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A Questions and Issues Sheet: A Homework Assignment that Helps Define Projects Quickly

A Questions and Issues Sheet: A Homework Assignment that Helps Define Projects Quickly. Jim Brenner Florida Tech Nanotechnology Minor Program. Student project on enhanced brightness of HDTV’s. Department of Chemical Engineering. QUESTIONS & ISSUES SHEET.

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A Questions and Issues Sheet: A Homework Assignment that Helps Define Projects Quickly

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  1. A Questions and Issues Sheet: A Homework Assignment that Helps Define Projects Quickly Jim Brenner Florida Tech Nanotechnology Minor Program Student project on enhanced brightness of HDTV’s Department of Chemical Engineering

  2. QUESTIONS & ISSUES SHEET • Brainstorming with a little bit of organization • Must have at least 25 questions & issues, preferably questions • Best if questions can be answered yes or no or with a # • B) Category Coverage (> 2 questions/category) • Economic, technical/engineering, safety, health, environmental, • social impact, quality, regulatory, and legal • C) Depth of Insight & Creativity/Thoroughness • D) Identification of Key Issues / Showstoppers • Consider the targeted drug delivery of a chemotherapy drug • exclusively to tumor sites. The doctor will want to be able to • track the drug’s fate through external biomedical imaging. • Think/Write Pair Share for 8 minutes after my next slide (12 min. for students + 5-10 min. for whole class sharing)

  3. Targeted DrugDelivery Packet Nonbiodegradable Amphiphilic triblock copolymer ZnS Coating TOPO Surfactant Biodegradable Polymer Au / II-VI / III-V Quantum Dot Gum Arabic or Polyethylene Glycol for Biocompatibility Biodegradable Polymer Recognition Element Drug Reservoir Grappling Hook Gao (and Nie) et al., Nature Biotechnology, 22(8), 2004, 976-984.

  4. Questions/Issues Regardless of Project LegalQuality RegulatoryEconomicsSocial Impact Warranty Reproducibility Disclaimers Assessment Methods Intellectual Property Quality Assurance Standards Exposure to Lawsuits Translating Customer Wants into Product Characteristics EPA Market Size vs. Price Not in my backyard OSHA Competition – Present & Future Local jobs FDA? Return on Investment Local/State/Regional Sensitivity Analysis Market Identification Examining Market/Product Fit Technical/Engg., Environmental, Safety, & Health are project-specific

  5. Week 1 Mon. Introduction to Other Students & Faculty Accessing Computer Resources - Homework #1 Overview of Course & Expectations Week 1 Wed. What Chemical Engineers Do For a Living Questions & Issues to Make Projects Successful - Homework #2 Week 2 Mon. Introduction to PowerPoint – Homework #3 Week 2 Wed. Introduction to Process Flowsheeting Week 3 Mon. Microsoft PowerPoint-based Process Flowsheeting - HW #4 Week 3 Wed. Microsoft Power Point-based Process Flowsheeting- HW #5 Week 4 Wed. More Computer-Based Process Flowsheeting - Homeworks # 6 and 7 Week 5 Mon. Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes Week 5 Wed. Engineering Ethics - Reading Assignment Week 6 Mon. Environmental Literacy & MSDS Sheets Week 6 Wed. Safety & Environmental Impact Analysis - Get Take Home Exam Week 7 Mon. Questions on Take-Home Exam 1 (Final draft due 3 PM on day of class) Week 7 Wed. ChE Process Equipment Scavenger Hunt (in 104 Frueauff) Week 8 Mon. Safety & Environmental Impact Analysis Week 8 Wed. Review and Selection of Design Projects Topic Selection - Homework #8 Week 9 Wed. Questions and Issues Sheets for Semester-Long Design Project Week 10 Mon. Exploring Alternative Reaction Chemistries Week 10 Wed. Evaluation of Options for a Variety of Flowsheets Week 11 Mon. 1st Draft of Flowsheet for Semester-Long Design Project Week 11 Mon. Environmental Metrics Week 12 Mon. Project Timelines (Gantt Charts) in Microsoft Project Week 12 Mon. Microsoft PowerPoint as a Presentation Tool Week 13 Mon. Guidelines for Making Effective Presentations and Writing Effective Reports Week 13 Mon. Symbols for Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's) Week 14 Mon. Converting Flowsheets into Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams Week 14 Wed. Safety, Quality, and Environmental Assessments of P&ID's for Semester-Long Design Project Week 15 Mon. Graded Group Meetings with Dr. Brenner (4% of grade) Week 16 Mon. Student Presentations of Design Projects Week 16 Wed. Student Presentations of Design Projects Finals Week 1st draft of Written Reports of Design Projects Due With Peer Evaluations @ 8 AM on Tuesday of finals week; 2 additional drafts permitted with last version due by 8 AM on Thursday of finals week Intro to Chemical Engineering 1 Syllabus

  6. ABET & KEEN Student Outcomes Covered by Q&I Sheet ABET Student Outcomes Assessed Strongly D Multidisciplinary teams E Identification & formulation of engineering problems F Ethical responsibility H Global & societal context J Contemporary issues Assessed Somewhat G Oral/written communication A lot of assessment mileage for 1 HW!

