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Solomon Isu

Role of laboratory-based teaching assistantships on the career development of chemical engineeringgraduate studentsTeaching assistantships (TA’s) are an integral aspect of graduate research in chemical engineering.Through TA’s, graduate students can offset the cost of education through subsidized tuition, fees, andstipends. TA’s also provide career training and development as graduate students enter academia or pursuean industry career.TA’s can be of two forms: classroom course teaching opportunities and laboratory course teachingopportunities. Laboratory teaching opportunities are pertinent for graduate students since these availstudents with engineering scenarios and troubleshooting tips. Laboratory assistantships also

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Saffeer M. Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Power Supply Design Project in Electrical Systems Laboratory Course Saffeer M. Khan, PhD, P.E. and Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, ARKeywordsEngineering design, project-based learning, power supplies, testing and validation, faculty paper.IntroductionEngineering Design is an important element of engineering curriculum to prepare future engineersin implementation of engineering design cycle by creating a new product or process to meet adefined need under cost, practicality, and safety constraints. The primary goal is to train theengineers through a 7-step

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Christi Patton Luks

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Teaching Unit Operations Lab in the Pandemic Christi Patton Luks Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstract2020 was a year of many changes. Faculty suddenly needed to convert their courses to an onlineformat. For lecture classes there were many issues to address, but laboratory courses had aspecial set of concerns. When the lab instructor also left during this year, the author suddenlyfound herself thrust into teaching unit operations lab. The university was beginning to open up,but there were more students scheduled to be in the lab facilities than the university

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Thomas W. Smith; Natacha Souto-Melgar; Edgar C. Clausen

, 2021.[11] TecQuipment, “H-8 experiment impact of a jet,” https://www.tecquipment.com/fluid- mechanics/nozzles-and-jets, accessed May 31, 2021.[12] W.R. Penney and E.C. Clausen, editors, Fluid mechanics and heat transfer: inexpensive demonstrations and laboratory exercises, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2018.Thomas W. SmithDr. Smith is the Robert E. “Buddy” Babcock Professor of Practice in the Ralph E. MartinDepartment of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His teaching interestsinclude using industrial experience to improve student communication skills andprofessionalism.Natacha Souto-MelgarDr. Souto-Melgar is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Ralph E. Martin Department ofChemical Engineering at the

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Lessons Learned from Remote Teaching in an Internationally Dual Degree Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic Rossana Villa-Rojas and Mei Lu Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-LincolnKeywordsESL students, remote teaching, COVID-19 pandemic, dual degree program, faculty paper.AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic forced education systems worldwide to adopt online teaching andlearning. Faculty faced challenges to provide high quality instruction, activities and keepstudents engaged in a virtual classroom. International students residing outside the geographiclocation of their teaching

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Victor S. Frost

not keep track of any student responses; the interactive questions are included to provide rapid feedback regarding their understanding of the material. Broadly, the questions are either True/False or require a numerical solution. The True/False questions often address system performance trends and trade-offs. Figure 9 contains several examples of in-line questions. Remote Learning This ebook supported the remote teaching of the fundamental concepts of communication systems in the spring of 2021. The EECS 562 Introduction to Communication Systems course at the University of Kansas is a four-hour class including a laboratory. For many years the existing laboratory used the TIMS (Telecommunication Instructional Modelling System) system from

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Abner Peralta; Natacha Souto-Melgar

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference An undergraduate experience for studying the diffusion of a solute in an aqueous solution Abner Peralta and Natacha Souto-Melgar University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Chemical Engineering DepartmentKeywordsStudent extended abstract, laboratory, chemical engineering, diffusion, Fick’s law.Molecular diffusion driven by concentration gradients is the most common type of diffusion inchemical separation processes, such as liquid-liquid extraction, stripping, and adsorption. Tobetter understand molecular diffusion, a fundamental knowledge of Fick’s law of diffusion iscrucial. In the Spring 2021

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Mostafa Elsaadany; Timothy J. Muldoon; Raj R. Rao

