Conference Session

Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew M. Grondin, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Arushi Renschler Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Katherine Fu, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

University. She received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2009, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 2007. Her work has focused on studying the engineering design process through cognitive studies, and extending those findings to the development of methods and tools to facilitate more effective and inspired design and innovation. Dr. Fu is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Young Investigator Award, the ASME Atlanta Section 2015 Early Career Engineer of the Year Award, and was an Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar.Prof. Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison Mitchell J. Nathan is a

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

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 Social Responsibility Views in Science and Engineering: An Exploratory Study Among Engineering Undergraduate

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Ennis, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Oliver Jia-Richards, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

differingidentities change people’s perspectives nor how to articulate that properly until late in myundergraduate career. As a white, first-generation, queer, neurodivergent woman; I am able torecognize that there are certain spaces that were built for me and others that were not. I haveworked to understand my own intersecting privileged and marginalized identities, and held a lotof anger towards institutional power structures that often fail minoritized communities. I do feelcomfortable questioning engineering culture and honestly would like to use my power andprivilege to change it to help improve the experiences of future generations of students. Aschange occurs slowly, my personal struggle involves directing my passion and energypragmatically in order

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Moses Ling, P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

for novice engineers is to present the results in a format following the key points of an RFP. This is a good career advice. Making it easy for reviewers to identify responsive points certainly will encourage positive responses. Developing a Hypothesis – Novice engineers will need guidance to develop meaningfulhypothesis. By definition, hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon based on previousobservations. To be valid, the hypothesis must be accurately and concisely stated. It should not be anunsubstantiated wild guess. It should be possible to validate or discredit the hypothesis. This is not a simpletask for students for whom psychrometric principles are newly learned concepts. A practicum exercise

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Chantal Rodier; Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Ken Tallman, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Engineering, English,Communication, Rhetoric, Theatre, Visual Art and Design, Science and Technology Studies, andEngineering Education. Our teaching responsibilities run the gamut of transdisciplinaryinstruction, including communication, science and society, professionalism, team skills,leadership and ethics, and responsibilities as an artist-in-residence, with instruction andsupervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our research interests reflect theseactivities and our career stages span from graduate school to near retirement. We are united by acommon interest in how engineering students develop mindsets that enable effective humanisticpractice, and we share common values in supporting our students’ development of

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rukangu, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Kyle Johnsen, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

projects can foster the inclusion of students with learning disabilities (Daniela and Lytras, 2019; Nanou and Karampatzakis, 2022). In the case of tertiary education, industrial-scale robots are used to prepare students for careers in industry by emphasizing aspects such as hardware, software, and human-machine interfaces (Nagai, 2001; Brell-Çokcan and Braumann, 2013). However, industrial-scale robots are expensive to purchase. In addition, there is usually some oversight over their usage due to time-sharing and to prevent damage, which prevents "free-play" by students. Some solutions to this include the use of miniature robots and the use of online labs (Mallik and Kapila, 2020; Stein and Lédeczi, 2021). Though these reduce the cost of the setups

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey James Kado, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

people, but rather done by atask force that surveyed well over 3000 correspondents. These correspondents included 1470senior engineers and engineering managers, representing companies with as small as 1 employeeto as large as more than 46,800 employees, and having upwards of more than 30 years ofexperience. 42 responses were gathered from differing academic institutions, which resulted in aplenary, which further probed 85 department heads on questions relating to the survey. In a finaladdition, 635 responses from early career (0-10 years of experience,) were gathered to provide athird perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of engineering education [7].The survey presented 15 key skills and asked participants to determine which skills were

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University; Sandra L. Furterer, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

university. Hence, keeping the general educationcourses including Math and Science courses would better serve the purpose of this program.Summer 2019 marked the first term for curriculum development with six new courses developedand submitted for approval by multiple campuses, the College of Engineering, and the AcademicAffairs Office. For some of the existing courses, the steering committee negotiated withdepartments to offer separate sections for engineering technology students.II. Defining Program Objectives and Student OutcomesProgram educational objectives are the broad statements that describe the long-term career andprofessional goals that are envisioned for the graduates of the program to achieve. It is a commonmisunderstanding among

