Conference Session

Diversity and Global Experiences

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone De- sign courses. She is associated with several professional organizations including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and American Society of Chemical Engineering Education (ASEE) where she adopts and contributes to innovative pedagogical methods aimed at improving student learning and retention.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Specific Outcomes 1) The curriculum has prepared graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus-based physics, chemistry (including stoichiometry, equilibrium, and kinetics) 2) The curriculum has prepared graduates to apply knowledge of earth science, a biological science, fluid mechanics 3) The curriculum must prepare graduates to formulate material and energy balances, and analyze the fate and transport of substances in and between air, water and soil phases 4) Design environmental engineering systems that include considerations of risk, uncertainty, sustainability, life-cycle principles, and environmental impacts; and apply

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 5: Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Ryan Duckett, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC; Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Toledo; Uchenna Asogwa, University of Toledo; Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation; Amanda Portis Malefyt, Trine University

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Educational Research and Methods

testactually represent the latent construct instead of being an artifact of rater discrepancies [21]. Thispaper argues that the MFRM provides necessary evidence toward the validity of inferences thatcan be made regarding student learning outcomes in engineering education.MethodsParticipantsA total of 113 students were enrolled in an undergraduate Material and Energy Balance chemicalengineering course as part of a control cohort (23 students; 22% female) and a treatment cohort(93 students; 41% female) at two Midwest Universities. Table 1 shows different distributions forhighest mathematics courses completed by cohort. This discrepancy can be explained as aconsequence of the course sequence occurring in the sophomore year for the control cohort (falland

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

requirements but this exercise is not performed. To provide tools for theteachers to use in the classroom for visualization of the overall stoichiometric chemical processmaterial balances, the Multimedia Module “Material and Energy Balance” developed at theUniversity of Michigan and obtained from CACHE Corporation was used for “hands-on”experience3.Energy and Energy BalancesDiscussion of a chemical plant requires consideration of energy and energy balances of theprocess. The First Law of Thermodynamics for closed and open systems is applied to simpleproblems involving non-reactive and reactive energy balances, heat effects, phase changes,heats of reaction, mixing and solution. The chemistry concepts of thermochemistry,calorimetry, chemical bonds and

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering

problems for the Material and Energy Balance Course. With continuing funding, fiveadditional core courses have been added: Kinetics and Reactor Design; Process Dynamics andControl; Heat and Mass Transfer; Fluid Dynamics; and Thermodynamics. Workshops were heldfor faculty to learn basic principles of biology and how engineering principles are applied inmany different aspects of modern biotechnology, from kinetics of biological reactions to fluidtransfer and process dynamics problems in whole organisms. Problems are organized bytextbook sections relevant for each course. There are over 300 problems posted on the websiteand the solutions to the problems are available only to registered faculty. The problems havebeen created by chemical engineering

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

paper describes theinstructional structure and design of a large sophomore level data analysis and statistics classbased on best educational practices. It is delivered to chemical, biological and environmentalengineers directly following the material and energy balance courses. The goal of the course is tohave students recognize that variation is inevitable, and teach them skills to quantify thevariation and make engineering decisions which account for it while still utilizing model basedproblem solving skills.The instructional design is based on constructivist and social constructivist models of learning. Aconstructivist perspective views learning as individually constructed based on the learner’s priorknowledge, interpretations, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson

syllabus states the course objectives in the following words: 1. To help you apply classical thermodynamics (in particular, the first and second laws) to medical devices, laboratory systems, and living systems. 2. To enable you to write and solve macroscopic material and energy balances on laboratory devices and living systems. Such a knowledge will be useful in specifying and applying medical instrumentation, in analyzing existing and proposed medical devices such as artificial organs, and in the study of quantitative physiology and transport in BME 210, 251, 252, and later courses. 3. To provide a forum for solving problems and addressing relevant bioengineering issues in groups.Approaches to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Md Imtiajul Alam, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

group. Conversely, in upper level courses, wherestudents are more likely to have committed to engineering pathways and have developed effectivecoursework strategies, we see no significant relationship between changes in EI measures and receipt ofpersonalized feedback. This stands in contrast to students in the control group, who in the introductoryChemical Engineering course, had uniformly higher positive EI beliefs by the end of the term. It may bethat students who receive personalized feedback earlier, exit their early courses with higher levels of EI. Table 1. T-Tests of Difference: Engineering Identity by access to ChemLab Dashboard General Chemistry I General Chemistry II Material and Energy

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gergely Sirokman, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Ryan Barlow, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Adrian Rodriguez, zyBooks, a Wiley brand; Alicia Clark, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Lauren Fogg, zyBooks, a Wiley Brand

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, and A. Rodriguez "Evaluating the benefits of addinginteractive elements to traditional print mechanical engineering textbooks," ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, Aug. 2022.[23] M.W. Liberatore, "An Interactive Web Native Textbook for Material and Energy Balances,"ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2016.[24] BrailleTranslator, "Braille Translator," Published May 2018. [Online]. Available:https://www.brailletranslator.org/. [Accessed February 1, 2023].[25] 3D Printing Rocks, "Image to Lithophane," Published 2009. [Online]. Available:https://3dp.rocks/lithophane/. [Accessed February 2, 2023].

