Professors Matt Cooper and Jason Bara talk about chemical engineering and education (among a variety of other fun topics) with a focus on Material & Energy Balance courses using the seminal textbook by Felder, Rousseau & Bullard as a guide.
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The Immersive Chemistry Podcast examines the intersection of chemistry, chemical engineering, game design, educational sciences and technology. In each episode we explore the impact of immersive learning research on these fields through interviews and discussion.
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Laboratory Drying Ovens: Efficient Moisture Removal in Sample Preparation
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When choosing a laboratory drying oven, there are a few key features to keep in mind. Look for ovens with precise temperature control and uniformity, because consistency is key when it comes to drying your samples. Get More Information: https://www.globallabsupply.com/Yamato-Natural-Convection-Ovens-s/2168.htm…
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Ductless Fume Hoods: Providing Flexible Ventilation Solutions in Modern Labs
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This article explores the key features, benefits, and applications of ductless fume hoods in modern lab settings. Additionally, it delves into safety considerations, maintenance requirements, energy efficiency, and the latest advancements in this technology. Get More Information: https://www.globallabsupply.com/Ductless-Exhaust-Hood-s/1928.htm…
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ITFH LIVE at ChESS: Sindia Rivera-Jiménez, Tracy Gardner, Dami Daramola and Micha Barankin
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ITFH is LIVE again! Our host Matt Cooper chats with Sindia Rivera-Jiménez (University of Florida), Tracy Gardner (Colorado School of Mines), Dami Daramola (Ohio University) and Micha Barankin (Colorado School of Mines) in beautiful Golden, CO at the 2022 ChE Summer School. Their wide-ranging discussion of this year's Summer School touches on the be…
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ITFH LIVE at ChE Summer School: Dan Anastasio, Dan Burkey and Sandy Petit
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ITFH goes LIVE as host Matt Cooper chats with Dan Anastasio (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), Dan Burkey (University of Connecticut) and Sandy Petit (University of South Florida) in beautiful Golden, CO at the 2022 ChE Summer School. Their discussion of ChE Summer Schools of the past ends up going in many directions, including favorite worksho…
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ITFH 29: Courtney Pfluger Raps About Innovation
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Courtney Pfluger, Associate Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, is ITFH host Matt Cooper's guest in this entertaining episode of the show! They discuss Courtney's innovative research in inclusive teams, clean water, and renewable energy education in Brazil. Matt is delighted to learn of Courtney's unique favorite …
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Taryn Bayles, Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, joins podcast host Matt Cooper in the fume hood. In this episode Matt and Taryn theorize what makes our ChE education community so great, discuss Taryn's successes in student outreach and design projects, and Taryn shares incredible stories of her ballet …
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ITFH 27: Daniel Lepek Provides a Multi-Course Menu
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In this episode ITFH host Matt Cooper catches up with Daniel Lepek (Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Cooper Union) about his goals as current Chair of the AIChE Education Division, share pet peeves as ABET PEVs, and talk about what wine pairs best with fried bologna. We are also fortunate to hear Daniel - a trained classical pianist - play …
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ITFH 26: Matt Liberatore Reverse Engineers Engineering Education
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Double the Matt! Matt Liberatore, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toledo, joins ITFH host Matt Cooper for a wide-ranging conversation about Matt L's work on interactive textbooks and YouTube problems, his service as Chair of the AIChE Education division and... harp music!By In The (Fume) Hood
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Episode 13: VR LaboSafe Game - A serious game for chemical labs
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VR LaboSafe Game is a serious game that utilises immersive virtual reality to train the safety awareness and safety behaviour in chemical laboratories. In this game, laboratory workers learn to accurately identify risks, minimise these risks and perform experiments safely. Unsafe behaviour and unresolved risks result in simulated consequences that …
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ITFH 25: Sarah Wilson Prioritizes Student Mental Health
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This time Matt's ChE talk show guest is Sarah Wilson, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. They discuss Sarah's current NSF research project on the mental health of engineering students, her collaborative work in safety education, as well as her new course on bourbon production.…
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Episode 12: Bringing chemistry to the classroom with a VR fume hood.
