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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Roger C. Lo, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach; James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Sergio Mendez, California State University, Long Beach

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-1921: POSTER SESSION FOR TENURE TRACK FACULTYDonald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological UniversityJason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Dr. Jeffrey A Nason, Oregon State UniversityRoger C. Lo, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach Roger C. Lo is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at California State University, Long Beach. He received his PhD from Texas A&M University in May 2008. Roger teaches undergraduate and grad- uate required courses (fluids, math, and transport phenomena) and also numerical analysis using Excel and MATLAB for chemical

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: What Works to Retain Students in Chemical Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Amanda M. Portis, Michigan State University; Eldred H. Chimowitz, University of Rochester; Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Keith L. Levien, Oregon State University; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Condit, University of Rochester ; Stephen Lindeman

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Chemical Engineering

them to go to career fair. Three faculty members share their experiences in asimilar research panel organized by the instructor later in the Fall.  Some   chemical   engineering   departments   might   choose   to   address   some   of   these  career  issues  in  a  separate  1-­‐credit  survey  course  that  serves  as  an  overview  to  the  field,   with   discussions   of   career   paths,   panel   sessions   and   roundtable   discussions.  This  is  certainly  an  option  some  departments  might  consider.  Supporting all our studentsAt the end of every semester, I review all student transcripts and send email messages toabout half our students commending them for improvements in performance orexpressing concern about declines

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Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah S. Goldberg, University of Maryland, College Park; Jinwang Zou, University of Maryland, College Park; Ganesh Sriram, University of Maryland

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Chemical Engineering

Q7, knowing what is required toget a good job when they graduate. These results support that the seminar design successfullydelivered the course objectives.In contrast, students enrolled in Material & Energy Balances only showed neutral or negativechanges in most questions over the semester, most notably a statistically significant drop in theirconfidence to obtain a degree in chemical engineering or engineering in general (Q1,Q2).Despite completing a technical introduction to chemical engineering, their knowledge of the fieldof chemical engineering and related career paths did not improve significantly (Q3, Q4); in fact,they had less of an idea of what they wanted to do when they graduated compared to beforetaking the class (Q8). While

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

first is a general English course, the second is an elective. Whiletechnical communication is an option for this elective, so are courses in fairy-tale literature or thewritings of various ethnicities. Thus, students are not explicitly required to take a course intechnical communication, but rather expected to gain these skills needed for their professionalcareers through other coursework and external experiences. Other departments at the sameinstitution offer discipline-specific courses in technical communication, and informalobservations of the communication skills of senior-level students have suggested that ourdepartment may benefit from such a course. In Spring 2014, we piloted an undergraduate course,Technical and Professional

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth P. Mineart, North Carolina State University; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #11972Improving Student Technical Communication via Self ReflectionMr. Kenneth P Mineart, North Carolina State University Kenneth Mineart received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Iowa. Currently, he is a doctoral student in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he works in the field of block copolymer science with Professor Richard Spontak. Kenneth has regularly served as a graduate teaching assistant for a variety of courses including: Unit Operations Laboratory, Material and Energy Balances, Introduction to

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines; Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

amongstall involved and motivate student engagement and cooperation. This in turn leads to studentsachieving significant technical and non-technical learning outcomes and the course is recognizedby alumni and recruiters as highly effective at preparing students for theworkplace. Furthermore, despite the intense pace and depth and breadth of skills covered andassessed in the course, the fail rate is effectively zero.The course is offered twice each summer, each 6-week session currently accommodating up to84 students, with a Student-to-Professor ratio of up to 12:1 (yes, 7 faculty per session!). Thereare also writing instructors, a lab manager, and at least two TA’s working full- to nearly full-timeto help manage the course. There is 1 experiment per

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. M. Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Kevin Stratman, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #23631Effect of Online Recorded Video ”Review Session” on Student Test Prepa-ration and Performance for Fluid Mechanics Midterm at a University in theNetherlandsProf. Michael D M Barankin, Colorado School of Mines Michael D. M. Barankin is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Barankin received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of CA, Los Angeles in 2002 and 2009, respectively; and he received his M.S., graduating with honors, from the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands (TU Delft) in 2004. After a post-doctoral appointment at TU Delft through

