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Online Teaching of a Lab Course amid a Pandemic -- A Challenge and an Opportunity
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Gao, Jie; Crossley, Steven P.; Nollert, Matthias U.; Lobban, Lance L.; Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2021
This paper reports an innovative, hybrid teaching model for a junior level lab course. This model leverages in-person lab operation by adding a student-led online learning mode. Both course outcomes and student outcomes were evaluated. Student feedback was collected, and its analysis showed both positive and negative impacts in this hybrid model.…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, School Closing, Online Courses
Combining Experimentation and Simulation in a Unit Operations Lab Course
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Funkenbusch, LiLu Tian; Rivera-Jiménez, Sindia – Chemical Engineering Education, 2023
The continuous distillation experiment in the Unit Operations Lab was moved to a virtual platform. Students used old data and equipment specifications to simulate the column in Aspen HYSYS. Students experimented without the limitations of existing equipment. For example, they studied the number of trays in the virtual column, something that is…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
Teaching Principles of Biomaterials to Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic with At-Home Inquiry-Based Learning Laboratory Experiments
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Panebianco, Christopher J.; Iatridis, James C.; Weiser, Jennifer R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2022
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities have switched to online learning platforms, which inhibits engineering students from completing formative hands-on experiments. To address this, we developed at-home experiments for an undergraduate biomaterials course. These inquiry-based learning experiments were well received by students and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments
Entrepreneurially Minded Learning in the Unit Operations Laboratory through Community Engagement in a Blended Teaching Environment
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Vasquez, Erick S.; Bohrer, Kelly; Noe-Hays, Abraham; Davis, Arthur; DeWitt, Matthew; Elsass, Michael J. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2022
Online and blended learning opportunities in Chemical Engineering curriculum emerged due to COVID-19. After eight weeks of in-person Unit Operations Laboratory sessions, a remote-learning open-ended final project was assigned to student teams. The assignment involved aspects related to entrepreneurially-minded learning (EML) and community-based…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Blended Learning, Chemical Engineering, COVID-19