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Sanne van Loenen has been researching game technologies such as virtual reality to create immersive experiences for young children in the context of chemistry. This research is being conducted at LuGus Studios and in collaboration with KU Leuven. In this episode, she discusses a virtual reality fume hood which she has been working on which is desig…
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Episode 11: Developing chemistry related VR experiences for children with Michael Dumin
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In this episode we talk with Michael Dumin, an early-stage researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering (CIT) at KU Leuven, Belgium. As part of the CHARMING Project, his topic is “Chemistry and chemical-engineering concepts for kids”. He is exploring how fundamental chemical principles are translated into intuitive activities, so that child…
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ITFH 24: Elif Miskioğlu Thinks Fast
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In this edition of ITFH our host Matt Cooper speaks with Elif Miskioğlu, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University, about System 1 and System 2 thinking, Elif's experiences being named one of AIChE's 35 Under 35, and - if you can believe it - singing to puppies.By In The (Fume) Hood
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ITFH 23: Milo Koretsky Explores Conceptual Knowledge
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This edition of ITFH features Matt Cooper's incredible conversation with Milo Koretsky (Tufts University) about conceptual teaching/learning and how the AIChE Concept Warehouse got started - Milo even gives Matt an on-air concept test! Milo also explains just how deep the rabbit hole of a phase diagram goes before he and Matt find out they've both …
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ITFH 22: Tony Butterfield Advocates Citizen Science
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Tony Butterfield, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah and Matt talk about enabling citizen science, social connections in capstone design and unit ops laboratories, storytelling in video games, and find out they both like Beck, Arcade Fire, and can recite lyrics from Radiohead's OK Computer album off the top of the…
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Episode 10: VR/AR for training in the chemical industry.
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The use of immersive technologies for training in the chemical industry is growing. One organisation which has began to develop and implement their own VR and AR training solutions is ACTA. ACTA is a training and education center for the chemical industry in Flanders, Belgium, in the domain of chemical process techniques, process control technology…
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ITFH 21: Margot Vigeant Has Food For Thought
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Margot Vigeant, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University, joins Matt to talk about food science and her new article series on the topic in the journal Chemical Engineering Education, applications of entropy to whiskey, and what turns out to be their shared fondness for the band They Might Be Giants.…
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Season 2 kicks off with the first-ever ITFH interview! Matt talks with Professor Lucas Landherr (Northeastern University) about being CEE's comic mastermind, his recent AIChE process control conceptual testing presentation and '90s alternative music. Bonus dirt on the family lives of Carnot and Bernoulli too!…
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Episode 9: Perceptions of Digital Games Based Learning in Higher Education?
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There is a growing interest in the use of digital games in higher education. In this episode, we talk with Chioma Udeozor about her research into the perceptions and attitude towards the use of games for learning among chemical engineering students at the University Newcastle in the UK.
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Episode 8: Designing a VR Chemical Reactor Training Prototype
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In this episode of the podcast, we speak with PhD Candidates and fellow Early Stage Researchers, Sofia Garcia Fracaro and Yusra Tehreem about a VR Chemical Reactor training prototype they have been working on. Sofia is carrying out research on the effectiveness and efficiency of immersive learning environments and serious gaming applications when a…
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Episode 7: Games making as an educational strategy with Silvia Fornós
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In this episode, we speak with Silvia Fornós who is taking games-based learning research into an interesting direction, by exploring how games making can be used as an educational strategy. Silvia is a PhD Researcher at IT University Copenhagen and a CHARMING project Early Stage Researcher. She has experience working in the games industry throughou…
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In the Season 1 finale, Matt and Jason answer questions from listeners and get into discussions about easter eggs in textbooks, policies grading exams, Rankine, Kelvin, Joule, pro wrestling, cooking, aspic (aka beef jelly), Jello molds, advice for faculty, and a nickname for ITFH listeners.By In The (Fume) Hood
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ITFH 18c: HW Problems Part 3 (The Dessert)
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In the final episode of a three part series, Matt and Jason further discuss HW problems and a whole lot more. Topics include: orange juice, infomercial science, TVs in hotel bathrooms, absorption-stripping, Whizzo(!), Deacon Process, chlor-alkali, dilution of emissions, losing weight by eating ice, fuel vs. food, and corn on the cob. We will wrap u…
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ITFH 18b: HW Problems - Part 2 (The Main Course)
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In the second of a three part series, Matt and Jason get into discussing HW problems and a whole lot more. Topics include: leaching oil from soybeans, egg sorting, old-timey baseball names, The Simpsons softball episode, making jam, food science, coffee and espresso, Guinness, golden rice, GMO foods, tomatoes, tomacco, artificial flavors, bananas a…
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ITFH 18a: HW Problems - Part 1 (The Appetizer)
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The first season is drawing to a close, but we've still got a few episodes left. In this first of a three part series, Matt and Jason discuss finishing the semester, thermodynamics textbooks, acronyms, In Living Color, David Alan Grier, Tenacious D, High Fidelity, student comments in course evaluations, engineering estimations, sometimes there is n…
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Episode 6: Using Augmented Reality as a tool for helping students understand abstract concepts.
