Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Donald Orlich, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

experiment is obviously beyond the scope of a middle school or high school.However, the underlying concept, that light of different wave lengths interacts differentlydepending upon the properties of the target, translates easily. The experiment that was developedconsists of focusing a high powered halogen light through a colored filter onto a colored candle.For example, the light passing through a blue filter is mainly in the blue wave lengths. However,a candle that appears blue does so because it absorbs all other wave lengths except blue. Thus ablue candle exposed to blue light absorbs little energy. However a blue candle exposed to redlight will absorb a great deal of energy and melt quickly. The equipment needed to conduct thistype of experiment

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Lori Smolleck, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2506: GIZMO FESTIVAL: K-8 OUTREACH AS A DESIGN/BUILDFOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSMargot A Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot is an associate professor of chemical engineering and associate dean of engineering at Bucknell University.Lori Smolleck, Bucknell University Page 22.746.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Gizmo Festival: K-8 Outreach as a Design/ Build for Engineering StudentsAbstractThe Gizmo Project is completed by first-year engineering students as the final exercise intheir introductory course: ENGR 100 – Exploring Engineering. The project also servesas a

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond in the Chemical Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sindia Rivera-Jiménez Ph.D., University of Florida; Deanna Alford, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

observations," Education for Chemical Engineers, vol. 20, pp. 1-10, 2017.[2] J. H. Panchal, O. Adesope, and R. Malak, "Designing Undergraduate Design Experiences— A Framework based on the Expectancy-Value Theory," nternational Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 871-879, 2012.[3] J. L. Mahoney, B. D. Cairns, and T. W. Farmer, "Promoting interpersonal competence and educational success through extracurricular activity participation," Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 95, no. 2, p. 409, 2003.[4] H. Nora and A. R. Patricia, "High School Extracurricular Activities and Camps Related to Engineering, Math and Science: Do They Help Retention and Performance in Engineering? (Fundamental

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #12430Promoting Metacognition through Writing Exercises in Chemical Engineer-ingDr. Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyDr. Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 26.1276.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Promoting Metacognition through Writing Exercises in Chemical EngineeringAbstractA high-level goal of all disciplines is for students to develop the capacity for lifelong learning. Todevelop the capacity of lifelong

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Christopher D. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

), “Teaching Cellular Automaton Concepts Through InterdisciplinaryCollaborative Learning,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 34(4), 204-309, 315.10 Heitsch, A. T., Ekerdt, J. G., and Korgel, B. A. (2009), “NANOLAB at the University of Texas at Austin: AModel for Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education,” Chemical Engineering Education,43(3), 225-231.11 Hunter, K. W., Matson, J. O., and Dunn, R. (2002), “Impact of a Fifty-Minute Experiential Team-BuildingProgram on Design Team Performance,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference and Exposition, Session 2257.12 Biernacki, J. J. and Wilson, C. , (1999) “Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Advanced Materials - A Team-OrientedInquiry-Based Approach,” NSF

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond in the Chemical Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona; Kasi M. Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students can transform into powerful learners through academic validation [25]. Thus,92 instructors can use teaching practices to transition their students’ fixed mindsets into growth mindsets.9394 Self-Efficacy (SE)95 Students with high levels of self-efficacy are less likely to drop out of college [26]. Self-efficacy is an96 aspect of social cognitive theory defined as “the exercise of human agency through people’s beliefs in 2 97 their capabilities to produce desired effects by their actions” [27]. As with growth mindset, self-efficacy 98 is domain-specific. Students may have high self-efficacy in one discipline that does not necessarily 99 transfer to a related discipline

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt University; Benjamin Joseph Saba; Yin Huang

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Introduction to Engineering Course Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. https://peer.asee.org/28915 7. Mallouk, K., & Oestreich, B. D., & Streiner, S., & Dahm, K. D., & Bodnar, C. A. (2019, June), Fostering Curiosity, Creating Value, and Making Connections in First-Year Students Through Product Archaeology Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. https://peer.asee.org/32857 8. Jensen, M. J., & Schlegel, J. L. (2017, June), Implementing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Design Project in an Introductory Engineering Course Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. https

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

TIP report. It wasn't something that you could have a hazy understanding of and still expect to get a good grade, so in that way it forced you to sit down and really work through all the intricacies of whatever concept(s) your TIP covers.” “The best aspect of the TIP projects was that they really made you think about how the topics discussed in lecture apply to real-world applications beyond those discussed in textbook problems. The process of applying concepts to an open problem helped solidify my understanding of the material.” “It was no longer a contrived problem out of a textbook. There weren't things we were necessarily supposed to do, steps to follow, or equations

