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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

presentation experiences.The presented work examines student-based evaluation and reflection as a route to increasingconstructive feedback. Students’ firsthand discovery of presentation weaknesses and negativespeaking habits increases their awareness of such behavior in subsequent experiences. Thepotential impact of this study is twofold. First, it provides students with a platform to analyzetheir own communication skill, take ownership of their findings, and make improvements theythemselves discover. Second, it seeks to minimize extraneous work for the instructor.The study investigates the efficacy of student-based evaluations. Student presentations arerecorded, including the post-presentation question and answer session, and made available

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariajose Castellanos, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

learning, the overall educative environment should not only includeguidance through specific material or actions/experiences to own the material, but additionallystudents should immerse into self-knowledge. Metacognition has been described as reflection aboutactions1. It has also been defined by connection prior knowledge with the learning of a new task andwhat are the skills required to do so2. Reflection exercises include introspection on your ownknowledge, ability, motivation by answering specific questions3. The idea of “writing to learn” hasbeen investigated in education courses4, and preliminary findings suggest that there may be nochange in student success in the course in which it is implemented, but that students develop anappreciation

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Learning Objectives this course, students will… Students will integrate concepts into their daily life and participate in communication understand the importance of effective building practices/activities. Students will 1 communication in all aspects of their work evaluate communication experiences and life. (through reflection) and predict possible outcomes of communication scenarios (positive and negative). view themselves as qualified to provide Students will evaluate

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Variability in Instruction of Introductory Chemical Engineering Course: Does it Affect Our Students?AbstractEngineers are commonly described as problem solvers. Arguably, the best problem solversconsist of the most versatile information-gatherers and processors. Learning styles describe howindividuals gather and process information. The Felder-Silverman learning styles model consistsof eight learning styles dimensions, with two opposing preferences in each dimension(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, sequential/global) that categorize individualsbased on how they best process, perceive, receive, and understand information. It is important tonote that these descriptions of learning styles are preferences, and

Conference Session

A Virtual Community of Practice for Developing and Implementing Evidence-based Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University; Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Richard E Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Materials

VCP.Leadership VCP The leadership VCP comprised 6 weekly sessions which prepared five pairs of faculty leadersto facilitate their own VCPs in different subject areas. These sessions, led by Karl Smith andCynthia Finelli, were conducted weekly and lasted approximately 1.5 hours; there were also twofollow-up sessions after the faculty leaders began leading their own VCPs. The six sessions pro-vided an introduction to the VCP and training in research-based practices of active learning, en-hancing motivation, learning objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy, as well as student teams and Page 26.132.4cooperative learning. Final sessions focused on reflection

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darinka del Carmen Ramírez , ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey); Pablo Moreno Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

.The PBL that is considered in this article and that was implemented was based on the onesuggested by Felder, Woods, Rigarcía and Stice14 that considers the lifelong learning skills andproblem based learning. They suggested that the learning process may be broken down into thefollowing steps:  Sense problem or need  Identify learning issues  Create learning goals and assessment criteria  Select resources Page 26.1125.4  Carry out the learning activities  Design a process to assess the learning  Do the assessment  Reflect on the learning processThe proposed PBL scenarioDesigning challenging scenarios for

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

exploreconnections and patterns in the studied material9,10. These benefits of writing assignments areenhanced in fields such as engineering, since students are rarely assigned reflective writing tasksand thus have few opportunities to develop associated abilities11,12. However, conceptual testinginstruments in the chemical engineering field generally involve multiple choice questions ratherthan written responses.This paper discusses the construction and use of short, written-answer “Concept Quizzes” in thechemical engineering curriculum. These quizzes are intended to evaluate conceptual knowledgewhile forcing students to communicate answers in written format. The objective of this work isto improve students’ understanding of critical engineering concepts

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard K. Grenville, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

resistance to masstransfer is diffusion through the settled bed.BenefitsThese experiments expose students to fluid mixing, in most cases for the first time. They arefocused on understanding mixing processes that that they will experience in practice.The students are also encouraged to compare their results with those reported in the literatureand, as they search, they will realize that there are often several correlations that have beendeveloped to describe the processes. This will demonstrate the need to develop some criticalskills to determine which accurately reflect reality.Finally mixing is subject that draws on other subjects, such as fluid mechanics, heat and masstransfer and reaction engineering, and can provide a synthesis of subjects

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Christian Michael Wisniewski, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

stable and last for many years c. Ensuring that the manufacturing process is sound from a business perspective d. Reducing the need for personnel and operators so that the process runs itself 3. Fair Trade, as related to chocolate, is: a. Making sure that only pure cocoa is used in the product b. Making sure that the stock brokers buying chocolate stocks were not ripped off c. Making sure that the product is sold for a price that reflects the ingredients and resources (including employees) required to produce it d. Making sure that the product was produced without slave labor 4. A standard Hershey’s chocolate bar has how many grams of sugar? a. 8 grams b. 35 grams

