Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico, P.E., E4S, LLC; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

may not be obvious to faculty or career support specialists wanting tohelp them.In Gault, Redington, and Schlager, research on internships and career success and career skillpreparation was grouped into four categories: communication, academic, leadership, and jobacquisition skills [22]. Though their research provides valuable insight regarding career skillpreparation, it does not include measures to investigate students’ understanding of a moreholistic process of exploring choices, gaining skills needed for the job, and acquiring the job.Within our study, analysis of data from Career Decision-Making Socializers (CDMS), peoplehaving an impact on a student’s career choices, were reviewed for reasons given by CDMSs toencourage student

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

experience writing formal scientific lab reports” but others mentioned otherskills, such as “feel[ing] much more confident in conducting error analysis, and understandingwhy those calculations are important” or being able to “trust my own decisions and thoughtprocesses in the face of adversity from group members.”These codes were observed in both cohorts both before and after the course. While lab can feelexhausting to students, they are leaving the first class with a sense of interrelatedness andaccomplishment. A student’s feeling of accomplishment may not always align with demonstratedmastery of an ability, yet researchers have shown the importance both performance andcompetence (defined as a student’s self-perception of ability to perform

Conference Session

Safety and Sustainability in the ChE Classroom

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan University; Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

that comes with experience, causingindividuals to make less analytic, rule-based judgments and more quick decisions based on their priorexperiences [10], [21]-[23], [25]. While we cannot teach students the experience of an industryprofessional within a classroom, we can attempt to advance their skills acquisition by exposing them tothe situational context that may influence their judgments and attempt to make them more involved in theoutcomes of their decisions. Implementing frameworks such as the cognitive apprenticeship frameworkwhich focuses on novices learning the problem-solving process of experts from experienced professionalsmay be useful in addressing this gap [19]. Our future research in this area hopes to explore the impact ofsuch

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Burkholder, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

campus, were important in the major selection process.To focus exclusively on which factors affect students’ aspirations to study chemical engineeringneglects the bulk of the process that produces chemical engineering graduates. For example, thereare many points in their academic careers that women may choose to enter or exit a chemicalengineering program. The problem of attrition in science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) more broadly has been widely studied. The most famous study is theethnographic study conducted by Seymour and colleagues that investigated reasons why studentschoose to leave STEM. One of the most cited reasons for leaving STEM in the original study waspoor teaching in STEM courses; this remained true in the