2025 William H. Corcoran Award Recipients
“Chocolate Across The Curriculum and Outreach“
University of Minnesota Duluth
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Award Description
The William H. Corcoran Award is presented each year to the author(s) of the most outstanding article published in Chemical Engineering Education.
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Former Award Recipients
| Year | Awardee(s) | Awardee Institution(s) | CEE Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Steve Sternberg Lyndon Ramrattan Richard Davis Moe Benda Victor Lai Michael Rother Guy Sander Tsutomu Shimotori Sam Toan Zhihua Xu Weiguo Xie | University Minnesota Duluth | Chocolate Across The Curriculum and Outreach |
| 2024 | Christopher Chen Scott Banta | Columbia University | vv |
| 2023 | Matthew Liberatore Daniel Lepek Laura Ford Tracy Carter Jennifer Pascal Monica Lamm Christi Patton Luks David Silverstein Ashlee Ford Versypt Stephanie Velegol Troy Vogel Neha Raikar Matt Kipper Christy Wheeler West | University of Toledo The Cooper Union University of Tulsa Northeastern University University of Connecticut Iowa State University Missouri S&T University of Kentucky University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Penn State University University of Notre Dame University of Maryland, B.C. Colorado State University University of South Alabama | AIChE Virtual Communities of Practice – Supporting Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 2022 | Stephanie Farrell Allison Godwin Donna M. Riley | Rowan University Purdue University | A Sociocultural Learning Framework for Inclusive Pedagogy in Engineering |
| 2021 | Cheryl Bodnar Emily Dringenberg Brittany Butler Daniel Burkey Daniel Anastasio Matthew Cooper | Rowan University Ohio State University Rowan University University of Connecticut Rose Hulman North Carolina State University | Revealing the Decision-Making Processes of Chemical Engineering Students in Process Safety Contexts |
| 2020 | Jamie Gomez Vanessa Svihla | University of New Mexico | Building Individual Accountability though Consensus |
| 2019 | Katrina Mÿ Quyên Lê Anthony Butterfield Kerry Kelly Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon Kyle Tingey Thomas Becnel | University of Utah University of Utah, Velentium | Building Air Quality Sensors & Inspiring Citizen Scientists |
| 2018 | Polly Piergiovanni | Lafayette College | Students Learn Without Lectures: Scaffolded Problem-Based Learning in an Applied Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Course |
| 2017 | Michael Prince Margot Vigeant Katharyn Nottis | Bucknell University | Repairing Student Misconceptions in Heat Transfer Using Inquiry-Based Activities |
| 2016 | Randy D. Weinstein | Villanova University | Improved Performance via the Inverted Classroom |
| 2015 | David D. Shaw Leonard F. Pease III | University of Utah | Efficient Grading |
| 2014 | Michael J. Prince Maura J. Borrego Charles R. Henderson Stephanie L. Cutler Jeffrey E. Froyd | Bucknell University Virginia Tech Western Michigan University Virginia Tech Texas A&M University | Use of Research-Based Instructional Strategies in Core Chemical Engineering Courses |
| 2013 | Donald R. Woods | McMaster University | PBL: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Authentic Problem-Based Learning (aPBL) |
| 2012 | Margot Vigeant Michael Prince Katharyn Nottis | Bucknell University | Fundamental Research in Engineering Education — Development of Concept Questions and Inquiry-Based Activities in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer: An Example for Equilibrium vs. Steady-State |
| 2011 | David L. Silverstein Gifty Osei-Prempeh | University of Kentucky West Virginia University Institute of Technology | Making A Chemical Process Control Course an Inductive and Deductive Learning Experience |
