2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Board 295: Five Year Assessment for Educating Diverse Undergraduate Communities with Affordable Transport Equipment

Presented at NSF Grantees Poster Session

Over the past five years, our group has worked on the development of desktop-sized learning tools to demonstrate fluid mechanics and heat transfer concepts. We use a hub-based approach, breaking the US into sections with faculty coordinators within each region who interact with other faculty at institutions in their areas. In this paper we present a review covering five years of implementing through this distribution model for use of affordable transport equipment (ATE) for fluid mechanics and heat transfer classes. A review of ATE construction, testing and distribution is also assessed. We summarize lessons learned in working with hub-coordinators and workshops participants, getting attendee participation, and motivating them to prepare for the training, and follow-up through use of pre- and post-implementation forms required for obtaining stipends and support. The cumulative results of pre- to posttest concept inventories are presented for a base set of two fluid mechanics and two heat transfer ATE as well as motivational surveys and information related to demographic findings. We present construction strategies, production and implementation findings for our latest modules, an Evaporative Cooler and Fluidized Bed, and how strong technical components are integrated into the process to assist chemical engineering graduate students in obtaining robust results suitable for extending PhD thesis work to include fundamental and applied modeling along with experimental results. We present up-to-date results on our latest module concept in creating a microfluidics glucose monitoring system consisting of a flow chamber and a cell phone-based spectrophotometer. Finally, we conclude next steps for sustainability and continuation of the project, and lessons learned on strategies for mass production for prospective large-scale distribution.

Authors

Zeynep Ezgi Durak http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-5136-8011 Washington State University [biography]

Zeynep Durak is a graduate research assistant in the at Washington State University. She is working on the design and development of low-cost miniaturized hands-on learning tools to demonstrate heat transfer and fluid mechanics concepts. Specifically she is working on the development of a fluidized bed desktop learning module and its associated learning materials.
Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-9715 Washington State University [biography]

Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., and did his postdoctoral work at the University of Oklahoma where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. He has been on the Washington State University (WSU) faculty for 40 years and for the past 25 years expanded to include a strong focus on engineering education. He has won three innovation awards, two at his institution and one national award from AIChE for innovation in chemical engineeering.
David B. Thiessen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4283-5914 Washington State University [biography]

David B.Thiessen received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado in
1992 and has been at Washington State University since 1994. His research interests include fluid
physics, acoustics, and engineering education.
Dr. Prashanta Dutta http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-3994 Washington State University [biography]

Prof. Prashanta Dutta has received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Texas A&M University in 2001. Since then he has been working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State Universit
Dr. Olusola Adesope Washington State University [biography]

Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is a Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructi
Kitana Kaiphanliam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-0463 Washington State University [biography]

Kitana Kaiphanliam is a doctoral candidate in the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University (WSU). Her research focuses include miniaturized, hands-on learning modules for engineering education and bioreactor
Mrs. Olivia Reynolds Washington State University [biography]

Olivia Reynolds is an assistant professor at Washington State University. She earned her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Washington State in 2022 with research focused on developing and evaluating low-cost, hands-on learning tools demonstrating heat transfer and fluid mechanics principles. Reynolds is now teaching the first-year introductory engineering course for Washington State and is involved with college-wide first-year programming and retention efforts.
Miss Carah Elyssa Watson Campbell University
Oluwafemi Johnson Ajeigbe Washington State University
Natalie Kallish
Jacqueline Gartner, Ph.D. Campbell University [biography]

Jacqueline Burgher Gartner is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University in the School of Engineering, which offers a broad BS in engineering with concentrations in chemical and mechanical.
Aminul Islam Khan Northern Arizona University [biography]

Aminul Islam Khan, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff AZ

Aminul Islam Khan has received BSc and MSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the most regarded and reputed engineering university of Bangladesh. After that he served as a faculty at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Then he completed PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University and joined as Assistant Teaching Professor at Northern Arizona University.

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