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. Page 26.1739.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Why Not Ask Students to Explain Themselves? Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical WritingNote: Based on reviewer comments this paper is submitted to the ASEE 2015 Annual Conference as a “Work-In-Progress” that is intended to be presented at the ChE Division Poster Session.1. IntroductionRecently a great deal of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

oxygen conducting mixed oxide membranes and teaching reactor engineering, and she has been teaching back at CSM since 2004. She is now a Teaching Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at CSM. Her primary research focus is in pedagogy, specifically in utilizing online resources and other technology and different teaching methods to increase student engage- ment and reduce/eliminate lecturing in the classroom. She likes to play with her kids, play racquetball, run, bike, swim, and play pool in her free time. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Creating and Facilitating an Engaging, Rigorous, Fully-Online Technical Course (or just Online Content

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ChE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, National University of Singapore

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Chemical Engineering

is obtained via an anonymous formal evaluation and via postings on the website.1. IntroductionThe focus of this paper is to provide an overview of a Workshop on Oral Communication Skillsthat the author has taught for the past two years in the Department of Chemical Engineering atthe National University of Singapore. This non-credit Workshop is required for all graduatestudents in the Department. The Workshop goals are to prepare students to make both formaloral as well as poster technical presentations. Considerations that present special challenges arethat the Workshop involves a relatively large number of students (45-75) from diverse culturalbackgrounds (primarily from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Middle East) for manyof

Conference Session

ChE: Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

-min lecture sessions and a 2-hour laboratory session per week (ChE 4402). Asignificant fraction of the course time was devoted to the work with the microcontroller; to fitthis in some modifications of the original curriculum were necessary. In addition to developing amore economical presentation of the subject matter, the following steps were taken:1. Bode stability analysis was omitted. Stability analysis is done using the poles of a transfer function (Chapter 4 of “Chemical Process Control”1).2. The treatment of second-order systems was reduced to a bare minimum; enough was taught to explain stability, instability and quarter amplitude damping (QAD). (The discussion of first-order systems remained unchanged, as did the discussion

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kitana M Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

accredited programs [1]. More importantly, asundergraduate engineering students advance further into their careers, they are faced withmultiple tasks that require them to write extensively, whether that be in industry or graduateschool.Currently, in the standard engineering curriculum, undergraduate engineering students are onlyrequired to take a basic writing course, such as Introductory English, and some form of technicalwriting course, which is typically not engineering-specific [2,3]. Other courses that allow thesestudents to practice writing are engineering lab courses that require lab reports. In these labclasses, professors tend to focus on the quality of the technical material rather than the quality ofthe writing [4]. This could be due to a

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

based oncounting up elements of the structure of the map. Holistic rubrics assign scores to desiredattributes of a map, with subscores generally on a 3- or 4-point scale, while hierarchical rubricsaward points for the number of features, resulting in a score that technically has no upper limit.One example of each type of rubric follows, though several variations on each are available.Besterfield et al. explored the use of concept maps to assess “knowledge integration” inindustrial engineering at the University of Pittsburgh [1]. In their study, after a brief overview ofmind maps and their creation, students were asked to create a mind map of the field of industrialengineering in their second year of study and then again in their fourth year

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical Engineering Department; Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Steven R. Little, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

(from sophomores to graduate student TAs to faculty), but alsoproduce a new generation of alumni better equipped to work in today’s marketplace, whether Page 24.1384.2they choose to work within an existing company or venture out on their own.Rationale for Product Innovation SequenceInnovation is critical to the US economy, a hypothesis advanced by a seemingly endless series ofarticles, reports and blogs.1, 2, 3, 4 The president firmly believes in this message and hasformalized it through “A Strategy for American Innovation: Securing our Economic Growth andProsperity.”5 Here he notes “America’s future economic growth and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

develop general members’ teamwork skills.Introduction Teamwork is regarded as one of the most important soft skills by both engineeringgraduates and their employers (1-4). A review of studies surveying engineers across engineeringdisciplines and experience levels found that there are four distinct tiers of importance;communication and teamwork were in the tier with highest importance, while math, science, andengineering knowledge were in the tier second from the bottom (5).  Professionals withteamwork skills are desirable because high-performing teams have the potential to becomegreater than the sum of their members, especially when tackling interdisciplinary challenges (2).However, teamwork does not receive adequate emphasis for such an

