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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 2: Community Retrospectives

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky

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of Kentucky, Lexington, KentuckyABSTRACTThe chemical engineering field is constantly evolving to encompass new ideas such as geneticengineering and synthetic biology, green chemistry and sustainable materials, and engineeringeducation. This evolution has been seen throughout the undergraduate curriculum with thedevelopment of new courses or certificate programs, as reported in the literature. The progressreported in the undergraduate programs has influenced us to investigate if there are any similarshifts in graduate program curricula. In this work, we studied the 2021-2022 chemicalengineering Ph.D. curriculum at 100 US universities to gain insights into the courses thatstudents take, as well as other degree requirements to obtain a terminal

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachary Rasmussen, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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-23 school year,through all three semesters or all four quarters of the academic year. In total, 35 differentchemical engineering programs were assessed. Of these programs, 29 are the top ranked nationalchemical engineering programs according to US News & World Report [9]; 6 additional stateschools from the PAC-12 represent the remainder. Using the assembled database, this workexamines departments' 4-year undergraduate curriculums, master programs, and the teachingload and composition of faculty members within the department. While there are limitations inrelying on some of these data sources, our work may serve to provide a snapshot of chemicalengineering curricula in the United States, to aid departments in comparing how their

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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engineering courses, independent of position of thesecourses within their curricula. We hope that this will lower the barrier for our colleagues to startto incorporate these broad elements–even in small ways–into their classrooms. With the data weare collecting, we plan to demonstrate how effective these approaches are in helping studentsdevelop the abilities necessary to foster new engineers who will help us create the equitable, andsustainable future envisioned by the UNSDGs.References[1] Unesco, "Engineering for sustainable development : delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals.," ed, p. 185.[2] ABET. "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023." ABET. https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

, global awareness, sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Alumni Engagement and Mentoring Integrated in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum1.0 Introduction.Alumni engagement is intensively and widely fostered by colleges and universities to attractfunding and donations, prestige, and loyalty. Engaged alumni can also improve the rate of jobplacement and internship opportunities for current students. In addition, alumni can provide amost valuable source of mentoring for students in their curriculum and career. However, thereare limited approaches to engage alumni with curricular courses. Some experiences includeinvited talks and

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

became a business leader for specialty products (lube oils, asphalts, waxes, cokes) at Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor of this university (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018), including teaching in the Humanities. After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he has been teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Control Lab, and Process Design. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs, alumni network, team and leadership skills development, global awareness

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ariel Chan, University of Toronto; Chijuan Hu, Texas Tech University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

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

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Powell, University of California, San Diego; Justin Paul Opatkiewicz, University of California, San Diego

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

really enjoyed it because it introduced us to real chemical engineering applications. The datacollection from ASPEN and analysis was also helpful since it gave us an understanding of what a chemical engineer does in industry.” “It was fun approaching a challenging project with new friends.” “It actually felt very rewarding to complete the problems and find the answers.”The word “challenging” was used to describe the project 8 times, but often in a positive contextin explaining how it helped the students learn. Below are some examples: “The group project was definitely challenging, but at the same time, I could definitely see the class's applications to a real process and helped cement

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of Texas, Austin; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico

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writing at the University of New Mexico in the Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) and Biology.Dr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at University of New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University and he has worked as a K-16 instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los An- des in Colombia where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

processes and advanced materials (cokes, carbon fibers) from oil residues, and became a business leader for specialty products (lube oils, asphalts, waxes, cokes) at Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor of this university (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018), including teaching in the Humanities. After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he has been teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Control Lab, and Process Design. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs

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WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #43744Work-in-Progress: Chemical Engineering Students’ Representational Fluencywhen Designing in the Context of Fluids MechanicsDr. Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, University of New Mexico Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huan Gu, University of New Haven

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

-solving skills whiledeepening students' conceptual understanding of engineering principles(1). The unique structureof the PSS emphasizes collaborative teamwork, interactive engagement with in-class mentors andinstructors, and a dynamic approach to escalating the complexity of problems. This methodologyaligns well with modern educational theories that advocate for active, student-centered learningenvironments. My involvement in the 2022 PSS workshop at the Georgia Institute of Technology,conducted by Joseph M. Le Doux, Carmen Carrion, and Sara Schley, offered valuable and practicalinsights(2). Since then, my goal is to effectively integrate PSS into Engineering Curriculum,aiming to foster a robust problem-solving mindset among engineering

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

projects to other students, as students needed to learn EOPtechniques like environmental sustainability and life cycle analysis that are not directly related tothe focus of Chemical Process Control. Additional instruction videos/materials on EOP may behelpful. In addition, there should be multiple courses in the curriculum to introduce EOP mindset.It is challenging to convince students to learn and use EOP skills just in one course.Introduction Global warming has been a significant threat to humans living on the earth. Extensive researchhas been conducted on switching fossil energy to renewable energy, as this is regarded as been oneof the potential solutions to the global warming threat [1], [2]. For example, California will ban thesale of new

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanner Hilsabeck; Breanne Crockett; Amir Parsaei; Kevin S. Xu, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew W. Liberatore, The University of Toledo

