Preliminary Reflections and Assessment of the 2022 Chemical Engineering Summer School
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Baltimore , Maryland
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June 25, 2023
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June 25, 2023
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June 28, 2023
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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 2: Community Retrospectives
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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)
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Diversity
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12
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10.18260/1-2--43946
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https://peer.asee.org/43946
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403
Paper Authors
Margot A. Vigeant Bucknell University
Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary researc
Daniel Anastasio Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Daniel Anastasio is an associate professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His primary areas of research are game-based learning, authentic process safety education, and membrane separations.
Michael David Mau Barankin Colorado School of Mines
Michael D. M. Barankin is a Teaching Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Barankin received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of CA, Los Angeles in 2002 and 2009, respectively; and he received his M.S., graduating with honors, from the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands (TU Delft) in 2004. After a post-doctoral appointment at TU Delft through 2011, Dr. Barankin was a lecturer at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course development responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course development responsibilities here include the Unit Operations Lab and 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 learning
Daniel D. Burkey University of Connecticut
Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 19
Laura P. Ford
The University of Tulsa
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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/separations, and chemical engineering senior labs. She advises TU's chapter of Engineers Without Borders - USA. Her research is with the Delayed Coking Joint Industry Project.
Tracy Q. Gardner Colorado School of Mines
Tracy Q. Gardner graduated from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) with B.S. degrees in chemical engineering and petroleum refining (CEPR) and in mathematical and computer sciences (MCS) in 1996 and with an M.S. degree in CEPR in 1998. She then got her Ph
Milo Koretsky Tufts University
Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Education at Tufts University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley,
Daniel Lepek The Cooper Union
Dr. Daniel Lepek is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He received his Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology and B.E. from The Cooper Union, both in chemical engineering. In 2011, he received the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division ”Engineering Education” Mentoring Grant and in 2015 he received the Ray W. Fahien Award. His research interests include particle technology, transport phenomena, and engineering education. His current educational research is focused on peer instruction, technology-enhanced active learning, and electronic textbooks.
Matthew W Liberatore
The University of Toledo
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Matthew W. Liberatore is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toledo. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. From 2005 to 2015, he served on the faculty at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2018, he served as an Erskine Fellow at the University 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 Thermodynamics are available from zyBooks.com. His website is: https://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/chemical-engineering/liberatore/
Abstract
The ASEE/AIChE Chemical Engineering Summer School (ChESS) is a week-long, roughly quinquennial over the past nearly 100 years, faculty development event bringing together early-career and seasoned faculty for workshops and community building [1]. The most recent ChESS took place July 25-29, 2022 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO, with around 160 participants and 80 presenters. The two core outcomes for the Summer School are 1) to build the Chemical Engineering education community and 2) to provide useful knowledge and tools for teaching, scholarship, and service for those early in their careers.
A typical day at ChESS starts with breakfast and a plenary session, followed by one to two sessions with 5-6 parallel workshops, lunch, then two more parallel workshop sessions. These are complemented by thematic networking sessions, evening poster presentation receptions and a host of social events including a scavenger hunt. One afternoon of the week, local sightseeing and similar activities are available to all participants and presenters. Most workshops are delivered by volunteer presenters from the chemical engineering education community and about 20 are offered by industry and funding agency partners. Changes in programming for the most recent offering included specific identification of pedagogical, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and content tracks for the parallel workshop sessions. To support this structure, plenary speakers were invited to present on pedagogical practices and DEI, in addition to the long-standing Teaching Institute and industry plenary. Workshops were either 90 or 150 minutes in length and typically hosted between 20-50 participants. While the core audience is newer faculty, the more experienced faculty who attend as workshop presenters are welcome to attend other workshops, space and time permitting, and about 90% of them did so.
A survey conducted immediately after the close of ChESS 2022 showed respondents found it to be successful at meeting its two goals. 96% of respondents somewhat agreed or strongly agreed that the Summer School was conducive for meeting other Chemical Engineering faculty, while the same fraction somewhat agreed or strongly agreed that the workshops were useful. 93% of respondents strongly agreed that they would recommend the Summer School to a colleague, with a further 3% expressing some agreement.
This paper shares details on the program, funding, and overall design of the Summer School as well as some reflections and recommendations from the steering committee. It also summarizes the results of the immediate post- Summer School survey.
Vigeant, M. A., & Anastasio, D., & Barankin, M. D. M., & Bayles, T. M., & Burkey, D. D., & Ford, L. P., & Gardner, T. Q., & Koretsky, M., & Lepek, D., & Liberatore, M. W. (2023, June), Preliminary Reflections and Assessment of the 2022 Chemical Engineering Summer School Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43946
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