Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

aworking knowledge of material and energy balances applied to chemical processes,process dynamics and control, and appropriate modern experimental and computationaltechniques.In the past this course was taught in a traditional manner – covering the mathematicalbases of process dynamics (unsteady-state balances, Laplace transforms, etc.) first beforegoing on to cover control and tuning. For the Fall Semester of 2003 the coverage oftopics was changed with students analyzing process dynamics and tuning first, followedby coverage of the mathematical aspects and then more recent developments in controlschemes. The initial homework assignments thus required that the students collect “real”data from a process. This could be accomplished by either dynamic

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

, American Society for Engineering" biotechnology process. This information can then be used to streamline the process by utilizing the minimum number of unit operations required for each co-protein production. To be included in this deliverable are: • Overall description of protein production process • Complete process block flow diagram • Unit operation descriptions of each process unit • Material and Energy Balance Need more help on Fermentation and Purification overviews? See the Fermentation and Purification tutorials in the Resources section.The explanations are sufficiently general to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

semester of their senior year. The class istypical of many ChE-based control class with Course Objectives for the students of beingable to: 1) analyze the dynamics of process operations 2) understand the dynamic response of various operations 3) understand PID controllers for process operations based on both theoretical and empirical process characterizationThe outcomes arising from the objectives outlined above are intended to partially satisfyABET outcomes a, c, e, and k as well as the AIChE outcomes of demonstrating aworking knowledge of material and energy balances applied to chemical processes,process dynamics and control, and appropriate modern experimental and computationaltechniques.To achieve these objectives most of the homework

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

synthetic vs. a biologicalroute. The students can explore both options and design a system to accomplish the goal, thencompare yields, mass balances, etc. at the preliminary level to get them thinking about the issues,similarities, energy balances and costs, etc.Second YearWe propose to modify the second year sequences by replacing the Physical Chemistry withOrganic chemistry, and requiring that the advanced chemistry elective in the spring bebiochemistry . Physical Chemistry will be delayed until the Junior year. The courses coveringThermodynamics and Process Calculations (CBE 10,11) will be modified in content. Thetraditional first course is devoted to steady-state material and energy balances, withthermodynamics providing the background for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Keyser; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

. are simple and safe enough to be used by unsupervised students for out of class assignments 7. allow for application to various other engineering classes in the future (i.e. Introduction to Engineering, Material and Energy Balances, Fluid Mechanics, Unit Operations and/or Reactor Design).Development of the Laboratory Kits Flexible, inexpensive kits were developed which students used to quickly put togethersmall processes and their control systems. The kits contained a variety of tanks, pumps, piping,fittings and sensors. The main pieces have quick release fittings allowing a process, includingsensors and control valves, to be assembled quickly and easily. Students connected the sensorsand

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationtheir syllabi to accomplish these goals. Figure 1 shows a syllabus from a recent course that hasbeen modified only in that it was changed to make it anonymous. CheE 201: Materials and Energy Balances This syllabus has the minimum amount of Instructor: Dr. Anonymous Office Hours: TBA content for it to actually be called a syllabus. You Meetings: MWF 10 am, 206 Harshbarger

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Genzer; Amy Michel; Hugh Fuller; Richard Felder

, including the quality of the software, the student’s learning style and comfort level withtechnology, and—perhaps most important—how and how much the student uses the software.The purpose of this paper is to examine how students in a chemical engineering class used a newinstructional software package that came with their textbook and how they evaluated thehelpfulness of the different components of the package.Description of the studyThe introductory chemical engineering course at North Carolina State University (CHE 205 –Chemical Process Principles) is normally taken in the first semester of the sophomore year. Itcovers basic engineering calculations, material and energy balances on non-reactive and reactive

