Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

well as Malicky, Lord, and Huang’s[5] pedagogydecision matrix, can help formulate more effective service-learning projects to better meet overalllearning objectives. This leads into the focus topic of this paper: the compared results of servicelearning project optimization in an introductory chemical engineering course to better fulfilllearning objectives.The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University has a totalenrollment of approximately 605 students with 479 undergraduates participating in a 132 hourprogram. In 2006, the department received an NSF engineering educational grant, in whichservice learning was earmarked as one of the methods to enrich the overall curriculum quality[6].Service learning is an

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Kevin J Cash, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Robert Ofoli, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

curriculum design, rather than be confined by rigidcriteria. This paper offers preliminary evidence that the regular assessment of the ABET-designated outcomes has opened the eyes of our faculty to issues in student learning thatmay not have been considered before. While initial assessment was conducted at thedisciplinary course level, improvement actions have been more far-reaching includingnon-trivial course and program improvements, interdepartmental faculty collaboration,redesign of course content, and renewal of faculty interest in improved classroompedagogy. This paper reports on the assessment-based approaches used to implementcurricular change and the benefits that have resulted to date. In a broader sense, this paperproposes a model process