at Austin in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2022. Her areas of expertise include computational modeling of cell-based therapies and integrating social justice concepts into engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 To record or not to record? Collaborating through conflictPOSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors all vary in disability status, and those disabilities representedby the authors are far from representative of the entire community. We also represent faculty,staff, and students from a wide range of backgrounds who were initially at conflict over theissues presented. Through surveys, discussions
projects; one for process modeling (open-loop) and one forcontroller synthesis (closed-loop), and the sub-teams switch their roles from one project toanother. Detailed analysis of relevant team dynamics is assessed quantitatively and qualitativelybased on the experience with 71 students arranged in 12 groups. Based on this experience, aproposal is made to develop a program of institutional collaborations to broaden the accessibilityof real lab experience to students worldwide, mainly targeting those without this valuableresource. A preliminary trial showed the potential for a successful global collaborationaddressing technical content and team dynamics.IntroductionThe most recent survey on the series of chemical engineering undergraduate education
and develop the capabilities required in the professional practice of engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Project-Based Learning and Industry Collaborations to Integrate Process Safety in an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering LaboratoryINTRODUCTIONProcess safety education is a key aspect of a chemical engineer’s training that focuses onidentifying hazards, managing risks, and preventing accidents [1]–[3]. The practice of laboratoryand process safety in engineering courses offers multiple educational benefits and opportunitiesto help the professional development of students[2], [4], [5]: (1) it introduces students to theapplication of their chemical engineering knowledge to
Engineering Department at University of Florida. He is the Director of the Unit Operations Laboratory, currently working on the development platforms to enhance the instruction of Unit Operations Laboratories ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-progress: Elevating Chemical Engineering Outreach Through Collaborative Efforts Showcasing Fluid Flow ExperimentsABSTRACTThe Summer Enrichment Academy (SEA) is a summer program at the University of Maryland,Baltimore County (UMBC), which introduces pre-college students to science, engineering, arts,and humanities fields. Students participate in engaging, informative, and interactive week-longworkshops to gain a preview of the college
classes to increase active leaning in the classroom and works on water treatment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Do small collaborative learning communities within a larger class increase students’ sense of belonging and learning?AbstractWe implemented small collaborative learning communities in 2020 during the COVID-19pandemic to encourage connection between the students online and those who were able to cometo class. We define classroom learning communities as small groups of students who sit togetherand are encouraged to discuss concepts together during class discussion times, such as beforeanswering TopHat questions and during in-class problem solving sessions
Division Early Career Award.Dr. C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a professor of chemical engineering and founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rowan University. He has an extensive research and teaching background in separation process technology with a particular focus on membraSean CurtisMichael FracchiollaDavid Anthony Theuma ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Hands-On Experience in Solving Real-World Problems via a Unique Student-Faculty-Industry Collaboration Program1. IntroductionModern engineering education should have an inclusive teaching curriculum that combinestraditional lecture-based learning with new methods that can
in shaping organizational cultures. As an education practitioner, she also looks at evidence-based practices to incorporate social responsibility skills and collaborative and inclusive teams into the curriculum. Dr. Rivera-Jim´enez graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez with a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She earned an NSF RIEF award recognizing her effort in transitioning from a meaningful ten-year teaching faculty career into engineering education research. Before her current role, she taught STEM courses at diverse institutions such as HSI, community college, and R1 public university. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Community
). Project Leader (1987-92). Principal Researcher (1992-95). Specialty Products Business Leader (1995-99)Hseen BaledMichael McMahon ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Team Building Games to Reinforce the Training of Chemical Engineering Students in Team Skills Based on Collaboration LeadershipIntroductionTeam building games or activities are popular at work [1] - [3], and college [4]. Team games arecreative activities that simulate team performance at relatively simple and engaging tasks butoffering practice and reflections to apply to real job situations. They can be used when starting anew team project or sometimes later to address conflicts, to encourage positive attitudes, or tounveil new
ofimprovement. Efforts to promote diversity within engineering schools have yielded modestgains. In response to the changing landscape of engineering education, including recent updatesin ABET criteria emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the UIC ChemicalEngineering (CHE) department has embarked on a mission to be a change leader. This paperprovides an overview of the department's ongoing DEI activities and initiatives, with a focus oncreating a more inclusive educational environment.The UIC DEI committee, in collaboration with a student DEI committee, has implemented astructured model to address DEI issues. To assess the current state of the department, climatesurveys were conducted among students and faculty/staff. Action items were
