CBME

Project Title

Development of a New Assessment Method for CBME Laboratory

Project Leader

Prof John Barford

School / Dept

SENG / CBME

Project Duration

Feb 2009 - Jun 2010

Project Description

This project re-designed the lab course assessment from report-based assessment to comprehensive viva-like oral-based assessment and examination. The new assessment allowed students to demonstrate their in-depth understanding of relevant theory associated with the experiments, technology used in the experiments and the relevant theory related to the core lecture courses in CBME.

Project Outcome

• A more comprehensive curriculum of the lab course mapping with the learning outcomes was revamped and piloted.

• As a continuation, the assessments for lab course were refined and adopted to the consecutive laboratory courses.

• The assessments for a laboratory course were proposed.

• This lab course served as a prototype for integrating language training (particularly report writing and oral presentation skills) into a laboratory course.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report
• Final Report

Adaptation

Full Project

Project Title

Teamwork Development Across the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Curriculum

Project Leader

Prof Edmond Ko

School / Dept

SENG / CBME

Project Duration

Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

Project Description

This 3-year project developed an assessment strategy for the systematic MBTI-based teamwork training to students through explicit instructions, practice opportunity and formative feedback throughout the undergraduate curriculum in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Project Outcome

• Student assessment: A strategy involving the assessment of students' conceptual knowledge, peer-assessment, self-assessment and instructor-on-team evaluation has been developed for producing evidence of students’ teamwork skills.

• Student learning: Improvement in students’ conceptual knowledge of teamwork and teamwork skills over the project period has been demonstrated through the assessment strategy mentioned above.

• Program assessment: The project has provided an example of how to develop a specific professional skill systematically across an undergraduate curriculum, supported by appropriate pedagogy and assessment strategy.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second |
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

Full Project

Project Title

Application of Excel VBA to Problem Solving in Core Subjects in Chemical Engineering

Project Leader

Prof Gordon McKay

School / Dept

SENG / CENG

Project Duration

Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

Project Description

The project extended the application of Visual VBA to more CENG core course and to teach problem-solving skills using VBA to students.

Project Outcome

• VBA programs and lecture notes to undertake the industrial economic problems of “project evaluation“ were specially designed and developed.

• A demonstration in one lecture was implemented. Students were taught to solve the problems by designed VBA programs and to discover alternative methods. 

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report
• Final Report

Adaptation

Adaptation from Spreadsheet Engineering - The Application of Excel’s Macro Programming Language, (Visual Basic for Applications) to Selected Courses Within Chemical Engineering

Project Title

Spreadsheet Engineering - The Application of Excel's Macro Programming Language, (Visual Basic for Applications) to Core Courses within Chemical Engineering

Project Leader

Prof John Barford

School / Dept

SENG / CENG

Project Duration

Jan 2007 - May 2008

Project Description

The project made major changes to the curricula by structuring teaching of Excel - Visual Basic Application (VBA) in an introductory first year course; and the application of VBA throughout our major core courses during the remainder of the UG degree courses.

Project Outcome

• An industrial training module in using Excel VBA to solve simple chemical engineering problems "A case study on Fed-Batch Bioreactor" and Excel VBA Training Manual was developed.

•  Demonstration of the applications of Excel VBA in solving chemical engineering problems were demonstrated to students in 2 courses.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third |
• Final Report

Adaptation

Full Project

Project Title

Bioinformatics in Bioengineering: Direct Experience with Interactive Learning

Project Leader

Prof Kathy Luo

School / Dept

SENG / CENG

Project Duration

Dec 2006 - May 2008

Project Description

The objective of this project was to refined and re-design the software and website developed in a previous project for students in bioengineering.

Project Outcome

• Course materials of Bioinformatics were refined. Add-on curriculum, step-by-step instructions and teaching materials on Bioinformatics were developed. Teaching materials and step-by-step instructions on Bioinformatics were uploaded to the learning management system for students’ self-practice.

• Project was implemented in a course.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third |
• Final Report

Adaptation

Adaptation from Understanding Bioinformatics: Direct Experience with Interactive Learning

Project Title

Bring a Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory into the Classroom of HKUST – Part 1

Project Leader

Prof Kathy Luo

School / Dept

SENG / CENG, BIEN

Project Duration

Nov 2005 - Feb 2008

Project Description

Biological courses are taught most effectively by combining classroom teaching with laboratory practice, so that students can understand deeply how experiments are conducted and how biological discoveries are made. However, most of these courses at the University did not provide laboratory sessions due to various reasons. In order to increase the students' understanding of essential components of molecular cell biology, the process of major experiments was videotaped with detailed demonstrations and instructions.

Project Outcome

• Course materials for 3 lectures , 13 videos demonstrating essential techniques of DNA cloning, numerous drawing and animations for PowerPoint presentations and 1 lab manual covering both theory and experimental procedures for DNA cloning were developed. All the materials were uploaded to the learning management system for students to self learn.

• Videos and animations were implemented in two courses. Some videos were used for teaching during lectures.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third | Forth |
• Final Report

Adaptation

Full Project

Project Title

Project Title

Adaptation of HAZOP Study Module to include New Case Studies

Project Leader

Prof C K Chan

School / Dept

SENG / CENG

Project Duration

Oct 2005 - Feb 2007

Project Description

This adaptation project was proposed in response to evaluation results of the HAZOP Study Module that was a previous project. Reviews from students and peer review/comments were adopted to extend the scope of the module by incorporating new case studies.

Project Outcome

• An animated software teaching package, Extension of HAZOP Study Animated Module to Incorporate Prioritisation of HAZOP Study Actions, to teach a process safety technique to students was developed. Through this, students worked in a multi-disciplinary team in a simulated work context, which encouraged their communication, systematic thinking and problem-solving skills.

• The Study Module has been implemented and evaluated locally as well as in Australia, France and the U. K.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second |
• Final Report

Adaptation

Adaptation from Extension of HAZOP Study Animated Module to Incorporate Priorisation of HAZOP Actions