| 2010 | Heather Sheardown Donald Woods | McMaster University | Ideas for Creating and Overcoming Student Silences |
| 2009 | Neil S. Forbes | University of Massachusetts | A Module to Foster Engineering Creativity: an Interpolative Design Problem and an Extrapolative Research Project |
| 2008 | Christopher Long Michael Matthews Nancy Thompson | University of South Carolina | Fostering an Active Learning Environment for Undergraduates: Peer-to-Peer Interactions in a Research Group |
| 2007 | Richard Turton Joseph Shaeiwitz | West Virginia University | Design Projects of the Future |
| 2006 | Joseph J. Biernacki | Tennessee Technological University | A Quantitative Course-Level Strategy for Using Outcomes-Based Assessment to Guide Continuous Improvement |
| 2005 | James A. Newell Kevin D. Dahm Roberta Harvey Heidi L. Newell | Rowan University | Developing Metacognitive Engineering Teams |
| 2004 | David L. Silverstein | University of Kentucky | Increasing Time Spent on Course Objectives when Using Computer Programming to Teach Numerical Methods |
| 2003 | Duncan M. Fraser Jennifer M. Case | University of Cape Town, South Africa | The Challenges of Promoting and Assessing for Conceptual Understanding in Chemical Engineering |
| 2002 | Phillip R. Westmoreland | University of Massachusetts | Chemistry and Life Sciences in a New Vision of ChE |
| 2001 | David DiBiasio William Clark Anthony Dixon | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | A Project-Based, Spiral Curriculum for Introductory Courses in Chemical Engineering: Part 2. Implementation |
| 2000 | Ronald Miller Barbara Olds | Colorado School of Mines | Using Portfolios to Assess a Chemical Engineering Program |
| 1999 | John Prausnitz | University of California, Berkeley | Chemical Engineering and the Other Humanities |
| 1998 | James. M. Haile | Clemson University | Toward Technical Understanding: Part l. Brain Structure and Function Toward Technical Understanding: Part 2. Elementary Levels |
| 1997 | Edwin Lightfoot | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Evolution for Chemical Engineers |
| 1996 | David F. Ollis | North Carolina State University | The Research Proposition |
| 1995 | Michael M. Abbot M. V. Ariyapadi N. Balsara S. Dasgupta J. S. Furno P. Futerko D. P. Gapinski T. A. Grocela R. D. Kaminsky S. G. Karlsruther E. W. Kiewra A. S. Narayan K. K. Nass J. P. O’Connell C. J. Parks G. S. Roth D. F. Rogowski M. B. Sarsfield K. M. Smith M. Sujanani J. J. Tee N. Tzouvaras | Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute | A Field Guide to the Excess Functions |
| 1994 | Donald R. Woods Stuart Churchill Richard Felder John O’Connell R. Byron Bird H. Scott Fogler | McMaster University University of Pennsylvania North Carolina State University University of Virginia U. Wisconsin, Madison University of Michigan | |
| 1993 | Noel de Nevers | University of Utah | “Product in the Way” Processes |
| 1992 | Robert G. Squires G. V. Reklaitis N. C. Yeh J. F. Mosey I. A. Karimi P. K. Anderson | Purdue University | Purdue-Industry Computer Simulation Modules: The Amoco Resid Hydrotreater Process |
| 1991 | John M. Prausnitz Davor P. Sutija | University of California, Berkeley | Chemical Engineering in the Spectrum of Knowledge |
| 1990 | E. Dendy Sloan | Colorado School of Mines | Extrinsic Versus Intrinsic Motivation in Faculty Development |
| 1989 | Robert L. Kabel | Pennsylvania State University | Instruction in Scaleup |
| 1988 | C. Thomas Sciance | University of Texas, Austin | Chemical Engineering in the Future |
| 1987 | R. Byron Bird | University of Wisconsin, Madison | In Memoriam : Olaf Andreas Hougen |
| 1986 | Richard M. Felder | North Carolina State University | The Generic Quiz: A Device to Stimulate Creativity and Higher-Level Thinking Skills Cheating-An Ounce of Prevention … or the Tragic Tale of the Dying Grandmother |