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Barr, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

the increase of quality assurance and regulations set forth by government agencies,recording of data and results will be an important skill for those students to have. For instance,electronic notebooks can comply with CFR Title 21 Part 11: Electronic Records and ElectronicSignatures of the United States Food and Drug Administration.With increase of personal technology and implementation of “cloud” storage, many companiesare implementing some form of electronic laboratory notebooks. • In 1997, Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association (CENSA) was formed through the support of eleven major pharmaceutical and chemical companies. [1] • In 2014, Takeda Pharmaceutical published an article regarding their E-Notebook Project

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Oral Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reis, Louisiana Tech University; Katie A. Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Dexter Cahoy, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

performances, the missing values (from students whowere absent on scheduled quiz dates or who withdrew from the course), high skewness, non-normal and the percentage form of the outcome variable of interest (quiz score), which isbounded by 0 below and 1 or 100% above. More importantly, the data gathered also includedother factors like “sections”, which corresponds to the different instructors and schedules, andthe interaction between “sections” and “homework type”. We need to control the effects of thesefactors to filter out or isolate the effects of the “homework types” to quiz scores. A way to do thisis to use the binomial generalized linear mixed effect model which is also flexible enough tohandle missing values in the data. The results of the fit

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

nosignificant change, including data analysis, troubleshooting, and concept application, containedat least one question that was substituted between pre- and post-test. In general, students scoredthe highest in the Safety and Acquire Data categories; most students received full credit for thesequestions which skewed some error bars above 100%.Figure 1: Average student score for each category of the Skills Test administered before and after theLab II course. Error bars represent standard deviation of 66 scores (pre-test) and 65 scores (post-test).Observable decreases were seen in the categories of connecting theory with experimental data (a16 percentage point drop) and knowledge of laboratory equipment (a 14 percentage point drop).Each of these

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

outcomes c (an ability to design a system to meetdesired needs [new ABET student outcome 2]), d (an ability to function on a team [new ABETstudent outcome 5]), and g (an ability to communicate effectively [new ABET student outcome3], which our program has allied with this sequence of senior design courses [1]. There are alsoa number of secondary objectives that are fulfilled in this design course sequence. These includerecognizing and addressing process safety issues, developing people skills, and introducingtopics relevant to the impending student transition from the academic environment to theprofessional environment, such as the need for life-long learning and the benefits of professionalregistration for chemical engineers. Observations of

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Franklin Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Logan Riley Nimer

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Chemical Engineering

microphone2. Videos were produced during the course ofthe semester, with the associated Video Quizzes released about one week prior to the deadline(the date and time of the class session for which the video viewing was necessary).1 While this method is by far the easiest for one without video production experience, it is not without limitations(e.g., the recorded audio is automatically faded in and out during slide transition animations) and it is recommendedthat video production or video screen capture software be used to record audio and video separately. Producingseparate tracks also enables more precisely targeted and/or advanced video editing techniques, helping the instructorto condense the video to a shorter run-time.2 The authors have more

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

Page 24.1317.10 R ($/y) is the annual revenue or savings from the electricity generated.The factor 0.20 includes a 15% rate of return on investment and a ten-year plant life. Appendix B Design Project GradesheetTeam ______________________ Members:Writing (generally -1 point per error) / 5 Spelling / 5 Grammar / 5 Flow/logical connectedness/clarity / 5 Proper content in proper places (Appendix material in appendix, etc.) / 5 Formatting (Is it a memo? Table labeled? Graph labeled? Etc.) /25 Writing TotalTechnical / 7 Article verification / 8 Regenerative designs / 8 Economic analysis / 2

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Zachary West, University of Dayton Research Institute; Matthew J DeWitt, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton; Donald A Comfort, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering

their final experimental test matrix, identify applicable analyticalneeds/instrumentation, and review data generated by the other groups. All safety considerationswere assessed prior to allowing the students to operate the equipment or use chemicals. At the endof the experience, students were required to complete a final report, make a final presentation, andevaluate the group performance of their teams.Keywords: CSTR, Reaction Engineering Experiment, Unit Ops Lab, open-ended problem, PBLIntroduction and BackgroundThe unit operations laboratory at the University of Dayton covers experiments in the followingcore chemical engineering topics: fluid flow, heat transfer, and separation processes. The studentsperform an additional operability study

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimia Moozeh, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Jennifer Lyn Farmer, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