  7. KEEN Complementary Skills Covered by Q&I Sheet

  8. Source of Project Topics Professor clips news items from Chemical & Engineering News and Chemical Engineering Progress Assembly of ~ 300 project selections on ~100 pages from these magazines Put news items into ~20 categorized subfields within chemical engineering Share this list with senior design prof

  9. Project Selection Categories Ironically, this year there were no petroleum refineries built, or even add-ons, although there are always students who want to build them. Boldfaced projects definitely have enough info for a student project.

  10. List of Fall 2015 Student Process Design Projects • 23 And Me Sequencer for Genetic Profiling • Editas’ CRISPR Technology for Genetic Editing • Cd-Containing Quantum Dots for High Definition TV’s • Non Cd-Containing Quantum Dots for More Environmentally Responsible High Definition TV’s • Hepatitis Drug Harvoni • Type 2 Diabetes Drug Farxiga • Artemisinin Drug to Treat Malaria • Graphene-Based Water Treatment • Environmentally Friendly Route to Adipic Acid Production • Nantero’s Nano Random Access Memory (NRAM) • Solar-Powered H2 Generation & CO2 Conversion to CH4 • Biobased Fuels and Chemicals • Conversion of Shale Gas-Derived Methane to Liquid Fuels • Petroleum Refinery Add-On in Malaysia

  11. Penny or Other Coinage/Dollar Exercise Ask pairs of students to agree on which coin or dollar they will draw Each student draws same side of agreed upon money (2 min.) Work in groups of two to draw composite sketch (2 min.) Compare sketch to reality & document shortcomings (2 min.) Full class sharing of lessons learned with supplementation by prof

  12. Conflict Management Styles • Prevention – An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. • Avoidance • Competing • Accommodating • Compromising • Synergy E.R. Larson & R.W. Musick, Jr., “Getting to Win-Win”, Chem. Eng. Prog., Sept. 2008, pp. 50-53.

  13. Animal Waste to Syngas 2 1 Animal Waste 3 Power 8 Compressor 17 18 Amine Absorption Air 24 6 95% O2 6 e- 4 Gasifier Or Anaerobic Digester Dirty Syngas Sphagnum Peat Moss 7 5 Wet Manure GlidArc™ Filter & perhaps Pelletizer Water Condenser 9 10 15 13 e- 16 14 11 Amine Desorption H2O H2O, CO2, Power 25 12 SulfArc™ Turbine Concentrated S-Containing Impurities Sulfur

  14. Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots for LED Televisions Names Redacted Source: Audio Gurus

  15. Introduction/Motivation Cadmium free quantum dots provide a more vivid and vibrant LED television display without the environmental and safety hazards that cadmium creates. Source: Electronic Design Display without quantum dots Display with quantum dots Source: PlasmaChem Source: Nanoco Technologies

  16. Quantum Dots • Indium Phosphide (InP) Nanocrystal Core • Semiconducting Nanoparticle • Two monolayers of Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) • Used to improve display in LED TV’s • Diameters ranging from 2-12 nanometers Structure of quantum dot Source: LED Professional

  17. Why Choose Cadmium Free? • Effects of Cadmium on the Environment: • -Bioaccumulation through food chain • - Destruction of ecosystem due to death of detritivores • Effects of Cadmium on Animals/Humans: • -High blood-pressure • - Moderate to severe damage to all organ systems • - Reproductive complications • - Cancer development • Effects of Cadmium on Plants • - Stunted growth • - Reduced photosynthetic rate Source: Invest in Libya

  18. Key Questions and Issues Is there an active market for Cd-free quantum dots for LED televisions? Does our process of production for Cd-free quantum dots meet EPA standards? Are there any economic benefits of making Cd-free quantum dots over cadmium-based quantum dots? How long is our product’s shelf life regarding photobleaching? How can the diameter of the nanoparticle affect the precision of the color/color quality?

  19. CATME Evaluation of Student Teamwork Performance Metrics Ohland, M.W.; et al., “Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME): A New Peer Evaluation Instrument”, 2006 ASEE Ann. Conf. Proc., Chicago, IL, June, 2006.

  20. CATME Evaluation of Student Teamwork Performance Metrics Ohland, M.W.; et al., “Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME): A New Peer Evaluation Instrument”, 2006 ASEE Ann. Conf. Proc., Chicago, IL, June, 2006. Contributing to the Team’s Work Interacting With Teammates Keeping the Team on Track Expecting Quality Having Relevant Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  21. Implementation Across Curriculum CHE 1101 – Introduction to Chemical Engineering 1 CHE 3260 – Intro to Materials Science & Engineering Combined with Identification of Failure Causes & Mechanisms & Preventive Actions (double HW assignment) CHE 4567 – Nanotechnology (kickoff for end-of-semester project) CHE 4569 – Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering lecture (kickoff for end-of-semester project) Nanotech minor program resulted in start of new, recently accredited Biomedical Engineering Department

  22. SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS • Questions & Issues Sheet provides a convenient way for defining projects that can serve as a checklist during project execution • Easily adaptable to any class with a project • Includes component describing how student solution adds value • One homework assignment satisfies about ½ of KEEN outcomes + several otherwise hard-to-document ABET outcomes

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