Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the course and itscontent; and the remainder seeks to bring out the most innovative and effective approaches toteaching the course in use by instructors. Additionally, a limited historical comparison is madebetween the selected survey results and surveys on the same course conducted in 1972, 1990,and 1999.IntroductionThis survey represents the continuation of a series of surveys of undergraduate curricular topicsbegun in 1957 by the AIChE Education Projects Committee and more recently resumed by theAIChE Education Division. This paper presents the results for the third in the series of surveysconducted by the Education Division.Survey BackgroundThe Material and Energy Balance course (MEB) is the topic of the 2010 survey. Theaforementioned

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Amanda Portis Malefyt, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellowship program at Michigan State University. She received her bachelor’s degree from Trine (formerly Tri-State) University. Her research interests include engineering education and nucleic acid therapeutics. Page 25.770.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Increasing the Spirality of Material and Energy BalancesStudents in the material and energy balances course often cannot keep up with the pace of thematerial, in particular as it evolves from simple systems with only material balances to complexsystems consisting of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-5004: MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES TAUGHT IN AMULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSEDr. Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven Michael A. Collura, professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Haven, received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lafayette College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from Lehigh University. He is currently the Buckman Professor of chemical engineering and Coordinator of the Chemical Engineering program. His professional interests include the application of computers to pro- cess modeling and control (particularly for energy conversion processes), engineering education research (student self-assessment, developing conceptual understanding, and

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiran Zhavian; James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

AC 2012-4540: PERSPECTIVES OF TEACHING A DEAF STUDENT INTHE MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES COURSEMiss Shiran ZhavianDr. James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College Page 25.1037.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Perspectives of Teaching a Deaf Student in the Material and Energy Balances CourseAbstract This paper discusses the experience of a Deaf student and their professor in amaterial and energy balances course. This non-traditional combination was challengingfor a few reasons. First, from a professor’s perspective, it was initially distracting to havetwo interpreters by your side

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Stowell Ph.D., Sapling Learning

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Computers in Education

-levelengineering courses?This paper examines the need and effectiveness of online homework for upper-level engineeringcourses as well as the difficulties in creating such a product. The experiences and outcomes of ane-learning company, Sapling Learning, that developed commercial online homework for thesecond year chemical engineering course, Material and Energy Balances are presented.Because online homework in the engineering fields is a rarity, some background is required tounderstand how Sapling Learning began developing online chemical engineering homework. In2008, Sapling Learning began developing textbook-independent homework and sold the productdirectly to instructors and universities to be paired with any textbook. “Technology T.A.’s” atSapling

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

doingbut also by receiving critiques on their work from other students as well as providing critiquesthemselves to other students. Engineering students often do this in informal settings (e.g., studygroups) but rarely do so in a formal classroom setting. The critiquing activity is the strength ofthe learning activities in studio-based learning as it requires students to be active as well asencouraging students to evaluate and explain (teach) the material to others, thus strengtheningtheir understanding of the concepts.Over the past few years a team from the chemical engineering program and the computer scienceprogram have been working on developing a software package to aid students in developing theirskills in the material and energy balance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

participants work to modify acourse they teach. Page 25.1500.4Figure 1. Example introductory slide illustrating complex organic structure of a drug tabletshowing active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and excipients.The active learning exercises and demonstrations can be used directly in a material and energybalance course or in a freshman engineering course. These educational materials conveyessential concepts in pharmaceutical terminology, drug delivery, and manufacturing within thecontext of a material and energy balance calculation. For example, one problem explores therole of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and excipients (binders, filler

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-4402: IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPUTATIONAL METHODS COURSESIN CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGDr. Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County Joshua Enszer is a full-time lecturer in chemical engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control and modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic port- folios as a means for assessment and professional development, implementation of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

community of learning within the discipline of chemical engineering (ChE) focused onconcept-based instruction. The project plan is to develop and promote the use of a cyber-enabledinfrastructure for conceptual questions, the AIChE Concept Warehouse, which ultimately couldbe used throughout the core ChE curriculum (Material and Energy Balances, Thermodynamics,Transport Phenomena, Kinetics and Reactor Design, and Materials Science). Conceptualquestions, both as Concept Inventories and ConcepTests, will be available through an interactivewebsite maintained through the Education Division of the American Institute of ChemicalEngineers (AIChE), the discipline’s major professional society. The overall objective is to lowerthe activation barrier for using

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

situations.3 However, science and engineeringclassrooms often reward students more for rote learning than for conceptual understanding.4, 5There is clearly a need for more emphasis on conceptual understanding and concept-basedinstruction.Concept-based instruction (e.g., ConcepTests, concept inventories) often depends on high qualityconcept questions. These questions can be time consuming and difficult to construct, posing oneof the biggest barriers keeping faculty from implementing this type of pedagogy.6, 7 The AIChEConcept Warehouse decreases this barrier by housing questions pertinent to courses throughoutthe core chemical engineering (ChE) curriculum (Material and Energy Balances,Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Kinetics and Reactor Design

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Baltimore County. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control and modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic port- folios as a means for assessment and professional development, implementation of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based learning.Dr. Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 25.760.1 c American Society for

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Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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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

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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

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

appropriate equations and variables to solve problems from written material.  Transitivity and reversibility. Students are able to algebraically manipulate equations and to discern relationships between variables knowing that if A is taller than B, and B is taller than C, then A must be taller than C and that if Z = X+Y then Y=Z-X.  Conservation. Students can understand that certain characteristics can be conserved even in different forms so that logical relationships can be formulated. The content in classes on material and energy balances rely fundamentally on such conservation principles – although conservation of energy is much more complex for students who use concrete reasoning. Fluid