Byron Hempel
Byron Hempel is an instructor in the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Arizona, teaching classes focusing on the food-energy-water nexus and the grand challenges faced by environmental engineers in the 21st Century. He received his PhD in environmental engineering with a focus in engineering education. His PhD work, under Paul Blowers, focused on improving the classroom environment in higher education by working in active learning environments.
Degrees
- PhD Environmental Engineering
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION OF FACULTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
- MS Environmental Engineering
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Methods for Environmental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Methoxyphenol Analysis
- BS Chemistry
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2019 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2017 - 2019)
- University of Kentucky (2011 - 2014)
Interests
Teaching
Grade levels: freshman - graduate students. Content: General engineering to specific environmental engineering topics. Style: lab and lecture. Project based teaching in some classes
Research
Engineering education: How to improve the classroom environment in higher education from both the perspectives of the learner and instructor.
Courses
View the full course list in UA Profiles.
Licensure & Certification
- Certificate of College Teaching, University of Arizona (2018)
- Engineer in Training (EiT), NCEES (2018)
Selected Publications
Journals/Publications
- Hempel, B. R., Blowers, P., & Kiehlbaugh, K. M. (2020). Scalable and Practical Teaching Practices Faculty Can Deploy to Increase Retention: A Faculty Cookbook for Increasing Student Success. Education for Chemical Engineers, 33, 45-65. doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2020.07.004
- Kiehlbaugh, K. M., Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2020). Scalable and Practical Teaching Practices Faculty Can Deploy to Increase Retention: A Faculty Cookbook for Increasing Student Success. Education for Chemical Engineers, 33, 45-65.
- Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2019). Small Changes, Big Impacts: Teaching Strategies that Work. Real Teaching. Real Learning. Real Classrooms, 1(5), 1-3.
- Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2019). Small Changes, Big Impacts: Teaching Strategies that Work. Reat Teaching. Real Learning. Real Classrooms, 1(5), 1-3.
- Kiehlbaugh, K. M., Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2019). Student Evaluation of Teaching in an Engineering Class and Comparison of Results Based on Instructor Gender. Chemical Engineering Education, 53(2), 91-99.
Presentations
- Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2019, Fall). Small teaching, large effects: teaching strategies that work. FLC Workshop. University of Arizona: Academic Affairs.
- Hempel, B. R., & Blowers, P. (2019, October). Use of Responseware to Create Highly Engaged Classrooms,. University of Arizona IT Summit. Tucson, AZ.