Paper ID #42485Intrinsic Benefits of a Chemical Engineering Alumni Student Mentoring ProgramDr. 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 and holder of the
Paper ID #38442Hands-on Experience in Solving Real-World Problems via a UniqueStudent-Faculty-Industry Collaboration ProgramMiss Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University Swapana S. Jerpoth received her B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering, and her M.Tech degree in Petro- chemical Engineering from R.T.M. Nagpur University, India . Currently she is in the 4th year of Ph.D. program at the department of Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Her expertise includes process design, mathematical modeling, process control, process optimization, data analytics, higher-performance computing, and assessment of
Paper ID #42219Analysis of the Use of SAChE Modules in Undergraduate Programs and Summaryof Process SafetyDr. Laura P Ford, The University of Tulsa Laura P. Ford is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She teaches engineering science thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, mass transfer, process control, and chemical engineering senior labs. She is an advisor for the University of Tulsa’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the delayed coking joint industry project.Dr. Gary A Aurand, Penn State University Gary A. Aurand is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of
during the senior year, would be those courses most appropriate for finalsummative evaluation of SOs. All of these suggestions from the DUA were Criterion 3 aspectsthat had not been used in the previous ABET evaluation program.An overview of the revised assessment program is presented in summary form in Tables 1 and 2,and Figure 1. Table 1 presents the distribution of SOs amongst all required courses in thechemical engineering curriculum. The revised program uses senior-level courses as those forwhich SO assessments will be utilized for the summative assessment of program criteriaattainment (designated A in Table 1). The earlier courses in the curriculum, designated I forintroductory and R for reinforcing, are those where concepts related to
Engineers (AIChE) – the lead society for ABETaccreditation of chemical engineering and similarly named programs – chemical engineers helppeople live longer, healthier, and more productive lives through advancements in biomedicine,including the development of diagnostic devices (i.e., for measuring illness) as well astherapeutic devices (i.e., for curing illness). In support of this professional objective, the ABETprogram criteria for training students enrolled in chemical and similarly named programs statesthat, “…Programs with biochemical, biomolecular, or similar modifiers in their titles must alsoinclude biologically based engineering applications [emphasis added] in their curriculum…”[1]. Thus, students of chemical engineering who pursue
experiences.Dr. Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer L. Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and the Director of the Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research at Northwestern University.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has published two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” with Donald Visco and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance” with his father Donald
learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineer- ing Department.Dr. Sindia M. Rivera-Jim´enez, University of Florida Dr. Rivera-Jim´enez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Education (EED) and an affiliate faculty to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on understanding the role of engineering communities while enacting their agency in participatory and transformational change. She is particularly interested in broadening the participation of minoritized communities by studying the role of professional development
sought to develop authentic, project-based learning experiences for his students in his courses. Dr. White also serves as the accreditation lead for the chemical engineering program at UC Davis.Sara Sweeney, University of California, Davis Undergraduate Program Coordinator ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Wellness Course for Engineering StudentsAbstractEngineering programs are often rigorous, with high expectations and workload. As a result, poorself-care habits might be perceived as part of the engineering identity, where rigor, stress, andsuffering are considered norms of being an engineer. This perception has been studied byscientists, and literature data suggests
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
students to ask questions about course-related material [6, 17-20]. Themost common interventions to increase SB in engineering majors are related to the technicaldiscipline. Not surprisingly, most engineering education interventions reported in the literaturetarget first-year engineering women and first-generation/low-income students to increase theirSB and engineering identity. Some intervention examples to retain this population of studentsinclude faculty and peer-mentoring, participation in internships with local STEM companies[21], interviewing a person of color in STEM [22], use of makerspaces for completing designprojects [23], summer bridge programs [24], first-year engineering student success course [25],and sociotechnical design projects
a burgeoning recognition of the need for DEI withinengineering [11]-[13]. The current state of DEI in the discipline is one of active evolution andcommitment. Institutions, professional societies, and industry leaders are increasinglyemphasizing the creation of more inclusive environments that attract and support a diverseworkforce. Efforts are being made to dismantle the barriers that have historically led tounderrepresentation in engineering fields. Initiatives ranging from outreach programs aimed atyoung students to institutional reforms in hiring and retention practices reflect this shift towardsa more inclusive engineering community.The relevance of DEI in engineering cannot be overstated, as the field significantly impactsevery aspect
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Chemical Engineer’s Creating Concept Maps: A Pre-Writing ActivityThis full paper describes the implementation and evaluation of concept maps as a pre-writingactivity in chemical engineering. Concept mapping provides a non-linear means for organizinginformation around a central topic that allows the creator to demonstrate their knowledge of atopic, identify new connections among concepts related to the central topic, and identify areaswhere they need more information to understand the topic. Chemical engineering students taskedwith developing a technical proposal were given a concept mapping assignment as an early pre-writing task. Participants were from two courses, Technical &
to allow studentsmore personalized paths towards different careers [5]. One critical aspect of a chemical engineering program is course(s) on process/plant design. Processdesign is often treated as the culmination of the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. Thiscourse draws on knowledge from previous chemical engineering courses including transport, balances,controls, and more. Students are often reminded of what they learned in previous courses and are firstrequired to pull knowledge from multiple previous courses. This means students are likely to see the in-terconnectivity of the curricula for the first time at the very end of their education. Additionally, processdesign tends to focus on the design of a single process
Teach” surveys focus on a particular core chemical engineering courseeach year and have recently covered topics of Capstone [1], Material and Energy Balances [2],Kinetics and Reactions [3], Intro Classes [4], Thermodynamics [5], Unit Operation Labs [6],Process Control [7], and Transport [8] individually. However, fundamental limitations arepresent with any survey, such as non-response bias, and misrecollection.This work serves to complement department surveys using three sources of publicly availabledata: 1. the ground truth of published course schedules; 2. Faculty numbers and position fromstaff pages on department websites; and 3. Each program’s recommended 4-year BS program,BS/MS program, and masters program. Data was collected from the 2022