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David L. Tomasko, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 26.173.2junior years, within the chemical engineering profession survey, materials and energy balances,thermodynamics, fluid and heat transfer, and reactor design. The project during freshmen year isspecifically an analysis of a Chemical Safety Board completed investigation including futurerecommendations to companies working with similar hazards. Each team is given a differentincident which occurred within the last fifteen years. The students present their findings in aposter session where seniors attend and provide written feedback on both technical aspects andcommunication skills. Self-reflection is required following the poster presentation in an attemptto foster an intrinsic motivation to critically think about the integration of

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Samuel Alexander Mihelic, Oregon State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

effective.Two worksheets were developed: one corresponding to a cognitive conflict strategy and the otherto an analogy strategy. Both worksheets led students through a scaffolded set of short answerquestions where they made initial predictions, were presented results which they discussed withother students in small groups and evaluated their predictions. Worksheets for both strategieswere designed to be completed in a 50 minute class section. Students in both conditions weregiven identical post-class analysis and reflection activities.The cognitive conflict strategy worksheet was developed based on the design of Laws andcolleagues.17 Students were asked to design two experiments the first of which considered thecooling of a beverage by comparing

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Polytechnic).Due to the complexity of the survey, the results were broken down into different sections:Program/Department Characteristics, The “First” Course (Fluid Mechanics), The “Second”Course (Heat [and Mass] Transfer), and The “Third” Course (Mass Transfer [and Separations].Some data was available for a “fourth” course (solely separations) and was not included in theanalysis. It is important to note that while these subdivisions do reflect the bulk of the surveyreplies, some overlap in the results does exist due to the wide range of course variations.Program/Department CharacteristicsFaculty size per departmentThe replies from the survey represented 59 different institutions from around the world. As canbe seen in Figure 1, there is a

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University; Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Instructional Development: Programs, Best Practices, and Recommendations. Journal of Engineering Education, 2011. 100(1): p. 89-122.4. Kolb, D.A. and L.H. Lewis, Facilitating experiential learning: Observations and reflections. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1986. 1986(30): p. 99- 107.5. Abdul, B., et al., Addressing Student Learning Barriers in Developing Nations with a Novel Hands-on Active Pedagogy and Miniaturized Industrial Process Equipment: The Case of Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2011. 27(2): p. 458-476.6. Golter, P.B., et al., Combining modern learning pedagogies in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. chemical engineering, 2005. 39: p. 280-287.7

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther W. Gomez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Manish Kumar, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

methodswhereby they achieve the learning objectives. This is deliberate as the instructor gives onlytechnical guidance and course lectures are for the most part generic and not specific to the widerange of projects that the students might choose. Therefore, successful completion of the courserequires students to design and undertake their own physical or computational experiments andthus take charge of their own learning.The following are some reflections on recent cohorts from the instructor’s point of view: • At the end of the semester, there is a high degree of enthusiasm exhibited by the students taking the course. Although some students complained in the surveys of the large workload, there are almost no drop-offs for

Conference Session

Diversity in Chemical Engineering Education: Status and Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Arthur Felse, Northwestern University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

point Chemical and Mechanical Engineering are the only two coreengineering discipline divisions that have committed to a diversity effort. It is our hope that thiswill change during the ‘year of action on diversity’.To quantify the prevalence of diversity-related efforts in engineering education, we did akeyword search for articles that appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) and inthe European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE). The number of relevant articles in thesejournals will reflect the diversity-related efforts happening in the United States (JEE) and Europe(EJEE). The keywords ‘diversity’, ‘women’, ‘minority’, and ‘gender’ were used as search termsfor homologous hits in article titles. Two other keywords commonly

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

3. Since there are three “choices,” oneonly has three degrees of freedom before the vehicle is totally specified. Another way to helpstudents to see that 3 is the correct answer is to once again reflect on the reaction balancing Page 26.1661.6problem. There are four variables in the example problem (Example 1), but once one of thevariables has been specified, the entire problem is specified completely. Therefore, there is only   one “chooice” to be made. m This iss true despitee the fact thaat the one chhoice can be made an inffinitenumber ofo ways. Equating a deg

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. For all student-led examples, student teams are tasked to complete the following:1. Develop a 30-45 minute step by step learning module for your classmates on the background physics, setting up and solving of the assigned problem. Start from fundamental concepts (i.e. those foundations already covered in the course) and build up to apply them in the example. a) Make sure that your team coordinates closely on the preparation of your example. The goal is to teach yourself and each other the material. Teams who divide up individual work are easily recognizable – this will be reflected in the grades (see section below). b) It is OK to give the class any supporting reading materials prior to your