Liberatore Engineering Education

Professor Liberatore teaches a variety of chemical engineering courses including Graduate Thermodynamics, Graduate Transport Phenomena, Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Separations, Unit Operations Laboratory, and Material and Energy Balances. For enrolled students, course information is available on the learning management system - .

Interactive Textbooks

ENGINEERING EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed journal articles: 
S. Yanosko, G. Valentine, and M.W. Liberatore, 鈥淚nteractive Reading and Auto-Graded Homework Analytics and Correlations for Multiple Cohorts when using an Interactive Textbook for Material and Energy Balances鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 59 (2025): 70-78. DOI:
 
M.A. Vigeant, D. Anastasio, D.D. Burkey, M. Barankin, T.M. Bayles, L.P. Ford, T.Q. Gardner, M.D. Koretsky, D. Lepek, and M.W. Liberatore, 鈥淧rocesses, Outcomes, and Reflections from the 2022 ASEE/AIChE Summer School鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 58 (2024): 150-159. DOI: .
 
D. Daramola, M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淔eatures of and student responses to Microsoft Teams as a learning management system鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 57 (2023): 169-178. DOI: 
 
U. Asogwa, T.R. Duckett, A.P. Malefyt, L. Stevens, G. Mentzer, M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淰ideo-Inspired, Student-Written Problems vs. Textbook Problems: Comparing Difficulty and Problem-Solving Skills Between Two Cohorts in Chemical Engineering鈥, Journal of Chemical Education, 100 (2023): 2190-2196.
 
K.E. Chapman, M.E. Davidson, N. Azuka, M.W. Liberatore, 鈥淨uantifying deliberate practice using auto鈥恎raded questions: Analyzing multiple metrics in a chemical engineering course鈥, Computer Applications in Engineering Education. (2023): 1-14.
 
L.J. Gorbett, K.E. Chapman, and M.W. Liberatore, "Deliberate practice of spreadsheet skills when using copiable, randomized, and auto-graded questions within an interactive textbook", Advances in Engineering Education, (2022): accepted 10/2021.
 
M.W. Liberatore, D. Lepek, L. Ford, T. Carter, J. Pascal, M. Lamm, C. Patton Luks, D.L. Silverstein, A.N. Ford Versypt, S. Butler Velegol, T. Vogel, N. Raikar, M.J. Kipper, C. Wheeler West, "AIChE Virtual Communities of Practice 鈥 Supporting Faculty during the COVID-19 Pandemic", Chemical Engineering Education, 56 (2022): 1-11.
 
U. Asogwa, T.R. Duckett, A.P. Malefyt, L. Stevens, G. Mentzer, M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淐omparing engineering problem-solving ability and problem difficulty between Textbook and student-written YouTube problems鈥, International Journal of Engineering Education, 37 (2021): 1414-1428.
 
U. Asogwa, T.R. Duckett, G. Mentzer, M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淚mpact of YouTube homework problems on students鈥 learning attitudes鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 55 (2021): 175-182. DOI:
 
K.E. Chapman, M.E. Davidson, and M.W. Liberatore, 鈥淪tudent success and attempts on auto-graded homework across multiple cohorts in a material and energy balances鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 55 (2021): 43-50.
 
M.W. Liberatore, K.E. Chapman, and K.M. Roach, 鈥淪ignificant reading participation across multiple cohorts before and after the due date when using an interactive textbook鈥, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 28 (2020): 444-453.  
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淗igh textbook reading rates when using an interactive textbook for a Material and Energy Balances course鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 51 (2017): 109-118.
 
M.W. Liberatore, R.M. Morrish, C.R. Vestal. 鈥淓ffectiveness of Just In Time Teaching on Student Achievement in an Introductory Thermodynamics Course鈥, Advances in Engineering Education, 6 (2017): 1-15.
 
Liberatore, M.W. 鈥淎ctive learning and just-in-time teaching of a material and energy balances course鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education, 47 (2013): 154-160.
 
M.W. Liberatore, D.W.M. Marr, A.M. Herring, and J.D. Way. 鈥淪tudent created homework problems based on YouTube videos鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education, 47 (2013): 122-132.
 
M.W. Liberatore, C.R. Vestal, A.M. Herring. 鈥淵ouTube Fridays: Student led development of engineering estimate problems鈥 , Advances in Engineering Education, 3 (2012): 1-16.
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淚mproved student achievement using personalized online homework for Material and Energy Balances鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education, 45 (2011): 184-190.
 
M.W. Liberatore 鈥淵ouTube Fridays: Engaging the Net Generation in five minutes a week鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education, 44 (2010): 215-221.
 
Other articles on various engineering education topics and some teaching tips:
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淐all Them 鈥淪tudent Hours鈥 鈥 A New Approach to Office Hours鈥, July 2023. Link:
 
M.W. Liberatore, C. Bodnar, K. Fruth, K. Horvat, C. Monty-Bromer, E.S. Vasquez, M. Vigeant. 鈥淓ncouraging the Entrepreneurial Mindset of Chemical Engineers鈥, Chemical Engineering Progress, 119 (2023): 49-55 (May 2023).
 
M.W. Liberatore, C.R. Vestal, A.M. Herring. 鈥淎EE Selects: Online in Reverse. YouTube videos translate into course related problems鈥 , ASEE Prism, November 2012. Invited highlight of Advances in Engineering Education publication. Available online at:
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淭wo minutes of reflection improves teaching鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education (Teaching Tip), 46 (2012): 271 (Fall 2012).
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淚deas from CEE鈥 , AIChE Education Division Newsletter. Highlighting the publication of M. W. Liberatore. 鈥淚mproved student achievement using personalized online homework for Material and Energy Balances鈥, Chemical Engineering Education, 45 (2011): 184-190.
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淭he continuing evolution of YouTube Fridays鈥, CAChE Newsletter (Summer 2011). Introduction to the reprinting of M. W. Liberatore. 鈥淵ouTube Fridays: Engaging the Net Generation in five minutes a week鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education, 44 (2010): 215-221.
 
M.W. Liberatore. 鈥淧roblem solving in 12 steps for Introductory Thermodynamics鈥 , Chemical Engineering Education (Teaching Tip), 45 (2011): inside cover (Winter 2011).
 
Plus over 20 peer-reviewed ASEE conference papers are

 

YouTube Problems

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