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
Asian American ▢ Biracial or Multiracial ▢ Black or African American ▢ Jewish ▢ Latino/a/x/e or Hispanic ▢ Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian ▢ White or Caucasian ▢ Race/ethnicity not listed here (please specify): __________________________________________________ ▢ Prefer not to answerWhich option best describes you? o Undergraduate student in chemical engineering or related field o Faculty member in chemical engineering or related field o Non-academic/industry o Other (please describe) __________________________________________________What university do you attend? ________________________________________________________________What is the name of your major/degree program? o Chemical Engineering or closely
Senior Design (including Aspen), among other undergraduate core courses. His research interests include digital & online methods in engineering education.Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Bayles, Ph.D., is a Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learningDr. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the De- partment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical
Paper ID #41249Promoting Chemical Engineering Identity through Student Agency and ExperimentRelevanceDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department.Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoProf. Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman Stephanie Wettstein is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. She has been
worsens [4]. Despite this, the issue of representation within chemical engineeringspecifically remains under-researched. Indeed, a literature search of Chemical EngineeringEducation (CEE) and the ASEE chemical engineering division proceedings yielded only twostudies focused on gender [2, 4]; we did, however, find studies in CEE focused on studentdemographics more broadly [5] and one study in an international journal focused on theexperiences of women in chemical engineering [6].Most research about gender diversity in chemical engineering has focused on women’saspirations to study chemical engineering. Godwin and Potvin (2013) conducted a detailedquantitative analysis of pre-college factors related to students’ reasons for choosing
University Dr. Courtney Pfluger is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. In 2011, began as an Assistant Teaching Professor in First-year Engineering Program where she redesigned the curriculum and developed courses with sustainability and clean water themes. In 2017, she moved to ChE Department where she has taught core courses and redesigned the Capstone design course with inclusion pedagogy practices. She has also developed and ran 9 faculty-led, international programs to Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy. She has won several teaching awards including ChE Sioui Award for Excellence in Teaching, COE Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award, and AIChE Innovation in ChE Education Award. She also
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, Process Design, and Green Chemical Engineering and Sustainability. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs, alumni network, team and leadership skills development
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
Paper ID #37205Student Agency in Chemical Engineering Laboratory Courses across TwoInstitutionsDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineer- ing Department.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of Texas, AustinProf. Eva Chi, University of New Mexico Eva Chi is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of New Mexico. The research in her lab is focused on
various cultures and communities. Culturally responsive and culturallyrelevant teaching principles developed by Ladson-Billings [6] and Gay [7] were used to guidethis professional development research project. A primary motivation is to include students’ andteachers’, family, community, school, and individual experience throughout the PD trainings andwithin each engineering design task. Within the development of this framework, there have beenlarge successes in relating engineering design tasks to Native American cultural and communityvalues. The culturally relevant engineering design (CRED) framework used within this project,as shown in Figure 1, integrates principles from Ladson-Billings [6] and Gay [7] into theUTeachEngineering Framework [8
Missouri University of Science and Technology (BS) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD) she pursued an engineering education and outreach post-doc and taught at Madison College for several years.Dr. Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Melkus Bayles is a Professor, Teaching Track, in the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, and serves as the Undergraduate Program Director. She has spent part of her career working in industry with Exxon, Westinghouse, Phillips Petroleum and Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (now NETL). Her industrial experience has included process engineering, computer modeling and control, process design and testing, and engineering
Paper ID #42280Board 22: A Multi-Tiered Mentoring Community Approach to ExpandedResearch Experiences for Local Students from Complex and UnderrepresentedMinority BackgroundsMr. Thomas McKean, University of Arkansas Thomas McKean III is a Ph.D. candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering program and the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas working under Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe. Thomas holds his MS from the University of Arkansas in Microelectronics Photonics and BS in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University. He has extensive experience mentoring new graduate students and
numerous STEM-based summer programs at UMBC are available for high-schoolstudents, offerings related to ChE are notably scarce. The majority of these programs tend toconcentrate on computing topics such as Cybersecurity, Data Science, and Programming. Inresponse to this gap, a chemical engineering-focused summer outreach program for high-schoolstudents was launched in 2022. The first offering was conducted in a hybrid format,accommodating 15 students on-site and 3 students virtually. By the next year, the programexpanded to include 18 participants, all of whom attended in person as a mechanism to betterguide students in the execution of experiments to increase their engagement in the program. Thethird iteration will also be offered fully in person
. If analytical, find the analytical solution (often from another class).3. If numerical, write a well-structured computer program that solves the problem.4. Recognize the role of base knowledge onto more complicated numerical analysis.5. Relate methods learned in this course to other problems outside of traditional chemicalengineering.6. Communicate numerical solutions back into physical or social terms. The course is designed to teach undergraduates math, numerical methods, MATLAB as acoding language, and analytical and numerical techniques applied to chemical engineering andother engineering disciplines. The materials taught in the class range from basic mathematicalconcepts such as matrices, to advanced materials
) learning throughout the entire College of Engineering1 by recruiting RobustEntrepreneurial Mindset Leaders (REMLs). REMLs represented all different faculty ranksand worked with faculty in their individual programs to infuse EM throughout theundergraduate degree program of the major. The author of this paper was a REML inChemical Engineering, and the work that is described documents an effort to graduallyintroduce students to EM in a core, required junior-level chemical engineering course:Introduction to Chemical Reactor Design. The activities that were undertaken were focused on customer/process discovery, andwere meant to expand students’ knowledge regarding the use of reactors in processes thatrelated to commonly used materials and
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