Rich Cimino

Senior University Lecturer, Chemical & Materials Engineering
About Me
Dr. Cimino received his Ph.D in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University, with a concentration in adsorption science and the characterization of porous materials. His research interests include teamwork and ethics skill development as well as broadening inclusivity in engineering.
Education
Ph.D.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; 2016
M.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; 2013
B.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; 2011
Experience
Rowan University
Lecturer, ExEED (Experiential Engineering Education), September 2017 - June 2019
2026 Fall Courses
MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHE 626 - MATH METHODS IN CHEM ENG
CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 312 - CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY
CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II
MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CHE 312 - CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY - HONORS
CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS
CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS
Teaching Interests
Chemical Process Safety, Separations, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Transport Phenomena
Past Courses
CHE 201: MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES
CHE 210: CHEMCL PROC CALCULATIONS I
CHE 210: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS I
CHE 312: CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY
CHE 312: CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY - HONORS
CHE 342: CHEM ENG THERMODYNAM II
CHE 342: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS II
CHE 360: SEPARATION PROCESSES I
CHE 489: PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
CHE 624: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I
Research Interests
Dr. Cimino’s research centers on developing frameworks for undergraduate engineering teamwork skill development and ethical reasoning & decision making that weave together aspects of agency, reflexivity and personal identity. This platform includes both instructional interventions and assessment strategies intended to both build and evaluate skill over time.
Conference Proceeding
"Board 399: The Affordances of Playful Learning in Ethics Education: Challenging the Status Quo"
ASEE Conferences, 2024.
"Collective vs. Individual Decision-Making in an Engineering Ethics Narrative Game"
ASEE Conferences, 2024.
"Initial Validity Evidence for a Survey of Skill and Attitude Development on Engineering Teams"
ASEE Conferences, 2024.
"The Challenges of Assessing In-the-Moment Ethical Decision-Making"
ASEE Conferences, 2024.
"Talk (Engineering) Ethics to Me: Student Group Discussions about Ethical Scenarios"
ASEE Conferences, June, 2022.
"Workshop: Gamifying Engineering Education - A Playful Approach to First-Year Ethics Instruction"
ASEE Conferences, 2021.
Journal Article
Rich Cimino. 2024. "Comparing First-Year Engineering Student Conceptions of Ethical Decision-Making to Performance on Standardized Assessments of Ethical Reasoning." Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 30, no. 23.
Richard Cimino, Scott Streiner, Daniel Burkey, Michael Young, Landon Bassett, Joshua Reed. "Comparing first-year engineering student conceptions of ethical decision making to performance on metrics of ethical reasoning ." Science and Engineering Ethics (SEE).
Rich Cimino, Katie A. Cychosz, Matthias Thommes, Alexander V. Neimark. 2013. "Experimental and theoretical studies of scanning adsorption–desorption isotherms." Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 437, pp. 76-89.
Katie A. Cychosz, Xuefeng Guo, Wei Fan, Rich Cimino, Gennady Yu. Gor, Michael Tsapatsis, Alexander V. Neimark, Matthias Thommes. 2012. "Characterization of the Pore Structure of Three-Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Using High Resolution Gas Sorption." Langmuir, vol. 28, no. 34, pp. 12647-12654.
Conference Paper
"Work-in-Progress: A Study of Chemical Engineering Student Biases Regarding Teamwork and DEI Issues across the Curriculum"
2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, TX, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2023.
"It’s All Relative: Examining Student Ethical Decision Making in a Narrative Game-Based Ethical Intervention"
Frontiers in Education 2022, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2022.
"Engineering Ethics Through High-Impact Collaborative/Competitive Scenarios (E-ETHICCS): Initial Results and Lessons Learned"
American Society of Engineering Education, August, 2022.