engineering collaboration have been proposed [18, 19].Previously, we reported on educational innovations to teach students of engineering aboutdevices with biomedical applications [20, 21, 22]. These teaching efforts included thedevelopment of devices in the laboratory [23], the deployment of these devices to the field (inthis case, the community environment) [24], and the ongoing improvement of devices to promotehuman health [25]. These efforts incorporated high school teachers as well as historicallyunderrepresented student populations to learn about and become involved in device development[26]. These prior efforts targeted long-standing problems of sustainable development includingsecure access to safe supplies of food and water [27, 28, 29, 30
Paper ID #44146Board 26: Reducing Environmental Impact in Higher Education: CurriculumDesign for the Sustainable-Unit Operations LaboratoryDr. Ariel Chan, University of Toronto Professor Ariel Chan joined the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto in 2017. She is also a practicing professional engineer registered in Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses on experiential learning and laboratory curriculum design. She has also devoted her research to cultivating more equitable and inclusive learning using a data analytic approach to identify factors associated with engineering
Paper ID #42681Navigating the Theory-to-Practice Gap: Insights from a Process Safety EducationPilot StudyMrs. Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan UniversityCayla Ritz, Rowan University Cayla Ritz, is pursuing a Ph.D in Engineering Education in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research focuses on how story-driven games can be used to help engineering students understand how they may make decisions in professional engineering roles. She is particularly interested in how engineers make decisions in public welfare, community/environmental safety, and social contexts.Dr. Elif Miskioglu
Paper ID #43337Material and Energy Balances and Character Development: An Investigationof Student Responses to Intentional Virtue Education in a Traditional ChemicalEngineering CourseDr. Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame Dr. Victoria Goodrich is a Teaching Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Notre Dame. In her role as a teaching professor, she teaches hands-on courses across the chemical engineering curriculum. Her educational
, he has over 7 years of international consulting experience, collaborating with the U.K. government, European Union, and the United Nations.Dr. Natasha Smith, University of Virginia Dr. Smith is a Professor at the University of VirginiaCaroline Elizabeth Crockett, University of Virginia Caroline Crockett is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She received her PhD degree from the University of Michigan in electrical engineering. Her research interests include image processing and conceptual understanding.Anukriti Shrestha, University of Virginia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
Paper ID #42467Development of an Introduction to Sustainable Engineering Course as a ChemicalEngineering ElectiveDr. Heather L. Walker, University of Arkansas Dr. Walker is a Teaching Assistant Professor and the Associate Department Head for the Undergraduate Program in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include engineering education, increasing student engagement and student advising.Dr. Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas Dr. Clausen is a University Professor in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas
Paper ID #37196Sensemaking of Block Flow Diagrams in Chemical EngineeringProf. Jiamin Zhang, University of California, Riverside Jiamin Zhang received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, and went on to com- plete her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. After completing a postdoc in physics and engineering education at Auburn University, she joined the department of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of California Riverside as an assistant professor of teach- ing. Her teaching interests include fluid mechanics, soft matter, and engineering
Social Identity.” Presented at CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference. 2018. Available: https://peer.asee.org/29530.[9] S. L. Rodriguez and J. M. Blaney, “‘We’re the unicorns in STEM’: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students,” J. Divers. High. Educ., vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 441–455, 2021.[10] D. Verdín, “The power of interest: minoritized women’s interest in engineering fosters persistence beliefs beyond belongingness and engineering identity,” Int. J. STEM Edu., vol. 8, no. 1, p. 33, 2021/05/07 2021.[11] S. M. Way, S. M. Arnett, J. J. Brown, M. K. Gorham, and L. Humble. “Work in Progress
Paper ID #46210Applied Food Science & Engineering for Non-majorsDr. Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. Her scholarly interests include engineering education and food science and engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Applied Food Science & Engineering for Non-majors Abstract Everyone needs to eat, and the production of foods and beverages provide an accessible model for chemical engineering processes and concepts. In addition to being a pathway
the operation and innovation of the teaching laboratories and he manages Graduate Teaching Assistants for the Department of Chemical Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023WIP: Unpacking graduate teaching assistants’ (GTAs) taught practice: exploring trainingthrough decisional capitalAbstractHigh quality teaching in chemical engineering is often supported by graduate teaching assistants(GTAs) who have always been at the forefront of this endeavour. They often contribute to lectures,labs, academic tutorials and more occasionally get involved with assessment, feedback and learningdesign. Therefore, it is important that we understand how GTAs can develop their practice asprofessional
groups at a large research institution,” Intl. J. STEM Education, 2023. Accepted.[27] J. Stewart, J. Hansen, and E. W. Burkholder, “Visualizing and predicting the path to an undergraduate physics degree at two institutions,” Physical Review Physics Education Research, vol. 18, p. 020117, 2022.[28] S. Secules, C. McCall, J. A. Majia, C. Beebe, A. S. L. Masters, M. S´anchez-Pe˜na, and M. Svyantek, “Positionality practices and dimensions of impact on equity research: A collaborative inquiry and call to the community,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 110, pp. 19–43, 2021.[29] T. Zuberi, Thicker than blood: How racial statistics lie. University of Minnesota Press, 2001.[30] T. Zuberi and E. Bonilla-Silva, White logic, white