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In this episode of the podcast we delve into the work of co-host Jessi, who is exploring the research question: Can Augmented Reality help students understand abstract concepts? Jessi shares details about an AR application which she recently published on the Google Playstore - Science On TV. Tim and Jessi also discuss: - The SAMR Model, a theoretic…
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This week, Matt and Jason discuss final exams, breakfast and eggs, hydrogen, fuels, air, combustion, mobile apps for ChemEs, publishing journal articles, reality vs. textbook, "human error", how much catalyst to use, and why this summer already feels different.By In The (Fume) Hood
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A quick bite of extra material that didn't make the cut for Episode 16. Matt and Jason's discussion about catalysts quickly morphs into reminiscing about Mr. T and the 1980s. Also some observations about grocery shopping during Covid-19 shutdowns.By In The (Fume) Hood
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This week, Matt and Jason discuss propylene and propane, IUPAC names for chemicals, recycle loops, separations, the Amazon reviews for FRB book, purge streams, and recycling of aluminum vs. plastics.By In The (Fume) Hood
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This week, Matt and Jason record from home for the first time during the Covid-19 shutdown. Topics include the challenges of working and teaching from home, more discussion about balancing reactions, Matt's "instant nickname generator algorithm", learning styles, and what an engineer should know.By In The (Fume) Hood
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Episode 5: Games-based learning in Chemistry Education - Less motivating, more learning
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Do students learn better with games than with conventional media? This is one of the central research questions of our guest. In this episode, we speak with Yuanyuan Hu, one of the researchers of the CHARMING Project who is exploring game-based learning in order to find some answers.
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This week, Matt and Jason discuss the difference between thermodynamics and kinetics, entropy, extent of reaction, water-gas shift reaction, hydrogen, multiple reactions and side products, atomic balances, NOx emissions, and the future of work and travel post-Covid-19.By In The (Fume) Hood
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This week, Matt and Jason discuss chemical reactions in balances, yield & selectivity, oxidative coupling of methane, fireplaces, are Jarod and Timmy real people?, extent of reaction, Greek letters, air separation, liquid nitrogen, noble gases, xenon fluoride compounds, periodic table party, BET surface area, Raney nickel, palladium, joules, styrof…
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Hoping to provide some laughs during a tough time... here's the second installment of Out the Fume Hood! Recorded in February, we were saving this fora rainy day. Topics include Star Wars, Kylo Ren, the Darth Jar Jar Theory, Valentine's Day, cooking and cookbooks, eating at restaurants by yourself, Kanye albums, memorable rap lyrics, teaching isn't…
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A bite-sized 18-minute episode! This week, Matt and Jason discuss solutions manuals, online homework, ethics, chromate salts, putting engineering calculations into context, bypass streams, citizen science, and particulate matter.By In The (Fume) Hood
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Episode 4: Is the technology irrelevant? Teaching, Learning and Educational Technology with Emanuele Bardone.
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In this episode, we speak with Emanuele Bardone, an educational technology researcher who is the Programme Director for Educational Technology at the University of Tartu. Emanuele shared his experience on how practitioners interpret the relationship with educational technology and how this discipline is shaping today' s teaching and learning. Come …
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Episode 3: Escape Rooms as Immersive Learning Environments.
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The topic of this episode is Escape Rooms and their function as immersive learning environments. We discuss a prototype developed by Merck, designed for health and safety environment training. We talk with two PhD researchers on the CHARMING Project, Sofia Garcia Fracaro and Michael Dumin, and ask them about their experience completing the Merck es…
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ITFH 11: Balances on Multiple Unit Processes
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This week, Matt and Jason dive back into the book and get deep into the history of industrial chemistry and its impact on the 20th Century. Topics include: problem solving strategies for multiple unit processes, AIChE Concept Warehouse, hypothetical ITFH merchandise, periodic table belt buckles, recycle loops, the Haber-Bosch Process, ammonia and f…
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ITFH 10: Managing Covid-19 Teaching Impacts
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This episode focuses on how engineering educators are adjusting to the impacts on coronavirus, especially with respect to online teaching, exams and delivery of course materials. Matt and Jason share their perspectives, experiences, thoughts and suggestions for handling this unexpected change in how we teach. Comments, ideas and feedback are welcom…
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Episode 2: Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics to AR and VR Design.
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In this episode, we speak with Serkan Solmaz, an early stage researcher on the CHARMING Project who is applying computational fluid dynamics tools and related databases for chemical-model based AR/VR design. If you want to know more about the project and keep updated on what the network is doing visit us at https://charming-etn.eu/.…
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An extra large 58+ minute episode that is half "In the Fume Hood" and half "Out the Fume Hood"! Topics include: The Grey Album, misheard lyrics, degree of freedom analysis, flowchart scaling, independent equations, baking, Matt's biscuits, listening to music in the 90's, Netflix, social interactions during and after college, incomplete derivations …
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ITFH 6: Fundamentals of Material Balances
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ITFH 5: Things Chemical Engineers Probably Already Know
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ITFH 4: Chemical Engineering Basics (Part 2)
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ITFH 3: Chemical Engineering Basics (Part 1)
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Introduction to the CHARMING project with Professor Tom Van Gerven
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Can science & technology education be revolutionized with immersive technologies? Can this revolution be expanded to motivate and train children, students and employees in chemistry and chemical engineering? It may sound crazy but fortunately, the European Training Network for Chemical Engineering Immersive Learning, or CHARMING for short, is takin…
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ITFH 2: Introduction to Material & Energy Balances (Part 2)
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