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Burkholder, Stanford University; Francis Ledesma; Julie C. Fornaciari, University of California, Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

course in detail so that other instructors can attempt to reform their own courses to teach students betterproblem-solving.Course Description:The course in question is a semester-long junior-level course in chemical kinetics and reaction engineeringat a highly selective public university in the western U. S. This was the first year of teaching for theinstructor and TAs of the course. The course covers reaction stoichiometry and homogenous kinetics,steady-state and time-dependent reactor design with material and energy balances, deriving reactionmechanisms and rate laws, and understanding transport limitations for heterogeneous catalysis. The coursegrade was comprised of graded homework sets (15%) and 3 midterm exams (16%, 17%, 17

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Jeanette Hariharan, Florida Gulf Coast University

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First-Year Programs

Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2. A. Edgcomb, F. Vahid, and R. Lysecky. Students Learn More with Less Text that Covers the Same Core Topics, Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), IEEE, 2015. 3. Liberatore, M., Reading analytics and student performance when using an interactive textbook for a material and energy balances course, American Society for Engineering Education, Paper ID#18452, 2017 4. Reynolds, J., Adams, R., Ferguson, R., and Leidig, P., Programming in the IS Curriculum: Are Requirements Changing for the Right Reason?. Information Systems Education Journal, 15(1), 80, 2017. 5. Rapanta, C., Botturi, L., Goodyear, P. et al. Online University Teaching During

Collection

2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Uchenna Asogwa, The University of Toledo; Timothy Ryan Duckett, The University of Toledo; Matthew W Liberatore, The University of Toledo

cohorts included engineering students from a public university whowere assigned homework problems as part of a Material and Energy Balance (MEB) course. Twoconstructs were explored: problem solving and perception of problem difficulty. The study adoptedan established and validated rubric to quantify performance in relevant stages of problem solving,including problem identification, representation, organization, calculation, solution completion,and solution accuracy. While problem solving can be influenced by perception of problemdifficulty, the widely used NASA Task Load Index (TLX) was adopted to measure the problemrigor. This compared textbook and YouTube problems with respect to overall problem-solvingability as well as within each stage of

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

energy to produce or manufacture. In thismodule students will be introduced to environmental impact measures, industrialstandards and guidelines, and decision-making strategies that can be used for materialselection.Module 4: Process design and improvement - Another common challenge faced inindustry is to reduce the environmental impact of an existing manufacturing process.Students will be introduced to methods of identifying the most damaging part of theprocess flow through material and energy balances. Common practices for reducingenergy consumption and waste will be discussed. In addition, strategies for productpackaging and delivery will be presented.Module 5: End-of-use strategies - This module begins with a lecture on Green Chemistry.It

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, and management). The first two years of the program are similar to traditional engineering disciplines.Thereafter, one takes a series of courses that introduce Energy Engineering concepts.Fundamental energy engineering principles involve material and energy balances,thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer operations, and physical and chemicalprocessing as applied to energy industries. In addition to these engineering principles, studentsenroll in required courses in renewable/sustainable energy principles. Students will be trained inbasic chemistry of fuels – coal, petroleum, natural gas and biomass; combustion; petroleum andnatural gas processing; electrochemical energy conversion; and energy conversion

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

successes of collaborative learning, selected elements of each were tied intoa simple project requiring minimal student time to collaboratively develop a reflective learningdocument using a wiki. A wiki is a web-accessible document that can be edited by multipleusers. For this project, students in a material and energy balance course were assigned theweekly task of maintaining a wiki page on the current textbook chapter by entering what theyperceived as the most important items learned during class. This was similar to other activelearning activities suggested in the literature, but in this case the student contributions werecollaborative and archival. Students were encouraged to be complete and accurate with thepromise that their entries would be

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona

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Engineering Management

. 3CE 214 Statics 3ECE 207, Elements of Elect. Engr. 3CHEE 201, Material and Energy Balances 3SIE 431, Systems Simulation 3E.M. Seminar, ENGR 495S 1SIE 498 Senior Capstone Internship 5SOC 326, Workplace Sociology 3SIE 462, Operations Management 3ACCT 200, Financial Accounting 3SIE 265, Engr Economics/Proj Mgmt 3SIE 467 ENGR Management II 3CHEE/ENGR 454 Law for Engineers 3MIS 465 Total Quality Management 3COMM 312 Corporate

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Richard Zollars, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

resourcesintended to encourage nominations of division members for Fellow grade in the ASEE. The third grouping serves as the core of the site. The Course Discussion group holdstopics discussing what works, does not work, and what might work in chemical engineeringeducation, broken down according to traditional course areas in chemical engineering. Currently,those course areas are: material and energy balances; thermodynamics; equilibrium stagedseparations; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; process control; modeling and simulation;computers in the curriculum; process and plant design; safety; kinetics and reactor design;electives and emerging areas; and freshman engineering. Educational research, theory, and methods is the fourth focus

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech.