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an Erskine Fellow at the Uni- versity of Canterbury in New Zealand. His research involves the rheology of complex fluids, especially traditional and renewable energy fluids and materials, polymers, and colloids. His educational interests include developing problems from YouTube videos, active learning, learning analytics, and interactive textbooks. His interactive textbooks for Material and Energy Balances, Spreadsheets, and Thermody- namics are available from zyBooks.com. His website is: https://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/chemical- engineering/liberatore/ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Clustering of Animation View Times

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Kirti M. Yenkie, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Sean Curtis; Michael Fracchiolla; David Anthony Theuma

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

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

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

the faculty advisor of the MSU SWE chapter since 2013 and is an Associate Director of the Montana Engineering Education Research Center.Ms. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is embedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports curriculum rDr. Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman Jennifer Brown is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Montana State University in Bozeman MT.Prof. Eva Chi, University of New Mexico Eva Chi is a Professor in the Department of

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Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Chemical Division

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Joanne Beckwith Maddock, Carnegie Mellon University; Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira Azarin Azarin; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland

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serves as secondary instructor for the CHE labs, the Departmental Safety Coordinator, and lead for the SAFEChE (Process Safety Across the CHE Curriculum) modules as well as the Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment. Currently, he serves as a Director for the ASEE ChE Division.Dr. Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky Sarah Wilson is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Rowan University in New Jersey before attending graduate school for her PhD at the University of Massachusetts.Dr. Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis Janie Brennan is a Senior Lecturer of Energy, Environmental

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abishek Sekhar; Peter Neal, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Sarah Grundy, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. 619-664, December 2016, doi: 10.1177/1046496416665221.[14] A. Walker and K. Stott, "Team development: A multidimensional approach," New Horizons in Education, vol. 36, pp. 29-36, 1995.[15] J. V. Farr and D. M. Brazil, "Leadership skills development for engineers," Engineering Management Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 3-8, 2009, doi: 10.1080/10429247.2009.11431792.[16] D. C. Davis and R. R. Ulseth, "Building student capacity for high performance teamwork," in 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, pp. 23.260.1 - 23.260.26, doi: 10.18260/1-2--19274.[17] M. Skjørshammer, "Co-operation and conflict in a hospital: interprofessional differences in perception and management of

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia; Caroline Elizabeth Crockett, University of Virginia; Anukriti Shrestha, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Building Better Engineers: Teaching Chemical Engineers to Troubleshoot in the Laboratory George Prpich, Anukriti Shrestha, Caroline Crockett, Natasha Smith University of VirginiaAbstractThe Chemical Engineering Laboratory is a crucial training ground for students to acquirefundamental professional skills. Among these skills, troubleshooting is exceptionally valuableand significant, yet it is often underemphasized in the engineering curriculum. This studyexamines the efficacy of structured troubleshooting training modules in enhancing students'troubleshooting skills. Modules were integrated into laboratory lectures to introducetroubleshooting concepts, followed by a hands-on exercise to evaluate

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

“biomedicine” must be trained inapplications of biology in healthcare.One way to accomplish this training is through the formation of interprofessional teams ofchemical engineers and healthcare professionals working to translate technology from thelaboratory to the field (i.e., clinical bedside, home, or community) where it may support patienthealth [2]. While students of chemical engineering may be trained in partnership with physicians,there are multiple benefits to training with nurses including linking theory and practice [3],identifying new theory [4], working on common goals [5], working in communities [6], andsharing professional approaches [7].Nursing represents the single largest healthcare profession, and nurses invest substantial timecaring

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 7: Innovative Pedagogy

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiamin Zhang, University of California, Riverside; John Ellington Byars, Auburn University; Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

connecting representations. Students also tend to focus on thesurface features instead of the underlying scientific principles.In chemical engineering, students are introduced to block flow diagrams (BFDs), a new type ofpictorial representation of a chemical process, early in the curriculum. For example, in thesophomore-level material and energy balances, often an initial exercise is to convert a wordproblem into a simple block flow diagram. The block flow diagram consists of a series of blocksrepresenting different equipment or unit operations that are connected by input and outputstreams. Important information such as operating temperatures, pressures, and flow rates areincluded in the diagram. However, the diagram does not include any details of

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WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado P.E., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

earning a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Alberta. She teaches a variety of courses such as thermodynamics and senior kinetics lab and developed a new food engineering elective course for chemical engineering students that consists in applying engineering concepts in the context of food processing. Her research interests include students’ wellness, scientific history, inclusive teaching, and food engineering. She is currently piloting a new class that focus on student’s well being and success, community building, and providing academic support for chemical engineering courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Evaluating

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Hasiya Najmin Isa; Emily Seriruk; Cody Wade Mischel

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

development differ from the areas that require new workers inengineering fields [4]. To bridge the gap between academia and industry, three main areasrequire attention: course content, faculty development, and teaching methods. The chemicalengineering curriculum mostly focuses on fundamental concepts and lacks contemporaryindustry applications, and essential interpersonal and intrapersonal skills are expected to belearned later on in activities like senior design and unit operations lab. Faculty members teachingcourses are typically specialized in their research areas, but they lack the knowledge and skills invarious chemical engineering areas and do not update themselves on modern practices.Traditional lecture-based teaching methods have been