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Chemical Engineering

Education, 2018 Work-in-Progress: A Framework for Development of Web-based Multimedia Pre-laboratory ExercisesIntroductionEngineering is an applied discipline, and therefore, undergraduate laboratories are considered anessential part of engineering curriculum [1], [2]. Laboratories help reinforce theoretical concepts[3], and improve skills such as problem solving, analytical thinking and technical skills [4]-[6].Other benefits include learning professional skills such as time management, teamwork, effectivewriting and oral communication skills [7]-[11].Despite the potential value of undergraduate laboratories, there is a general agreement that theactual learning outcomes often do not balance the time, effort, and money

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

marketing approaches…). - Create more opportunities for engineering and business majors to both wear the others “hat”, as well as demonstrate and utilize their own (disciplinary) strengths and Page 22.77.12 knowledge. For example, the data in Figure 1 indicates that the engineering students did not learn as much as the business students in some of the technical sessions. These engineering students might then be more engaged during these sessions if allowed to take more a leadership role in delivering the technical material to and/or interpreting the technical material

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

Coriolismass flow meter and a vane anemometer that give other readings that can be corrected to thesame mass flow rate as shown in Table 1. The rotameters are Omega Engineering model FL-1503A precision rotameters. The anemometer (model HHF141A-USB) was also obtained fromOmega. The Coriolis meter is a Micro Motion model CMF025 that was generously donated tous by Micro Motion and Pond Technical Sales, Inc. Page 23.126.6Most students found that the Coriolis meter was the easiest to use to establish constant mass flowfor their pressure drop measurements. Most students also understood that the higher pressure atthe first rotameter resulted in a higher

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

modules are completed, students should: 1. Have a working knowledge on regulatory compliance through good laboratory practices training. 2. Have a working knowledge on safety compliance, risk assessment, and hazard mitigation in a laboratory environment. 3. Understand the risks of regulatory and safety non-compliance. 4. Have functional knowledge to work with professionals in RC and SC areas. 5. Have the ability to write and understand RC and SC documentation. 6. Understand the interplay between technical aspects and compliance aspects of CHE profession.General teaching methodology RC and SC modules are designed to be used in lecture, laboratory or design courses. Allinstruction in these modules was done through

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Edgar A. O'Rear, University of Oklahoma; Gary Robert Brown, Washington State University, Office of Assessment and Innovation; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

amongst themselves and ask the instructor for help if they had anyconcerns. The instructor went around the class listening to and interacting with thestudents. Whenever a general misconception(s) was noted, the instructor halted theactivities and gave a mini- lecture to correct the misconception(s). The worksheetswere thereafter assigned as individual homework at the end of the class.The 25-question concept tests were posted on the course website on the first day ofclass to be turned in individually on the third day.On the last day, a 90-minute open-book exam on the materials covered in class wasadministered to the students.4.0 Results and discussionTable 1 below shows the results for the multiple-choice concept questions used inthis work. It is

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

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Chemical Engineering

activitywherein teams of three or four are generally established, depending upon the size anddisciplinary distribution of the student body. Because of the interdisciplinary constraints it is noteasy to form teams that are optimized based on skills or interest, so we give interest priority overskills since students always vote to work on topics of interest over topics for which they may be Page 22.958.11best trained. Since student opinion is important, we like to give students a voice in team choiceat this level in their academic training. A typical session involves discussion of interdisciplinarydesign followed by some small group work leading to

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Jefferson Baird, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

301 Fall Transport Phenomena ChE 401 Spring Reactive Process Engineering Senior ChE 501 Fall Dynamics and Modeling ChE 601 Spring Process and Product Design and SafetyThese six Pillar courses take advantage of block scheduling with each course taught five days perweek in two hour sessions – three days for lecture, one day for problem recitation, and one dayfor an associated laboratory course over a fifteen week semester. A new key element of thePillar curriculum, the associated lab course, replaced our two previous 3- and 4-credit senior-year, unit operations laboratory courses with a 1-credit lab taken each semester starting at

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

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Chemical Engineering

are reported to be valuable in their daily life, emphasizing life-longlearning.1. IntroductionChemical engineering curriculum ensures students focus on learning the technical details of theprofession. However, problems in industry always involve much more than just finding technicalsolutions.1 Professional careers require skills such as proposing ideas, developing practicalsolutions, working in teams, meeting deadlines, establishing communication between technicalsupport and suppliers, overseeing financial issues and finally reporting and presentation skills.Very few chemical engineering programs incorporate project management courses that meetrequirements of professional life. Therefore, alterations and additions into the existingcurriculum