Conference Session

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katrina Marie Robertson; Hadi Ali, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jonathan M. Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Elizabeth Ashley Rea, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin N. Johns, The State University of New York, Buffalo; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, The State University of New York, Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before starting her academic career at Oklahoma State University (OSU), where she was an assistant professor 2014-2020 and then a tenured associate professor until January 2021 before moving to UB. Dr. Ford Versypt leads the Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics Laboratory. She was the 2020-2021 Chair for the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division (CHED). Dr. Ford Versypt has been recognized with the NSF CAREER Award, ASEE CHED Ray W. Fahien Award and Joseph J. Martin Award, and AIChE CAST Division David Himmelblau Award for Innovations in Computer-Based Chemical Engineering Education. She is an Academic Trustee of Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Corporation

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

working on activities in teams, with instructors and tutors providingcoaching and consultation; and (4) balanced grade weighting so that 50% is based on the teamactivities, and 50% is based on individual tests.Thus, I retained testing, but for the first time ever in my career, a significant portion of the graderewarded activities other than tests, and other than analytical abstraction. Tasks such assketching, measuring, observing, and explaining can be completed by following relatively simpledirections, often providing a ‘safe’ environment to encourage activity. Results that are not‘correct’ are not severely penalized if well documented and explained, and in fact, are often usedfor starting deeper discussions. Also, the team-based structure

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

University of Missouri (2006), and an M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (2010), M.P.Aff in Public Affairs (2010), and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2013) from The University of Texas at Austin. She received the National Science Foundation CAREER award and the UCOWR Early Career Award for Applied Research for her research work on the energy- water nexus. She was honored with the 2015 Girl Scouts of Central Illinois Woman of Distinction Award in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the 2018 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, and the 2018 AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science. Dr. Stillwell has also been included on the List of Teachers Ranked as

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Laramie Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Huiran Jin, New Jersey Institute of Technology

in a particular field [e.g., 19]. Similarly,students’ skills development in a particular field are outlined in the curriculum and assessedagainst specific learning objectives. There are general skills (often called transferable skills) aswell as domain-specific skills. An individual’s skills proficiency can be judged by the results oftasks performed. It can be judged on the continuum from low to high.Thinking, skill, and knowledge interact with each other to control students’ career or vocationaldevelopment. But literacy can also be thought of as having three interdependent dimensions:knowledge, capabilities, and ways of thinking and decision making [e.g., 40]. Literacy, then, isbest conceptualized as including three dimensions of literacy

Conference Session

ERM: ERM Medley Session!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Nur Shahira Samsuri; Maizam Alias; Akbariah Ary Mohd Mahdzir, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

PU was EPU1 (post-test: I have set some long-range goals formyself), EPU6 (post-test: I have a plan for my career development), while the most ‘difficultto achieve’ item was SPU7 (pre-test: I have a life plan that makes use of my specific talents).Meanwhile, in sub-construct OR, the most ‘easiest to achieve’ items agreed by the studentswas EOR5 (pre-test: I organize the materials I will need for a job before I begin it), while themost ‘difficult to achieve’ item was SOR6 (pre-test: I am well organized). In sub-constructRP, the most ‘easiest to achieve’ items agreed by the students was ERP2 (post-test: I can tellthe moment that things start to go wrong), and the most ‘difficult to achieve’ item was SRP1(pre-test: I can recognize problems at

Conference Session

PCEE Session 12: STEM, Technology, and Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Brown, Illinois State University; Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University

has also emerged explicitly in the learning standards ofscience teachers. Differences in the assumptions about engineering in these two groups werefound by Nathan et al. (2010). Tech Ed and science teachers’ views about engineering and thepurpose of K-12 engineering education influenced their support for students pursual ofengineering education in both secondary and post-secondary settings. Where Tech Ed teachersperceived engineering skills as key and science and mathematics concepts as integrated withinengineering in classrooms, science teachers perceived engineering students as necessarily highachieving in mathematics and science school subjects. Learner access to engineering education as a means of entry to career pathways is key

Conference Session

Research Frameworks for Identity and Equity: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Washington, Duke University

the NSF-funded Athena Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female faculty member in the Department of Computer Science. Her professional experience also includes Winthrop University, The Aerospace Corporation, and IBM. She is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.S., ‘00) and North Carolina State University (M.S., ’02; Ph.D., ’05), becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at the university and 2019 Computer Science Hall of Fame Inductee. She is a native of Durham, NC. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Technical Session 7: Cybersecurity and Computing