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh; Michael McMahon; Hseen Baled

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26-29, 2016. 10.18260/p. 25495[2] I. A. Udugama, K. V. Gernaey, M. A. Taube, and C. Bayer. “A novel use for an old problem: The Tennessee Eastman challenge process as an activating teaching tool”. Education for Chemical Engineers, Volume 30, pp. 20-31, January 2020. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2019.09.002 [Accessed Jan. 30, 2023][3] D. E. Seborg, T. F. Edgar, D. A. Mellichamp, and F. J. Doyle III. Process Dynamics and Control. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ., Fourth edition, 2017[4] B. Barkel, and P. Woolf. “Process Control: A Relevant Approach,” in 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-21, 2006

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 6: First-Year & Sophomore Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Yanosko; Matthew W. Liberatore, The University of Toledo

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Erskine Fellow at the Uni- versity of Canterbury in New Zealand. His research involves the rheology of complex fluids, especially traditional and renewable energy fluids and materials, polymers, and colloids. His educational interests include developing problems from YouTube videos, active learning, learning analytics, and interactive textbooks. His interactive textbooks for Material and Energy Balances, Spreadsheets, and Thermody- namics are available from zyBooks.com. His website is: https://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/chemical- engineering/liberatore/ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reproducible High Reading Participation and Auto-Graded Homework

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake Lopez, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

overall curriculum planning. Restricting the module size between 2.9 and 4.1 credit hours, the new topic grouping is presented inFigure 5. This results in community sizes of 3.9, 3.8, 3.4, 3.1, 2.9, and 2.9 credit hours. This approach leadsto more balanced course load and modules of more implementable size. 7 http://zavalab.engr.wisc.eduFigure 4: Topic level graph abstraction Curriculum A grouped into six communities (equal to the numberof original courses) using greedy community detection where each color represents a different community 8

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WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, University of Texas at Austin; Emily Mellen, University of Texas at Austin; Amanda Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

application of these concepts? 2. Can hands-on experimental practices be effectively integrated into the chemical engineering curriculum to promote the utilization of sustainability concepts in engineering solutions?As part of this study, we also aim to collaborate in the implementation of circular economies ofplastics on our campus by facilitating the reuse and recycling of plastics produced in researchlaboratories. We understand this is a small effort within the worldwide plastic crisis; nonetheless,we believe that through this study we will be able to effectively educate our students, promoteinnovation, stimulate the creation of circular economies, and help create a new engineeringstudent mindset centered around

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 5: Work-in-Progress Part 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gaurav Giri, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

techniques. A few reasons could explain the results. One, as the students spend a disproportionateamount of time using analytical solutions, they are more likely to recall instances where theirknowledge was limited. Conversely, good programming technique is not utilized heavily in thecore curriculum, so they do not have the chance to continuously struggle with new material, andthus have an inflated sense of knowledge concerning the material. Another reason could be that,it is possible that the coding-heavy nature of the course enabled the students to remember goodprogramming practices, and this is reflected in the subsequent semesters. The lowest self-rating was given to the question “I can code my own numerical solutionsto PDEs

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Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

not have Latinx representation among itsfaculty. The arrival of the new Latinx faculty member was met with enthusiasm from students,marking a pivotal step towards reflecting the diversity of the student population within thefaculty and enhancing the department's commitment to racial equity.Through these comprehensive efforts, the faculty and student DEI committees at UIC's ChemicalEngineering Department have exemplified a collaborative and inclusive approach to DEI. Thismodel not only facilitates direct student involvement in DEI initiatives but also fosters adepartment-wide culture of openness, respect, and continuous improvement toward equity andinclusion.Assessment Tools:Climate Surveys:To gain a comprehensive understanding of the current

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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excerpts of studentresponses.In addition to reporting on the research question itself, this paper will serve as a process guide foranalysis of a small set of qualitative data in the context of chemical engineering education. Theintent is to make thematic analysis more accessible for faculty who might otherwise not considerthis approach in pedagogical work.IntroductionLaboratory courses are often the first, and sometimes only, place where undergraduate ChemicalEngineering students encounter real Chemical Engineering equipment and work in a large-scalelaboratory environment. Beyond technical and sensory experience, capstone laboratory alsoaffords students the ability to practice other critical skills, such as safety, experimental planning

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ChE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

intend to major in ChE, are there gender disparities in degree attainment in ChE? 3. Given the gender disparities in degree attainment in ChE, where does the system fail women? In high school? During the first year of college? During the first chemical engineering course? Or during the remaining ChE curriculum?CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKWe draw heavily on the conceptual framework employed in Costello et al. (2023), which framesgender disparities in STEM degree attainment as ‘opportunity gaps’ [11]. Moving from‘attainment’ or ‘achievement gaps’ to opportunity gaps focuses on deficits in the broader systemsin which students learn, rather than the students themselves. Classrooms, institutions, anddisciplines all have certain norms of