Conference Session

Early ChemE Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico Abhaya Datye has been on the faculty at the University of New Mexico after receiving his PhD in Chem- ical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1984. He is presently Chair of the department and Distinguished Regents Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering. From 1994-2014 he served as Director of the Center for Microengineered Materials, a strategic research center at UNM that reports to the Vice President for Research. He is also the founding director of the graduate interdisciplinary program in Nanoscience and Microsystems, the first program at UNM to span three schools and colleges and the Anderson

Conference Session

ChE: Retention and Outreach

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Donald Orlich, Washington State University; William Thomson, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

except where the dye is concentrated (at the cancer cells). This produces alocalized heating, thus killing the cells in that region (the cancer cells). This type of experiment is obviously beyond the scope of a middle school or high school.However, the underlying concept, that light of different wave lengths interacts differentlydepending upon the properties of the target, translates easily. The experiment to be conducted atthe high school level consists of focusing a high powered halogen light through a colored filteronto a colored candle. For example, the light passing through a blue filter is mainly in the bluewave lengths. However, a candle that appears blue does so because it absorbs all of the otherwave lengths except blue. Thus a

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students (mostly freshmen) at TTU. The results suggestthat even freshmen claim to have some level of prior formal teamwork training and considerableexposure to teamwork through extracurricular activities. Their prior experiences with teamwork,however, appear to be rather neutral, though 83% reported having been involved in a “prior Page 22.1341.4successful team project.”To see how students at the sophomore level respond, an independent survey was given by theauthor, seeking information regarding prior teamwork exposure and experience with team-basedactivities. Somewhat consistent with Hunter, et al, student responses indicate that virtually

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Sefcik Anderson, Lafayette College; James K. Ferri, Lafayette College; Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Further, the time invested by the instructoron these initial training sessions, and on subsequent follow-up sessions, is significant. Whenneeding to train multiple new users, this model quickly becomes unsustainable to the instructor.In the flipped laboratory model, we invert this training process. New users can control the time,place, and rate of training through access to a library of short videos (less than 5 minutes each)with narration that explains standard operating procedures and applicable safety protocols.Students can watch the videos multiple times and have access to them in the laboratory (on theirlaptop or tablet). Subsequently, instructors can meet with students to address higher-orderconcerns, such as troubleshooting tips and “what

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

modelallowed students to run virtual experiments to discover the effect of changing each controlparameter and to test various controller tuning methods. The virtual experiments were tied toreality and learning was strengthened by applying the knowledge gained to control the physicalexperiment.Physical ExperimentThe objective of the experiment, shown schematically in Figure 1, was to control the temperatureinside a jacketed, well-stirred vessel containing 200 ml of water. The vessel was heated andcooled by circulating water through the jacket surrounding the vessel. The temperature of thecirculating water was controlled with a PID controller acting on a temperature bath containing aheater and a refrigeration unit. The process studied was a simple one

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

retention and attrition,and culture is cited as one factor for students who switch out of engineering or choose notto enter engineering. Seymour and Hewitt31 note that “…a greater proportion of theproblems described by switchers arose from structural and cultural sources rather thanproblems of personal inadequacy.” These problems include: • Allegations of poor teaching and faculty unapproachable for help with academic problems (74.5%). • The feeling of being overwhelmed by the pace and the workload (47.0%). • Inadequate help and advice from faculty through periods of academic difficulty (45.6%). • Problems (especially financial) arising when degrees expected to be completed in four years actually take much longer

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students expressed a keen interest in theequipment that they were exposed to through the degree projects. We suspect that this will havea positive effect on their retention in the program beyond year two and their interest in the ChEfield and look forward to our longitudinal results accordingly.Table 3: Qualitative Metric of Degree Project Success To test the skills thatStudent Quote were demonstrated in theChelsea M. “It was great to get some experience with the techniques and laboratory, we designed a apparatuses in the laboratory. Thank you for preparing this part of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

