scholarly journals Student Retention Barriers in a Chemical Engineering Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Miletic ◽  
Abhaya Datye ◽  
Vanessa Svihla ◽  
Eva Chi ◽  
Jamie Gomez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Retention Barriers

Designing Sustainability Curricula

2015 ◽  
pp. 724-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madoc Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
James Cook ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Wide Range

Developing an engineering student's awareness of sustainability through the embedding of sustainability curricula is widely considered to be essential to modernising chemical engineering degree programs. In this chapter, the chemical engineering program at James Cook University is used as a case study to illustrate the design and sequencing of embedded curricula associated with developing a students' awareness of sustainability. There are a wide range of examples of skills, techniques, and characteristics associated with developing this awareness. In this chapter, an approach is described whereby a set of generic and interdisciplinary capabilities are developed to provide a degree of flexibility in how sustainability is interpreted and taught. A cognitive learning matrix is utilised as a design tool that facilitates determination of new subject learning outcomes aligned with the sustainability capabilities. A variety of curriculum examples are introduced and described.

scholarly journals Development of Small-Scale Experiments for the Education of Chemical Engineering and Its Practice for Undergraduates

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Katayama ◽  
Risa Ichinohe ◽  
Yuki Konno ◽  
Woon Yong Sohn ◽  
Shota Kuwahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Chemical Processes ◽  
Reaction Engineering ◽  
Thermal Engineering ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Unit Operations ◽  
Educational Experiment

A series of small-scale/micro-scale experiments used for the education of undergraduate students in chemical engineering courses have been developed. Based on the “small-scale/micro-scale” concept, the experiments were developed to provide an intuitive understanding of chemical processes, both by increasing the visibility of these chemical processes and by making the apparatus compact (desktop size). Nine experiments were developed that are relevant to the fields of thermal engineering, fluid engineering, unit operations, and reaction engineering. These experiments were introduced during the educational experiment course for undergraduates in the chemical engineering program.

Mechanical Engineering Program at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome H. Hemmye ◽  
Luz Antonio Aguilera
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Oil Refinery ◽  
Public Programs ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Early Colonial ◽  
Silver Mining ◽  
Gold And Silver Mining

Gold and Silver mining was begun in Mexico within fifty years of the Spanish conquest. The Mining Engineering and the Chemical Engineering needed to extract those valuable metals from the ore have been taught in Mexico from those early colonial days. To meet the colony’s needs for roads and structures, Civil Engineering followed as an academic discipline. Textiles and much later petroleum extraction and refining followed as important industries and they too were included in several Mexican university programs. The gradual industrialization of what is now Mexico brought with it a critical need for engineering education on a broader scale than was traditionally available. Less than forty years ago there was no Mechanical Engineering program in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. The immediate needs of a Federal Oil Refinery and a Fossil Fuel Power Plant led to the establishment of a modest program utilizing practicing engineers as faculty, on loan part time, from the refinery. The evolution of the program from its earliest days is traced to the present program which includes a doctoral program which is rated among the top three public programs in Mexico.

scholarly journals Collaborative Approach for Teaching Chemical Process Design

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel F. Couturier ◽  
Guida Bendrich
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Chemical Process Design ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Design Activities

A collaborative approach has been successfully used to teach the senior process design course in the Chemical Engineering program at UNB since 2010. Every design project in the course is sponsored by an outside client. Two teams of four or five students are assigned to each project. The teams work independently and are co-mentored by a faculty member and a practicing engineer. This collaborative approach brings engineering practice in the classroom while keeping faculty members in control of academic requirements. Eight evenly-spaced milestones pace students and co-mentors by defining the tasks that need to be accomplished, by setting the marking scheme for the deliverables and by providing a framework for the progressive assembly of a high-quality final report. Our approach has increased the number of faculty members interested in design activities and allows students to contribute to the local economy while becoming proficient in engineering design. Comments received from students, clients and co-mentors have been highly positive.

scholarly journals Effective Coordination of Capstone Design Work Using Milestones

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel F. Couturier ◽  
Guida Bendrich ◽  
Francis Lang
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Continuous Feedback ◽  
Added Benefit ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Capstone Design

 Abstract – A universal management framework has been developed for coordinating the work of students and mentors in the capstone design course offered in the Chemical Engineering program at the University of New Brunswick. The framework makes use of seven evenly spaced milestones to pace the students through their design project. The milestone documents describe the main tasks to be completed by students and apply to any client-based project. They also provide the marking scheme to be used by mentors when evaluating the team reports submitted at the end of each milestone. As an added benefit, the universal milestone framework also enables the progressive assembly of a high-quality final report since each milestone report is tailored to be a section of the final report. As expected, the performance of students on the final report is generally better than the average of their milestone grades. Furthermore, the universal framework ensures deliverables are consistent for every group regardless of their project, which results in a streamlined experience for both students and instructors. Student opinion surveys suggest that students appreciate the frequency of the milestones, which allows for continuous feedback and appropriate pacing.

Progressively Fostering Students’ Chemical Information Skills in a Three-Year Chemical Engineering Program in France

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christel Gozzi ◽  
Marie-José Arnoux ◽  
Jérémy Breuzard ◽  
Claire Marchal ◽  
Clémence Nikitine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Chemical Information ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Information Skills

A flexible undergraduate chemical engineering program

1961 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. McKetta ◽  
Robert S. Schechter
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Program
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