-record the lab procedures and provide datasets from previous years to the students wasquickly adopted as a contingency measure. However, it should be considered less effective inmeeting the objectives of these lab assignments as evidenced by our students' evaluations ofinstruction. The primary positive outcome of this approach- successfully covering all of thematerials originally planned for the semester- was possible due to the long history of thesecourses and data acquired from previous years’ teaching experiences, which allowed us to shareuniform and quality sample data for the “at-home” laboratory modules for all student groups. Aneutral outcome of this approach was the continued team-based approach. While most studentswere able to

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Michael A. Rother

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Online Unit Operations Lab, a Difficult Balance Michael A. Rother Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractAs a result of COVID-19, teaching Unit Operations Laboratory in an online format becamenecessary in Spring 2020. Implementing experiments, which could be easily conducted fromhome, or at least away from the standard lab environment, but were challenging in nature, proveddifficult. In particular, the labs needed to be amenable to theoretical treatment and significantuncertainty analysis. In addition, the topics studied

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Dominique Savage; Trent Porterfield; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

developments in the use of virtual teaching labs, which has led to arguments on thepros and cons of using virtual labs in place of physical labs. Korestky et al. [2] note that virtuallabs are better for experimental design, critical thinking and dealing with ambiguity, whilephysical labs are better for understanding lab protocols and specific content.Penney and Clausen [3] developed several inexpensive fluids and heat transfer exercises thatcould be used in the classroom as physical demonstrations or as laboratory exercises. Many ofthese experiments illustrated correlations from the literature using equipment that could easily beconstructed at low cost in a departmental machine shop. One of these experiments was a simplesharp-edged orifice

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Robert F. Saunders

health of students and theirquality of work. The rebuilding of the student/university community can be accomplishedthrough well documented practices in the classroom, laboratory, and student societies. Asuniversities open it will be necessary for the instructors to play a vital role in implementing thesepractices to help students rebuild a healthy community with in the university.KeywordsCommunity, student society,IntroductionOver the last year students, instructors and university communities have seen massivedisruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic and many of the disruptions have ramifications forthe years to come. The speed with which the pandemic moved on the university communitycaused educators to move quickly into teaching in an online

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Helen Douglass; Peter LoPresti

k-12 students see themselves becoming engineers.Helen DouglassDr. Douglass is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education with a research focus on inclusiveSTEM learning spaces and teaching practices, visual methodologies and maker education. Sheteaches science and mathematics methods courses, Design Thinking and Introduction to STEMEducation.Peter LoPrestiDr. LoPresti is a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He currently acts as aconsultant on the development of three-dimensional displays and optical sensor systems and isthe Director of the Optical Networking Laboratory at TU. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Robert C. Knox; Robert W. Nairn

environmental faculty in the CEES at OU includes both environmental engineers andenvironmental scientists. CEES benefits from the synergy of engineers working with non-engineers in both the research and teaching missions of the school. In the early 1990’s, CEES © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencedecided to coordinate “capstone courses” (a.k.a., senior design) with practicing professionalsoutside of the university. The use of real world, multidisciplinary, practitioner directed capstoneprojects provided many benefits over the traditional single student “senior design” papers([1],[2]). In the mid 2000’s, CEES made the decision to implement a two

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Todd Easton

no statistical significant learningoutcomes between the online and in person students. The paper concludes by indicating that onlinelearning can be just as effective, but the students pursuing this option must actually desire this typeof learning and be willing to perform the necessary work to succeed.Key Words: Online Teaching, Hybrid Teaching, Active Learning, Student Assessment1. Introduction Spring 2020 threw both students and faculty roles into a chaotic situation. The Covid-19pandemic swept the globe, and the majority of universities and colleges ceased in personmeeting. This occurred in March and frequently coincided with spring break. Most institutions,cancelled a week of classes to let the faculty prepare to switch all of their

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Approach of Integrating Subject Matter Experts into Capstone Design Course Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Ph.D. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812, USA Correspondence: eenemuoh@d.umn.edu; Tel.: +1218-726-7686AbstractThis paper discusses an approach of integrating subject matter experts in teaching capstoneengineering design course. The approach requires the engineering student design teams to find atleast five subject matter experts in the field of the defined project. The subject matter experts arecommitted to serve in the