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Scott Moor

the reports withliterature figures gave proper credit.However, another instructor observed that students who had this assignment in their first year dobetter at including proper citations in a paper required in our material and energy balance classduring their second year. The instructor also observed that they seem more comfortable with alibrary research assignment in a technical class than students from earlier years before this first-year writing assignment was introduced. All indications are that this assignment is effective atencouraging students to use the library. Page 7.942.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Worden; Carl Lira; Daina Briedis

content from material and energy balances,thermodynamics, and reaction engineering. The course topics include units and dimensionalconsistency; material balance procedures for single and multiple units including chemicalreactions; the energy balance; the entropy balance; process thermodynamics; real gas properties;calculation of real gas enthalpies and entropies; Raoult's law and modified Raoult's law; fittingkinetic rate laws; reactor design equations for batch, plug flow, and mixed flow reactors; seriesand parallel arrangements of reactors; reactor design for parallel reaction pathways and seriesreactions; reaction equilibrium; and nonisothermal reacting systems. A course overview with anentire lesson list is available at http://vu.msu.edu

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Ho; Jack Hopper; David Cocke; Daniel Chen; Carl Yaws; Kuyen Li; John Gossage

solve this problem, the students need to make extensive use of process modelingsoftware such as HYSYS or Aspen both to obtain the material balances and to model and design(size) the equipment.Curriculum ChangesThe undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum at Lamar University is undergoing twochanges this semester. First, since the ultimate goal of this project is to include CAMS in everyundergraduate chemical engineering class, we have decided to teach the basics for many of thesecomputer programs in a single required sophomore-level class, Computer-Aided Modeling andSimulation, which will be offered concurrently with our material and energy balance course.This class will be offered for the first time in the Spring 2001 semester. This one

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

Academy ofEnvironmental Engineers.ROBERT Y. OFOLIRobert Y. Ofoli is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. He has taughtseveral undergraduate level courses, including material and energy balances, mass transfer and separations, and theunit operations laboratory; he has also taught a course on colloids and surfaces at the graduate level. His research isin the general area of colloids and surfaces, with emphasis on macromolecular adsorption and interactions at liquid-liquid interfaces. He eared his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in 1994. Page 6.118.9

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Michael E. Hanyak; James A. Van Fleet

in the Process Engineering Department of the fictional consultant company “BisonEngineering and Evaluation Firm or BEEF, Inc.”, their goal is to design an efficient, cost-effective process for the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene monomer for the client"Hawbawg Chemical Company". Design teams consider technical, economic, and environmentalaspects of their process design: feed stocks, flowsheets, material and energy balances,equipment design and plant siting, profitability analysis, and compliance with environmentalregulations. Page 5.262.1The design teams must write three reports during the fall semester: process scope

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

setting.” An example of an engineering calculation wasgiven to the students was to perform a material and energy balance on the steam productionheater using their recorded process variables. Exhaust Gases to Stack Feed

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter T. Cummings; Hank D. Cochran; Juan J. dePablo; Denis J. Evans; Peter A. Koen; Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos; Richard L. Rowley

of computer-related educational materials for the chemicalengineering profession. More about CACHE activities can be learned from their WWW sitehttp://www.cache.org/.Historically, the primary role of chemical engineering educators at the undergraduate level hasbeen to teach students the fundamental bases (material and energy balances, transport processes,thermodynamics and reaction engnieering) for design calculations that ultimately, as practicingchemical engineers, they will perform using design packages such as Aspen Tech’s ASPEN andSimulation Sciences’ PRO-II. Understanding the fundamental bases for these calculations leadsto all-important insight into the limitations of the calculational and correlation techniquesemployed in these

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony N. Rogers; David R. Shonnard; Besty M. Aller; Kirk H. Schulz; Anton Pintar

” Page 4.177.3 “working knowledge, including safety and environmental aspects, of:(A-2) material and energy balances applied to chemical processes(A-3) thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria(A-4) heat, mass, and momentum transfer(A-5) chemical reaction engineering(A-6) continuous and stage-wise separation operations(A-7) process dynamics and control(A-8) process design(A-9) modern experimental and computing techniques.”The first step was to relate the four broad goals developed for the NCA to the ABET goals, (a)through (k), and AIChE criteria (A-1) through (A-9):Goal #1 Students should master chemical engineering fundamentals necessary to function as a professional in an appropriate-level

