Creating Integrated Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

本科生通常认为工科课程是一系列杂乱无章的课程，只是通过课程编号前面的前缀连接起来的。当学生们把实验室实验--应该加强和扩展理论课程中所提出的原理的经验--视为杂烩时，问题就会变得更加严重。这个项目试图通过发展建立在彼此基础上的实验室经验来解决这个问题。机械解剖在工程学入门课程的教学中发挥了作用。对这种公认的方法的一个转折，“过程解剖”被提出，将一个化学过程分解成它的一系列物理化学现象。就像在任何解剖中一样，诊断很重要。在化学工程的情况下，这需要良好的仪器、控制的实验和分析仪器。随后重新融入这一过程应该有助于学生更好地欣赏实验室经验。教学的发展是利用互动的小组活动作为整合学生学习的一种方式。

Undergraduates often view the engineering curriculum as a disjointed array of courses connected only by the prefix in front of the course number. When the students view the laboratory experiments_experiences which should reinforce and extend the principles forwarded in theory courses_as a potpourri, the problem becomes more exacerbated. This project is attempting to combat this problem by developing laboratory experiences that build upon one other. Mechanical dissection has worked in teaching introductory engineering students. A twist to this proven method, "process dissection" is forwarded to breakdown a chemical process into its series of physicochemical phenomena. As in any dissection, diagnostics are important. In the case of chemical engineering, this requires well-instrumented, controlled experiments and analytical instrumentation. The subsequent reintegration of the process should help students better appreciate the laboratory experience. The instructional development is using interactive group activities as a way to integrate student learning.