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org; Angelica Thompson; Leigh Ann DeLyser; Eric Snow; Luronne Vaval; Stephanie Wortel-London

’ awareness of and enrollment in CS courses, extracurricular activi- ties, and AP computer science exams–essentially, the extent to which all students are equally aware of the courses, extracurricular activities, and AP exams offered by their school, and the extent to which they enroll in them in equal proportions.McGill, Thompson, et al ASEE 2022Figure 2: The CAPE framework reframed to highlight the importance of the component within thefoundational capacity component. • Experience: Equitable student outcomes in CS courses and engagement in CS-focused col- lege and career options (e.g., the extent to which the course is equally and positively im- pacting

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Nicolle Revello; Morgan Round; Kristen O'Connell; Benjamin Orlin; Andrew Roberts, Minnesota State University, Mankato

it was adult basiceducation (ABE), general equivalency diploma (GED) preparation, college education, orvocational training or career technical education (CTE)—had a 13-percentage point reduction intheir risk of recidivating after being released from prison. The same research revealed thatinmates who participated in college programs while in prison were about half as likely torecidivate as those who did not participate in any type of correctional education program [12].These outcomes hold when the population studied consists of women who enrolled in college-level courses prior to their release from incarceration [13].When examined independently, the anecdotal nature, lack of control, and limited transferabilityof individual studies raise

Conference Session

LEES Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Wint

white men searching for their future careers” [57] hasimplications for the sense of belonging felt by underrepresented groups and thus the supportfor EDI.In common with the US approach to accreditation, Engineering Council (EC) practice‘control at a distance’ and individual institutions are free to select how LOs are both achievedand assessed [58]. Accreditation committees then evaluate whether engineering programsmeet the accreditation standards. Within the UK, several Professional EngineeringInstitutions (PEIs) are licensed to undertake individual accreditation events on behalf of theEC, something that Armstrong [59] claims result in ‘lack of precision and clarity’ of the LOs.As is proposed to be the case in the USA [58], [60] it is likely

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leslie Flynn, The University of Iowa; W. Ethan Eagle; Joanna Garner, Old Dominion University; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Adam Talamantes; Stephanie Couch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Erica Matheny; Nisha Detchprohm, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leigh Estabrooks

promoting and rewardinginventiveness or inventive practices. We assert that as students advance from secondary to post-secondary schools and into multiple career pathways, their capacity and interest in engaging ininnovation, invention, and entrepreneurial ecosystems will increase, thereby increasing equity inthe designed world by empowering all student voices.INTRODUCTIONInvention is at the very essence of the human experience. We seek to make our lives better bycreating solutions to the challenges we face every day. With the complexity of today’s problemsdue to an expanding global economy, technological advancement, limited natural resources,healthcare challenges, and racial and ethnic divides, employing the same thinking and methods aswe did in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Student Success Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs, and Living Learning Communities

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Palm, Roger Williams University

require resources, and so it is natural to assess their effectiveness. While short-termoutcomes like first-year performance and retention are commonly used, they are proxies for ourultimate goals: preparing students for future success in their chosen fields, and doing so in areasonable amount of time. Metrics for these goals include four-year graduation rates and,somewhat crudely, GPA at graduation. Although student success in any academic programshould be celebrated, at the national level there remains need to graduate students in engineeringand other STEM fields [15], [16]. Doing so in four years, rather than six or more, is more cost-effective and launches students into their careers sooner. Thus, the primary research questionsthat this paper

Conference Session

Disability, Neurodivergence, and Sense of Belonging in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University

student in engineering and literature aboutableism in academia, to advocate for other disabled students like me. I have been told thatengineering and academia is not a place for someone like me. As someone whose career goalsinclude a tenure-track professorship, these statements made me determined to construct aninclusive and accessible place for myself and others like me. Over the course of my educationaljourney, I have collected news articles, journals, and books that have helped me to justify myplace in the academy and advocate for myself. I have also encountered many people who arewell-meaning in their support but lacked the resources or knowledge to assist me in myendeavors. This has led me to want to provide people with resources and engage

