Project-based learning for an online course of simulation engineering: From bioreactor to epidemiological modeling

IF 3.5 2区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Education for Chemical Engineers Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ece.2022.12.002
R. Salazar-Peña , M.A. Pedroza-Toscano , S. López-Cuenca , M.A. Zárate-Navarro
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Before the pandemic, distance learning was not a widely adopted option for science and engineering programs where in some courses, such as chemistry, electromagnetism, or fluid mechanics, etc., attending to laboratories and workshops was in most cases mandatory. The lockdown forced us to innovate, searching alternative ways to teach experimental phenomena, suddenly replaced with simulation science and technology, subjects that although rely on computers, also suffered changes from the transition. In this contribution, we propose an undergraduate course on simulation for chemical engineering, departing from the fact that modeling, and simulation are multipurpose and multidisciplinary tools. The course aims to reinforce the concepts of dynamical systems by using analogies between process engineering examples and other disciplines, particularly, epidemiology. For this purpose, a final project on modeling the dynamics of the COVID 19 pandemic in Mexico was designed and validated with a public database from the Mexican Secretariat of Health. By doing this, the students got in touch with the evolution of the dynamics outside of school hours, since it was common to see weekly updates and extrapolation trends of the pandemic, thus applying their skills to the final project. It was found that success factors were the use of official data, the use of Graphical User Interfaces to explore diverse simulation scenarios and the final project. The transition to the Distance Learning faced several challenges that were partially coped with the redesign of the course.

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基于项目的模拟工程在线课程学习:从生物反应器到流行病学建模
在大流行之前,远程学习并不是科学和工程课程的广泛选择,因为在化学、电磁学或流体力学等某些课程中,参加实验室和讲习班在大多数情况下是强制性的。封锁迫使我们创新,寻找其他方法来教授实验现象,突然被模拟科学和技术所取代,这些学科虽然依赖于计算机,但也遭受了转型的变化。在这篇文章中,我们提出了一门化学工程模拟的本科课程,从建模和模拟是多用途和多学科工具的事实出发。本课程旨在透过过程工程范例与其他学科,特别是流行病学之间的类比,强化动力系统的概念。为此,设计了一个关于墨西哥COVID - 19大流行动态建模的最终项目,并利用墨西哥卫生秘书处的公共数据库进行了验证。通过这样做,学生们在课余时间了解了动态的演变,因为每周都会看到疫情的更新和推断趋势,从而将他们的技能应用到最终项目中。结果发现,成功的因素是使用官方数据,使用图形用户界面探索不同的模拟场景和最终项目。向远程学习的过渡面临着一些挑战,这些挑战部分是通过重新设计课程来应对的。
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期刊介绍: Education for Chemical Engineers was launched in 2006 with a remit to publisheducation research papers, resource reviews and teaching and learning notes. ECE is targeted at chemical engineering academics and educators, discussing the ongoingchanges and development in chemical engineering education. This international title publishes papers from around the world, creating a global network of chemical engineering academics. Papers demonstrating how educational research results can be applied to chemical engineering education are particularly welcome, as are the accounts of research work that brings new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating direction for future research relevant to chemical engineering education. Core topic areas: -Assessment- Accreditation- Curriculum development and transformation- Design- Diversity- Distance education-- E-learning Entrepreneurship programs- Industry-academic linkages- Benchmarking- Lifelong learning- Multidisciplinary programs- Outreach from kindergarten to high school programs- Student recruitment and retention and transition programs- New technology- Problem-based learning- Social responsibility and professionalism- Teamwork- Web-based learning
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