application.In addition, corporate sponsorship was also provided by Chevron, 3M, Dow, KernEntrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and EliLilly. Collaboration between the Summer School organizing committee (volunteers) with theAIChE Foundation staff was instrumental in attracting many of the sponsors. Corporatesupporters of the Summer School sent representatives to both participate as conferencepresenters and to network with the new faculty. During the Industry Day plenary session, theGold Sponsors shared their views on chemical engineering education and the key skill sets theyperceive to be needed in both current and future chemical engineering undergraduate andgraduate students. They also discussed the keys to
Paper ID #38164Graduate Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Progress in Twenty YearsMrs. Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky 2nd Year Ph.D. Graduate CandidateDr. Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky Malgorzata (Gosia) Chwatko is an assistant professor in chemical engineering. She has gotten her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Graduate Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Curriculum: Progress in 20 yearsEmily Ingram, Malgorzata ChwatkoChemical and Materials Engineering Department, University
the environment.Understanding their social responsibilities helps them make ethical choices in their work,prioritizing safety, sustainability, and the well-being of communities. Chemical engineeringprocesses can have far-reaching environmental consequences. By incorporating globalcompetencies and environmental responsibility into their education, students can contribute tosustainable practices, reduce pollution, and minimize the depletion of natural resources [5].Thisalso plays into today's interconnected world, engineers often collaborate on international projectsor work for multinational companies. Global competencies enable chemical engineers tocommunicate effectively across cultures and understand the global implications of their work [6
organizations and how to present education-based research. Another meeting allowedfaculty to communicate potential engineering education research ideas. This allowed forpotential collaboration as well as brainstorming. Finally, in one meeting, the members discussedtheir own advancement opportunities at their universities. We found that there is variability inthe guidelines for promotion and professional development opportunities given to teaching-trackfaculty depending on their institutions. Professional development opportunities could includefinancial support to attend conferences, mentoring programs, recognition and availability ofawards. This variability inspired the writing of this paper. In this paper, we discuss the resultsof a survey given to
Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and later received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. his research interests are in heterogeneous catalysis as weDr. Daniel Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Daniel Anastasio is an associate professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His primary areas of research are game-based learning, authentic process safety education, and membrane separations. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Qualitative Analysis of Student Experience in
, 2022.[9] A. Danowitz and K. Beddoes, "Characterizing mental health and wellness in students across engineering disciplines," presented at the CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, 2018. Available: https://peer.asee.org/29522.[10] K. J. Jensen, J. F. Mirabelli, A. J. Kunze, T. E. Romanchek, and K. J. Cross, "Undergraduate student perceptions of stress and mental health in engineering culture," International Journal of Stem Education, vol. 10, no. 1, Apr 24 2023, doi: 10.1186/s40594-023-00419-6.[11] M. A. Vigeant, D. L. Silverstein, K. D. Dahm, L. P. Ford, J. Cole, and L. J. Landherr, "How we teach: Unit operations laboratory," presented
. R., Lewandowski, H. J., & Stetzer, M. R. (2017).Investigating the role of socially mediated metacognition during collaborative troubleshooting ofelectric circuits. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 13(2), 020116.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020116[7] Mataka, L. M., & Kowalske, M. G. (2015). The influence of PBL on students’ self-efficacybeliefs in chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 16(4), 929–938.https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RP00099H[8] Adams, B., Jorgensen, S., Arce-Trigatti, A., & Arce, P. (2020). Innovative CurriculumDesign for Enhancing Learning in Engineering Education: The Strategies, Principles andChallenges of An Inquiry-Guided Laboratory. 8127–8135.https://doi.org/10.21125
, and providing valuable mentoring experiences and advises, c) To provide useful information in tracking the progress of the education and professional training provided by department from the perspective of alumni.The project was attached to ABET Criterion 3 Student outcome 3 “Ability to communicateeffectively with a range of audience”, adding to students’ communication with non-technicalaudiences (outreach project) and industrial collaborators (technical project).The project has been executed with the courses taught in the spring 2021, spring 2022, andsummer 2023. A special edition was run in the summer 2022 with the junior course on “ProcessReactive Engineering” as it will be explained below. It is also in progress in the spring
processes for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Faculty Flowchart for Student Disengagement and Mental HealthAbstractMental health problems have skyrocketed among young people and students, and professors areincreasingly finding themselves in challenging student situations. Faculty training, if it exists,does not typically address non-cognitive problems. It is unrealistic and unfair to expectprofessors to serve as counselors or therapists, but as classroom instructors, professors haveopportunities to identify troubling behavior and influence students towards constructive behaviorand help-seeking.We created a
well as social engagementand responsibility (Shuman et al., 2002; Monteiro et al., 2018; Ren et al., 2020; Fan et al., 2021). Also,acknowledging the evolving landscape of engineering education, there is a pressing need to enhanceengineering graduates’ professional competencies, particularly in international and interculturalcollaboration, to enhance their future employability (Gladysz et al., 2020). The acquisition ofteamwork and collaboration skills has become indispensable for engineering graduates in bothsocietal and industrial contexts (Ercan & Khan, 2017). It is thus increasingly important to provideuniversity students with comprehensive learning and practice on teamwork, as the encompassingskill set, including communication