fuel technology,atmospheric and manufacturing industry, agriculture and urban transport.land pollution.Production of steel Full material and energy balances in production of steels.The assessment of the subject is fairly flexible. Though it essentially consists of two testscontributing to 25 percent of the total subject assessment and a major three hour examination Page 11.658.4at the end of the semester which contributes to the remaining 75 percent of the subjectassessment, there are built-in assessment flexibilities. Students who perform better in thesemester examination than in the tests will have the test results replaced by scaled

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Jenni M. Buckley, University of Delaware

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30242Algorithm for Consistent Grading in an Introduction to Engineering CourseProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment and professional

Conference Session

Novel Classrooms

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayman M. Alabdullatif, Oregon State University; Shane Paul Lorona, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

practice, the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineeringat Oregon State University is implementing a new activity design in its studio classes [1]. Tencore courses (e.g., material and energy balances, thermodynamics, transport, and chemicalreaction engineering) have incorporated weekly studios into the instructional architecture. Instudios, students work together in mostly 3-person groups, facilitated by trained graduate studentteaching assistants (GTAs), undergraduate learning assistants (LAs), and the course instructor.Studios are designed to extend students’ thinking and problem-solving techniques whilesimultaneously reinforcing core content and developing teamwork and communication skills [2].In its original design, Studio

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #26269Developing Reliable Lab Rubrics Using Only Two ColumnsProf. Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware Dr. Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment and professional development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Brittany Lynn Butler; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the De- partment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, and his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. His primary areas of interest are chemical vapor deposition and engineering pedagogy.Dr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University where he teaches courses in Material and Energy Balances, Unit Op- erations, Transport Phenomena and

Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #15996Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical WritingDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical / Computational Methods. He is the recipient of the 2014 NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 2014 ASEE Southeastern Section Outstanding New Teacher Award, and currently serves as the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David L. Tomasko, Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

Page 26.173.2junior years, within the chemical engineering profession survey, materials and energy balances,thermodynamics, fluid and heat transfer, and reactor design. The project during freshmen year isspecifically an analysis of a Chemical Safety Board completed investigation including futurerecommendations to companies working with similar hazards. Each team is given a differentincident which occurred within the last fifteen years. The students present their findings in aposter session where seniors attend and provide written feedback on both technical aspects andcommunication skills. Self-reflection is required following the poster presentation in an attemptto foster an intrinsic motivation to critically think about the integration of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

original learning outcomes.Rowan University has made problem sets and laboratory experiments for use in lower-levelengineering courses that focus on aspects of pharmaceutical engineering. The problem setscontain mainly material and energy balance problems, which would make them useful inintroductory chemical engineering courses [12, 13]. The laboratory experiment focuses oncontrolled release principles of drug delivery methods through the dissolution of a lozenge [14].Recently, several experiments were developed for use in lower level undergraduate courses thatfocus on pharmaceutical engineering [15].In terms of pharmaceutical manufacturing, current research is finding ways to incorporate morecontinuous manufacturing methods in process development

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware; Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Tia Navelene Barnes, University of Delaware; Rachel Davidson, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware Dr. Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment and professional development, implementa- tion of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based learning.Dr. Tia Navelene Barnes, University of Delaware Dr. Tia Barnes is

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Butler; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the De- partment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, and his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. His primary areas of interest are chemical vapor deposition and engineering pedagogy.Dr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is an Associate Professor (Teaching Track) in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. He teaches Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland - College Park

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Chemical Engineering

must betaught in the core courses [8]. According to a Summer/Fall 2015 survey of chemical engineeringprograms, only 23% of the 148 programs required a chemical process safety course [10]. Morerecent ASEE course surveys of Material and Energy Balances, Kinetics and Process Controlcourses indicate that 60-80% of those courses include a safety topic in the course [11, 12, 13].Core capstone courses are a natural fit for safety outcomes, as are upper level courses such asUnit Operations (UO) laboratories [7]. UO laboratories, as a core course that has designexperience and/or experiments within it, is an optimal place for safety outcomes to be covered.  It should be noted that the need for process safety education is not new; the challenge is

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics Course on a Summer ScheduleAbstractThe authors have individually taught a course in chemical engineering thermodynamics at theUniversity of Kentucky for many years, but starting in 2017 brought the course into an entirelyonline format for the summer term. The course coverage includes 1st and 2nd law (building off apre-requisite material and energy balances course), equations of state, phase equilibrium,mixtures, and ideal/non-ideal VLE. Through three summer offerings, the authors have comparedstudent performance as measured through a common final exam and entering class average GPAat time of enrollment with that of students taking the traditional offering. Performance in both thetraditional face-to-face spring term offering (over 16 weeks

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

class sections were from 1.3 to 2.7 timeslarger, which would be expected to work to the advantage of the traditionally-taught classes.While more study is needed to firmly establish the quantitative effects of active learning in theintroductory chemical engineering course, the results provide strong motivation for criticalexamination of the pedagogy in gateway courses, particularly with regard to its impact onstudent performance and retention. Page 13.473.7References1. L.G. Bullard and R.M. Felder, “A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching Material and Energy Balances. 1. Course Design.” Chem. Engr. Education, 41(2), 93–100 (2007), ; 2