2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Experiential Learning Innovations in Chemical Engineering Education

This session delves into the transformative role of experiential learning in chemical engineering education. By integrating hands-on projects, research challenges, and more, educators are reshaping traditional curricula to better prepare students for real-world challenges.

Chair

LiLu Funkenbusch, University of Florida

Co-Chair

Joanne Beckwith Maddock, University of Michigan

Presentations

08:00 AM

(263a) DIY Air Purifier: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
Britney Russell, Fayekah Assanah, Marina Creed, Jessica Hollenbach, Misti Zamora, Kristina Wagstrom

08:18 AM

(263b) Co-Developing a Hands-on, Project-Based, First-Year Che Course
Heather C. S. Chenette, Gregory Neumann

08:36 AM

(263c) Student Perspectives on Experiential Learning in a Fluid Mechanics Course
Elizabeth Bury, Amanda Koh

08:54 AM

(263d) Food Dye Microfluidic Mixing As a Micro-Scale Demonstration of Diffusion
Jacob Doon-Ralls, Rebecca Harmon, Eduardo Reategui

09:12 AM

(263e) Thermal Imaging for Chemical Engineering Education
Faith Cheung, Abhishek Sharma

09:30 AM

(263f) Claude-Light - a Remote Instrument to Learn about Automation, Design of Experiments and Data Science
Joanne Beckwith Maddock, John Kitchin

09:48 AM

(263g) Generation Z and Materials Science: Engaging Chemical Engineering Students with in-Class Computational Activities and Experiments
Ifeoluwa Atokileso, Jose C. Contreras-Naranjo, Victor Ugaz

10:06 AM

(263h) Student-Driven Challenges to Enhance Research Impact in REU Programs
Jamael Ajah, Cassandra Jamison, Erik C. Brewer, Mary Staehle