22.139.2Technology reported in 1997 that significant investment needed to be made in understandinglearning and supporting the development of best practices. In supporting best practices, thereport emphasized the need for large-scale studies to determine best practices and provideinformation on generalizability.1 The Interagency Education Research Initiative, formed inresponse to that report, was created to support research and develop a knowledge base to“support the development, testing, and implementation of scalable and sustainable interventionsto improve teaching and learning, particularly through the use of technology.”2 Additionally,funding agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) require a “broader impact”component in all grant proposals.3

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan M. Stagg-Williams, The University of Kansas; Molly McVey, The University of Kansas; Andrew David Yancey, The University of Kansas; Akash Anand, The University of Kansas; Arthur A. Lee, The University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

projectaccounts for approximately 35% of the course grade.Details of the Fall Semester Laboratory Component The design of the fall semester laboratory course started with a grant from the KansasSoybean Commission titled Beyond the Book: Active Learning through Biodiesel (#ALT-B).The specific goals of adding the laboratory were to: 1) Expose each student to the integrated nature of chemical engineering concepts by having them work on laboratories that were integrated from feedstock to product. 2) Increase material and concept retention so that students would remember the laboratory experience when presented with theoretical material and concepts in future courses. 3) Increase retention to the sophomore year. 4) Increase opportunities

Conference Session

Novel Classrooms

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Smith, Brown University; Ann Sitomer, Portland State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Graduate Student Pedagogy Seminar in Chemical EngineeringIntroductionTeaching is an important but often challenging activity for graduate students. In the role ofgraduate teaching assistants (GTA), they impact the learning experience of undergraduatestudents, but they also gain a set of knowledge and skills beyond what they learn in class orthrough research. Typical duties for GTAs vary and can range from conducting

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther W. Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Manish Kumar, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

mathematics (STEM) fields as well as to increase thenumber of students engaged in such research from underrepresented groups 1, 2. Beyond thesegoals, REU programs aim to serve the more fundamental function of facilitating the developmentof research and research-based skills among undergraduate students 6, 11.The primary goal of the current study was to examine student outcomes from a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) sponsored REU program focused on the integration of biology and materialsin chemical engineering. A distinguishing feature of the REU program centered on the use ofstudent pairing as a mechanism for fostering research collaboration and integration into theresearch community at the REU site. Selected NSF-funded REU students were paired

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

maintained through thesemester. The faculty in the courses are each responsible for applying the rubrics for their ownprojects and reports. Only the oral (or video) presentation rubric is currently used by multiplepeople to evaluate the same group submission.Rubrics are used in general to clarify expectations for students, and to help identify specificallywhere students can improve in their work. There are two core elements of a rubric: criteria andstandards [1]. The criteria are the features or characteristics that are evaluated, and the standardsare identifiable levels of quality. Stevens and Levi [2] provide considerable detail in rubricconstruction. Most of their examples result in rubrics with four to six criteria, usually scoredacross three

Conference Session

Teaching Professional Skills in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Wayne Gammon-Pitman, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

done [2]. If the purpose of education is toprepare students to be successful in school and beyond, then we must start byunderstanding the stories of how students succeed in school.In this paper, different definitions of student success in school are described. Then thesedefinitions are contrasted with the students’ experiences. While the common studentsuccess outcome is graduating with a degree, this paper focuses on student experiences ofsuccess. Upper-class undergraduate chemical engineering courses, technical electives,were targeted. These courses were targeted because students taking these courses areunlikely to switch majors. Additionally, it was presumed that these students in theseclasses have had a high-point or successful instance

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Hudon, Queen's University; Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

winter 2nd yr (cohort 2) Figure 2: Most difficult task in solving problem 16 As students are progressing through one course, their level of confidence generallyincreases; however, their central apprehensions about solving problems are consistent andpersistent, i.e., developing the appropriate mathematical framework and relating the correctmathematical framework to theory, are two elements where they feel something is lacking.Moreover, and this may be a direct consequence of their perceived lack of acquired mathematicalcompetency, their level of confidence drops when progressing from one course to another. Thiscalls for extending the current problem-solving project in theoretical courses beyond the secondyear to

Conference Session

ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Derek Meyers-Graham, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

anincreasingly essential skill for engineers. This requires not only knowledge of statisticalconcepts related to DOE, but also the ability to integrate this methodology with fundamentalengineering principles toward designing and understanding experiments. However, currentengineering curriculums have not fully adapted to this need in the engineering industry. In the1970s and 1980s, the absence of sound statistical methods in the engineering work place led to acrisis in US industry where a large percentage of the market share went overseas. This crisis wasfirst reflected in the manufacture of automobiles and then in the process-oriented manufacture ofintegrated circuits.1,2 Only with the industrial investment towards quality, largely through the

