2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Innovative Instructional Methods for Engineering Thinking

This session highlights transformative approaches to teaching and learning in chemical engineering education. Presenters explore a wide array of methods—from flipped classrooms and hands-on critical thinking modules to culturally grounded storytelling and collaborative group work—designed to deepen conceptual understanding, promote ethical thinking, and strengthen student engagement and belonging.

Chair

Stephanie Velegol, Penn State University

Co-Chairs

Mandar Kathe, The Ohio State University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(61f) Development of Hands-on Activities Incorporated into a Critical Thinking Module for Chemical Engineering Courses
Matthew Alexander

08:20 AM

(61b) Towards Real-World Engineering Thinking: Facilitator Moves during Small Group Collaborative Learning
Yume Menghe Xu, Milo Koretsky

08:40 AM

(61c) Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset and Sustainability Concepts into Engineering Design
Nagasree Garapati

09:00 AM

(61d) Turbocharging “Sense of Belonging” in the Classroom Using Conocimiento: Towards Overcoming the “Problem of Scale Associated with Professor Time”
Uzoma Monye, Mandar Kathe, Nondyce Gulick

09:20 AM

(61e) Using Stories from Traditional Culture to Teach Virtue-Based Engineering Ethics
Jiamin Zhang, Oceana Alessandro, Tyler Jann, Olivia Kramer, Meera Vasishta, Olivier Truong, Neha Gutlapalli, Hsin-Ling Hsieh, Dena Plemmons

09:40 AM

(61a) Impact of Flipped Classroom and Educational Videos on the Improvement of Concepts Comprehension in Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology
Jabe Aqueron, Stefanos (Steve) Nitodas

10:00 AM

(61g) Blending Hands-on and Online Learning: Instructional Design of a Summer Bootcamp for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Fernando Mérida Figueróa, Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, Mariam Ayub