dotto, University of Michigan; Joseph Gilbert Restivo, University of Michigan; Christina Said, University of Michigan; Rinrada Watchara, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Elaine C Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Xiaoxia Nina Lin, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

constraints, and 2) is basedon the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work”. The first semester consisted ofproduct ideation, market research, consumer needs and development planning which targets thefirst part in ABET’s definition. Second semester focused on development of a prototype(s) in alaboratory setting. For all the product design projects, students focused on a project which canbe manufactured using principles of ChE including a minor manufacturing process design at theend of the second semester. Both semesters include additional lectures by instructors and guests(both internal and external), guided mentoring through design meetings, as well as studentreflections [9] and other presentations [10]. Course outcomes for both

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake Lopez, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

the relative time spent covering the topic in terms of the credit hours for the course. Thismeans the sum of all the node sizes is the number of credit hours for the course. Topic connectivity isrepresented by the directional edges. A topic without any preceding topics, such as T1-1, means it can betaught without any other prior knowledge. These can be thought of as introductory topics like how onewould think about an introductory course. A topic with preceding topics, such as T1-6, means it requiresthe preceding connected topics (T1-4 and T1-5) to be taught. This follows the logic of ”I need to knownumbers and counting to learn addition.” These dependencies can also be used to help plan the courseby noticing topic T1-10 requires all other

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanha Kim, University of Virginia; Steven R Caliari, University of Virginia; Roseanne M Ford, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

problem contexts that students would encounter in appliedscenarios. However, this idealized practice schedule can be at odds against the demands of thecourse syllabus schedule. The breadth of concepts that a ChE course must cover in its syllabus, especially one thatis part of the core curriculum, limits both the amount of time and instructional strategies thatlesson plans or homework can prescribe to a particular concept[2], [3]. This in turn can detractfrom students’ targeted practice on a particular concept to either not sufficiently demonstrate allcontexts or attempt to do too much at once within problems that can then strain the number ofcognitive tasks students can successfully complete[4]. To bolster concept application

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

classroom.The final design for the analyzer, how it will be assembled, parts to be used, etc., is beingdetermined, and up-to-date results will be presented. The geometry of the mixing chamber withattached reservoirs for adding reagents must be optimized for small samples. The plan is todesign a 3D model in SolidWorks and then cut out a prototype from an acrylic sheet with a lasercutter. The prototype will then be tested for leaks. The module itself will consist of the channelsheet glued between two other sheets, making assembly straightforward. Introduction: Over the course of the past five years, our project group has developed several Low-CostDesktop Learning Modules, or LCDLMs, for the purposes of miniaturizing and

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmud Hasan, University of Houston - Downtown

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

production of polypropylene, as well as for acetone and propylene oxide.Software Introduction and Features: Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres (Aloha) software is developed by NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and EPA is a hazard modeling software andis widely used to plan and respond to chemical emergencies like leak. This software is used bypeople who handle chemical spills, prepare emergency solutions and related training, and canobserve concentration diffusion, toxicity variation, flammability, heat of toxic gas diffusion, fireand explosion of important hazardous chemicals from a list of chemicals in a certain area. The level of hazard that may occur after propylene storage tank leaks encompassedhuman beings

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Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nethra Iyer, Northeastern University; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

some verbalaspects. The impact of comics on student success in the classroom can be debated, but the purposeof this study was to focus on engagement and the potential for comics to be used. Implementingtools like the MUSIC Model of Motivation to further quantify students’ engagement andunderstanding based on the comics can be plans for future study.Figure 2 provides the breakdowns of the Felder-Solomon results from the sample set of 14students. The comics were distributed to a class of 33 students, of which only 14 participantsagreed to participate in the study; student survey fatigue contributed to this limitation in the overallstudy, which will need to be addressed in future expansions of the research. 4

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huan Gu, University of New Haven

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

learned on one topic skillsets • Focus on the big picture of the problem • Help you practice how to layout the plan/strategy for problem solving

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia; Caroline Elizabeth Crockett, University of Virginia; Anukriti Shrestha, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

that did not receive training. We plan to complete future work tocompare cohorts with and without training more rigorously to see if we still observe the impacton troubleshooting ability.Furthermore, during the hands-on exercise students demonstrated use of a variety of differenttroubleshooting strategies, suggesting that the teaching modules had an impact on learning.Additionally, the hands-on exercise revealed information about the students’ level ofunderstanding and comprehension, suggesting its potential as an alternative to written exams forassessing conceptual knowledge and lab proficiency. These findings suggest the efficacy ofstructured training modules in improving students' troubleshooting skills and conceptualunderstanding

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. This practicewas abandoned in 2023 in favor of just separating students by class. Graduates in the 2023/2024academic year were the first students to have access to the alumni mentoring program every yearin the department. Of those who graduated in that academic year, 56.8% had participated for atleast one year in the mentoring program.Mentoring began each fall with an in-person September kick-off event where the students andmentors met for the first time, discussed what the students expected from a mentoring programand made plans for upcoming mentoring sessions throughout the Fall semester. Prior to thismeeting, the mentors participated in a mentor training program and were provided withmentoring resources to help guide the mentoring process