Conference Session

ERM: Mental Health and Wellness

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Holles, Colorado School of Mines

and non-STEMfaculty in how professors perceive their responsibilities to students. STEM faculty felt moreresponsible for preparing students for careers and graduate school, but they reported lessresponsibility to consider emotional or moral development and to foster tolerance and learnabout difference [42]. Because of these perceptions of faculty, students may struggle in STEMenvironments to be respected as whole people from diverse backgrounds who are multi-facetedlearners and thinkers.STEM fields continue to face problems with diversity and inclusion and with achievement gapsfor underrepresented groups, despite widely adopted missions to improve these conditions.Gonzalez, Hall, Benton, Kanhai, and Nunez report that “diverse environments

Conference Session

PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J Carroll, Saint Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, Saint Louis University

bridge and test it beforehandand then rebuild their bridge for the competition (i.e. learn from failure). It would be verydifficult to ask students to predict their peak loads based on calculations given the highlyindeterminate designs. The third potential enhancement is to conduct formal assessment focusedon the students’ interest, understanding, and attitudes about STEM careers. One possible surveyto use is the Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) survey [28].Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Ms. Amy Preis, Ms. Sue Ratz, Ms. Rachel Rimmerman,and Mr. Darren Green for their assistance in organizing and hosting the competition for the pastseveral years. The authors would also like to thank the countless engineering

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiong Kong, Coastal Carolina University; Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University; Wout De Backer, University of South Carolina; Monica Gray, The University of Texas Permian Basin; George Hitt, Coastal Carolina University; Ryan Kerns

’ VRexperiences that will potentially help explain the changes in the quantitative data.Furthermore, insights into how and to what extent the VR story experience impacts students’engineering motivation and career pathway selections will be gathered. Students’ quantitativeengineering motivation data will be gathered with a questionnaire adapted from the valid andreliable Science Motivation Questionnaire II (SMQ-II) developed by Glynn et al. [73] due to itsexcellent overall reliability (α = 0.91) and criterion-related validity. Pre-post- Likert-typequestionnaires will be used to collect data before and after students participate in the VR storyexperience. The pre- and post-questionnaire will assess students’ intrinsic motivation, careermotivation, self

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Decision Making, Problem-Based Projects, Role-Play, and a Nontraditional Project Theme

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; William Wild, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Paper ID #36878Origins of Requirement Development Skills in EngineeringUndergraduates: Students’ Initial Thinking and Use inEngineering DecisionsAndrew Olewnik (Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor | Engineering Education | University at BuffaloVanessa Svihla Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with appointments in learning sciences and engineering. Her research, funded by an NSF CAREER award, focuses on how people learn as they frame problems and how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity.William Wild (Director, Student Success Programs) (University at

Conference Session

ERM: Persistence and Attrition in Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyeonghun Jwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

State University and is the Director of the online Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Program at Penn State. Her research interests include graduate-and postdoctoral-level engineering education; attrition and persistence mechanisms, metrics, policy, and amelioration; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development for nontraditional data. Her NSF CAREER award studies master’s-level departure from the engineering doctorate as a mechanism of attrition. Catherine earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Wang; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; binbin shao, Zhejiang University

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Ethics Education Assessment

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; David Dittenber, Cedarville University

Theme #6: Allow Solutions/CollaborationThe second most prominent theme in student free-form comments is the request for faculty toauthorize utilizing problem solutions and/or peer collaboration.5 Some survey comments are lightly edited for brevity, taking care to maintain the original intent and tone.Example comments5 from both universities include: • Being able to check your work online greatly helps understanding how to solve problems, especially when they aren't covered in class. • I wish that teachers would allow online help for partial credit. • Some of us need to see the answers to reverse engineer the problem. • We are going to be using google, the internet, and others for plenty of things in our careers. Knowing how

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

mathematical involvement, in contrast toother courses in the career, and for the restricted applicability to industrial jobs. This criticismgenerally negatively affects the motivation of students. However, the combination with hands-onexperiments has proved to enrich the learning and motivation of students, but most colleges facesevere restrictions on the investment, maintenance, and operation of process control labs and theaddition of new requirements in the curriculum. Some alternatives have been exploring the useof simple modules for classroom demonstrations, theoretical simulations of equipment in unitoperations lab, and virtual-lab simulations.This paper describes the scope of technical training based on process model and synthesis of