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

projects, the instructors are offering a short subset of the lectures focused on avery brief survey of nanotechnology at a level appropriate for seniors, to ensure that thosestudents that have not elected to work on a nanotechnology related project have a generalunderstanding of nanotechnologies and their potential impacts.7. OutreachIn addition to the integration of nanotechnology into the chemical engineering curriculum, thistopic is introduced to K-12 students through existing outreach programs. One recipient of thenewly developed nanotechnology modules is the Saturday Academy (SA). SA is a program thatprovides extracurricular enriched learning experiences to K-12 students through communityprofessionals. During Winter 2007, a course was

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Mills, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Anuradha Nagaraj, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Srivenu Seelam, Texas A& M University-kingsville; Ali Pilehvari, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

tools that allow them to: (1) applyfundamental ideas in chemical engineering over a greatly expanded range of temporal and lengthscales; (2) apply chemical engineering fundamentals to emerging technology applications; (3)construct novel solutions for more complex, open-ended problems and processes; and (4)translate fundamental concepts and knowledge to novel challenges.To achieve the above curricula objectives, three major strategies have been identified anddefined to facilitate implementation. These include: (1) curriculum content reform anddevelopment; (2) student assessment activities, and (3) faculty development initiatives.(7,8) Thesethree strategies are being implemented through the following six key mechanisms: i. Identification and

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Golebiowska; Giovanni Kelly II; Yassir M. Samra; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

to vegetable oil to produce biodiesel andglycerin4. Glycerin is a byproduct of the reaction that can be converted into soaps, candles andother products. Once the reaction is complete and the two products separated, the biodiesel hasto be purified. One way to purify the biodiesel is by using water. Since biodiesel is a non-polar Page 23.189.2molecule, the polarity of the water attracts and removes any impurities from the biodiesel as thewater separates from the biodiesel5. This washwater is then removed once it phase separates6.The second method of removing impurities from biodiesel is through the use of Magnesol D-Sol; a synthetic magnesium

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Decker, Wentworth Institute of Technology; William Hansen, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Robert Dewar, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

there would be onechange of volume of air in the greenhouse per hour, resulting in 24 changes per day. Infiltration Heat Loss5 Qinf = 0.018 × V × K × ∆T × t V = volume of the greenhouse (ft3) K = number of changes per day (day-1) ∆T = difference in temperature between indoor and outdoor temperatures (°F) t = number of days in each month (days/month)The following table contains the heat losses by infiltration on a monthly basis using 65°F as aninternal temperature. The table to the right of it contains a total heat loss value for each month. Table 3: Monthly

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and satisfaction.Active and collaborative learning environments, have repeatedly and consistently been shown toimpart a variety of benefits to students and departments1–3:  gains in learning4–7;  improved retention of course material8;  higher student self-assessment of their educational experiences7,9;  improved student retention, particularly in underrepresented groups5,10–12;  aid in ABET assessments13.Given such benefits, STEM education reform recommendations have recognized the need formore authentic and active learning within core curriculum, from the K-12 to the undergraduatelevel14–16. Furthermore, research has revealed that developing a sense of community andbelonging within a department can also

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Once the approach is selected, it is followed by a setof forced moves where the students are expected to conform to disciplinary norms and practicesand follow a specific path to get a “final answer.” Unfortunately, in engineering science classes,the instructor provides authorship and students are only expected to conform to the disciplinarynorms and practices mandated by forced moves. Our premise in Studio 2.0 design is that byproviding activity in a context that gives students authorship through free moves, it isexpansively framed. This research study seeks to characterize students’ descriptions of their ownlearning and see if it is consistent with this hypothesis.MethodsThis study is part of a larger effort to resituate learning in a large

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

participation by all students in the activity.The assignments divided into three parts: a data acquisition step, where the student had torequest tests that characterized the system, a data analysis task, using data from theacquisition step, and a performance step, where the student had to instruct another studentin order to obtain a specified performance for their system. While student’s prefer theeasy route most of the students in this year’s group learned valuable lessons beyond justprocess control. It would appear that this is one of those situations where you may notlike the approach but you realize that in the end it is good for you.IntroductionProviding hands-on, or learn-by-doing, experiences for engineering students is oftencomplicated by