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

direction of the project engineers in the assignment of tasks necessary for project completion.l Mentoring of ChE undergraduate students through all phases of the project.Requirementsl Background in material and energy balances, and separation processes.l Familiarity with the ChE Dept. computing facilities (email, WWWeb) and standard ChE software applications -- WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint.l Working knowledge and some experience with ChemCAD III.l Weekly meetings with project group. Available for project group meetings T or Th 14:00 - 15:00.l Time commitment approximately 2 hrs per week.Project Deliverables1) Weekly progress reports (brief) supplied by project leader via email.2) Intermittent reports prepared by project engineers

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anton Pintar

developed AIChE Program Criteria for ABET’s EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC 2000) requires “...working knowledge, including safety and environmentalaspects, of material and energy balances applied to chemical processes, thermodynamics ofphysical and chemical equilibria; heat, mass and momentum transfer; chemical reactionengineering; continuous and stage-wise separation operations; process dynamics and control;process design; and modern experimental and computing techniques.” (ABET, 1997)Ever since the Bhopal Disaster, chemical engineering departments have struggled withincorporating process safety into the chemical engineering curriculum. ABET’s EC2000 nowmakes this mandatory. This paper will address three approaches to incorporating process

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus; Eric W. Hansberry

Tue 3/16 Instrumentation, Control Systems Robert Angus11 Tue 3/23 Solid State, Analog, Digital Electronics; Numerical Methods Ron Scott12 Tue 3/30 Fields, Transmission Lines, Power Systems & Machines Ron ScottCHEMICAL BOSTON MAIN CAMPUSWEEK DAY TOPIC INSTRUCTOR 9 Tue 3/9 Material and Energy Balances Ralph Buonopane10 Tue 3/16 Chemical Thermo & Heat Transfer Edgar Gutoff11 Tue 3/23 Chemical Reaction Kinetics & Reactors Behrooz Satvat12 Tue 3/30 Distillation & Mass Transfer Richard Stewart

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

lecture should be structured the same way and the use of repetitive and remedial Page 3.73.4exercises is just as important if the student is to be successful. Among basic skill topics that Session 1675should use the same formula of a “how to” lecture with a heavy dose of practice includedynamics, engineering statistics, material and energy balances, and engineering thermodynamics.Lectures in Capstone Type Courses Capstone type courses are easily characterized by the almost complete absence ofremedial activity and the dramatic alteration of their

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

outcomes arising from the objectives outlined above are intended to partially satisfyABET outcomes a, c, e, and k as well as the AIChE outcomes of demonstrating aworking knowledge of material and energy balances applied to chemical processes,process dynamics and control, and appropriate modern experimental and computationaltechniques.In the past this course was taught in a traditional manner – covering the mathematicalbases of process dynamics (unsteady-state balances, Laplace transforms, etc.) first beforegoing on to cover control and tuning. Starting in the Fall Semester of 2003 the coverageof topics was changed with students analyzing process dynamics and tuning first,followed by coverage of the mathematical aspects and then more recent

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

Chemical Engineering Department has had a Biochemical Engineeringemphasis since 1994. At the time of its initiation Chemical Engineering students did not haveadequate preparation to take many of biotechnology courses available in Biology, Biochemistry orChemical Engineering. The emphasis developed over the next five years to remove this deficiencyand the current emphasis is as shown in Table 2. Table 2. Courses in Biochemical Engineering Emphasis. Chem 135 Biochemistry (replaces second semester PChem) ChE 192 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering ChE 194 Biochemical Engineering Laboratory *ChE 115 Materials and Energy Balances *ChE 151 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics *ChE 158

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Husson; Richard Rice; James Haile; II, S. Michael Kilbey; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

provided for the students to evaluate theirmetacognitive development, that is, their evaluation of the process(es) by which they learn Page 7.219.2material most effectively. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFive courses are involved in this study: • ChE 211 – Material and Energy Balances • ChE 220 – Thermodynamics I • ChE 311 – Fluid Flow • ChE 312 – Heat and Mass Transfer • ChE 321 – Thermodynamics IIThe 200-level courses are taken by sophomores and the 300-level courses by juniors

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yaw D. Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

). 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 andfundamental energy engineering principles that 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 are trained inbasic chemistry of fuels – coal, petroleum, natural gas and biomass; combustion; petroleum andnatural gas processing; electrochemical energy conversion; and energy conversion processesincluding chemical

