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Piergiovanni, Polly R.; Goundie, David A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2019
Chemical engineering is a challenging field to explain to first-year students. Food production processes are a safe and accessible way to introduce the students to basic engineering concepts. Modernist cuisine -- using scientific methods and engineering techniques to enhance classical cooking -- was used as a hook to capture the attention of…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Science, Food, Scientific Concepts
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Nottis, Katharyn E. K.; Vigeant, Margot A.; Prince, Michael J.; Golightly, Amy Frances; Gadoury, Carrine Megan – Chemical Engineering Education, 2019
Heat and temperature concepts are found at all levels in the science curricula and are well-known for creating conceptual difficulties for learners. Students have difficulty understanding concepts related to heat, temperature, and thermal radiation. Inquiry-based pedagogies that can foster the learning of these difficult concepts are needed.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Science Experiments, Heat, Active Learning
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Ramírez, Darinka; Ramírez, María Soledad; Marrero, Thomas R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2016
This study aims to describe a novel teaching mode that allows for direct instructor-student and student-student discussions of material balance concepts by means of active learning. The instructor explains the concepts during class time while using a remotely controlled laboratory system that is projected on a screen with real-time access to the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Experiments, Virtual Classrooms, Online Systems
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Cicciarelli, Bradley A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2013
Pre-recorded video demonstrations of laboratory experiments are used to introduce students to various experiments in a lab course instead of an in-class tutorial. In addition to saving time for both the students and the instructor, this allows students to watch the videos in an "on-demand" setting at their convenience, which is helpful…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments
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Vanderslice, Nicholas; Oberto, Richard; Marrero, Thomas R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to describe a Centrifugal Pump Experiment that provided an experiential learning experience to chemical engineering undergraduates at the University of Missouri in the spring of 2010 in the Unit Operations Laboratory course. Lab equipment was used by senior students with computer-based data and control technology. In…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Chemical Engineering, Science Experiments, College Science
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Clark, William M.; Jackson, Yaminah Z.; Morin, Michael T.; Ferraro, Giacomo P. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
Laboratory experiments and computer models for studying the mass transfer process of removing CO2 from air using water or dilute NaOH solution as absorbent are presented. Models tie experiment to theory and give a visual representation of concentration profiles and also illustrate the two-film theory and the relative importance of various…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments, Science Instruction
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Clark, William M.; Shevlin, Ryan C.; Soffen, Tanya S. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2010
This paper addresses a controversy regarding the effect of bottle material on the thermal performance of beverage bottles. Experiments and calculations that verify or refute advertising claims and represent an interesting way to teach heat transfer fundamentals are described. Heat transfer coefficients and the resistance to heat transfer offered…
Descriptors: Heat, Thermodynamics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Joye, Donald D.; Hoffman, Adam; Christie, Jacqueline; Brown, Mayo; Niemczyk, Jennifer – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
Three undergraduate students functioned as teaching assistants in unit ops lab for their senior project, which included developing a purchased size exclusion chromatography experiment, supervising the running of this experiment, and assisting the junior students with their calculations. They also read the reports, graded them, and commented on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Chemistry, Active Learning
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Kelly, Christine; Gummer, Edith – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
The instructional design and the corresponding research on student learning of two virtual laboratories that provide an engineering task situated in an industrial context are described. In this problem-based learning environment, data are generated dynamically based on each student team's distinct choices of reactor parameters and measurements.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research Design, Instructional Design, Problem Based Learning
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Le Roux, G. A. C.; Reis, G. B.; de Jesus, C. D. F.; Giordano, R. C.; Cruz, A. J. G.; Moreira, P. F., Jr.; Nascimento, C. A. O.; Loureiro, L. V. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2010
This paper describes the use of weblabs--web based experiments--for cooperative learning by students working together from two different locations to conduct experiments and write reports.
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Chemical Engineering, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Lefebvre, Brian G.; Farrell, Stephanie; Dominiak, Richard S. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2007
Advances in biology are prompting new discoveries in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical technology, and chemical industries. This paper presents a detailed description of an anion exchange chromatography experiment using a pair of colorful proteins and summarizes the effect of operating parameters on protein separation. This experiment…
Descriptors: Elective Courses, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Armstrong, Matt; Comitz, Richard L.; Biaglow, Andrew; Lachance, Russ; Sloop, Joseph – Chemical Engineering Education, 2008
A novel approach to the Chemical Engineering curriculum sequence of courses at West Point enabled our students to experience a much more realistic design process, which more closely replicated a real world scenario. Students conduct the synthesis in the organic chemistry lab, then conduct computer modeling of the reaction with ChemCad and…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
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Guo, Jing; Kettler, David J.; Al-Dahhan, Muthanna – Chemical Engineering Education, 2007
A common undergraduate chemical engineering experiment has been modified for on-line operation over the Internet. By adopting rapidly changing Internet and object component technologies, we developed a novel approach combining the Internet and regular laboratory equipment. The client-server applications use a Visual Basic and Labtech programming…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Chemical Engineering, Internet, College Science
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Pedrosa, Cristiana; Mendes, Joaquim; Magalhaes, Fernao D. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2006
A low-cost tensile testing machine was built for testing polymeric films. This apparatus also allows for tear-strength and flexural tests. The experimental results, obtained from common-use materials, selected by the students, such as plastic bags, illustrate important aspects of the mechanical behavior of polymeric materials. Some of the tests…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Plastics, Chemical Engineering, Laboratory Equipment
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Monroe, Charles; Newman, John – Chemical Engineering Education, 2005
This simple example demonstrates the physical significance of similarity solutions and the utility of dimensional and asymptotic analysis of partial differential equations. A procedure to determine the existence of similarity solutions is proposed and subsequently applied to transient constant-flux heat transfer. Short-time expressions follow from…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Science Experiments, Heat, Thermodynamics
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