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

senior year (two courses are used in the secondsemester of the senior year), in which to institute and document this process. These coursesinclude the sophomore Material and Energy Balances course, the junior Energy, Environmentand Safety course and the Heat and Mass Transfer course, and the senior Unit OperationsLaboratory courses and the Process and Plant Design course.In each of these courses students receive some instruction about teamwork and leadershippertinent to the class project and are reminded of our working list of leadership attributes. Thennear the end of the project, students complete team evaluation surveys which include providingwritten feedback about leadership/teamwork skills and practices for each member of their team.Each

Conference Session

Using Computers, Software, and Writing to Improve Mathematical Understanding

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bipin K. Pai, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. Page 25.1435.9REFERENCES1. Adrian Ieta, Alex Pantaleev, and Carolina C. Ilie (2011). “An Evaluation of the ‘Just in Time Teaching’ MethodAcross Disciplines.” 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.2. Matthew W. Liberatore(2011). “Improved Student Achievement in Material and Energy Balances UsingPersonalized Online Homework.” 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.3. Kirsten A. Davis. “Using No-Stakes Quizzing for Student Self-Evaluation of Readiness for Exams.” 2011 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.4. Sheryl A. and Dr. Carl R. Vilmann P.E. “Going Online with Statics.” 2011 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.5. Gwen Lee-Thomas, Ph.D

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, while a rating of 5 =Strongly Agree . (n = 23 respondents) Question Mean (SD)1 Making a video in this assignment was useful in learning principles in 3.78 (0.59) fluid flow2 There was a large learning curve in producing this video 3.78 (1.12)3 Participating in this project was enjoyable 4.22 (0.73)4 I feel that students who have not taken this class will learn from the 4.13 (0.91) video my group produced5 This assignment can be extended to other courses (e.g., 4.13 (0.75) thermodynamics, and material and energy balances) In addition to

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston - Downtown; Matthew Stevenson; Sanjo Peter, University of Houston Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, Kv: 0.0167 gpm/% speed = 3.85 in3/min/%speedUsing this data, equation (4) yields: h( s ) K  e 0.083s 0.0684  e 0.083s GPL , A ( s)   v  (5) Vv ( s) A s sThus, Equation (5) gives the transfer function between the water level (in %) and the pumppower (in %). It can be used to tune the level PI controller according to any chosen tuningmethodology.5b. Temperature ModelThe model describing the effect of power to the heating element on the water temperature isderived by combining material and energy balances. Also, the following assumptions are beingmade: a. Water density and

Conference Session

Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #42538Do Lightly-Flexible Deadlines Support Student Performance?Prof. 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 senior- and graduate-level electives on process safety and advanced mathematical modeling. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Do Lightly-Flexible Deadlines Support Student Performance?AbstractSince the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 17

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Miller, University of South Alabama; Sean Walker, University of South Alabama; Rachel Chai, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

(PAL) or Peer AssistedStudy Sessions (PASS). The implementation of the SI model at UMKC was deemed successfuland expanded to other courses [1], [3]. As of 2008, the SI model is used in 29 countries and over1500 universities [4]. SIs are considered a resource for both students and instructors to enhanceundergraduate courses. These PAL models, where certain students are selected to assist inenhancing education, were implemented at the University of South Alabama in the College ofEngineering (COE). The SI model is associated with the following courses: Statics, Mechanicsof Materials, Economics and Ethics, Dynamics, Engineering Thermodynamics, ElectricalCircuits, Fluid Mechanics, and Material and Energy Balances. A point of interest for

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

research on the background of their project problemstatement and develop proposed solutions taking into consideration the social,environmental, and economic needs and policies in Brazil. They are required to writeand present a proposed detailed action plan to the company supervisor detailinginnovative ideas and designs for how the company can be more sustainable for theirassigned problem. Students validated the lessened environmental impact of theirdesigns by calculating reduction of fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,and raw material consumption through material and energy balances. Thesecalculations directly correlate to the technical course content which provides real-worldexamples of how sustainability can be measured. They are