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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1: Mechanical and CAD Track

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Nina T. Jones, University of Florida; Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida; Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.

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contract engineer at Engineer Inc., a Gainesville education enterprise that designs and distributes STEM laboratory kits to remote learners. She is currently working as an intern in an effort to expand her scope to the aerospace field.Dr. Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida Sean R. Niemi is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UF, and founder of the MERGE (MEchanical engineeRing desiGn pEdagogy) Lab focusing his research and teaching efforts on Capstone Design, Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, and Instrumentation Design. Sean co-advises the UF Rocket Team (Swamp Launch), mentoring a group of interdisciplinary students in developing a 10,000 ft. apogee rocket for the

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho

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twenty years.The program of instruction includes a laboratory program that uses appropriate laboratoryequipment, kits, and a hands-on project to design, build, fabricate, populate, test, and iterate aDC/DC converter. Assessment summarizes nearly twenty years of successful instruction.IntroductionAlmost all electrical power in industrialized societies now is processed through at least onepower electronic stage. As such, electrical engineers (EE) often encounter power electroniccircuitry and systems when performing their routine duties. A knowledge of how these systemswork gives an EE an advantage in understanding and working with power of a nature that isprovided to every electrical system. As part of an innovative sequence of courses at

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1: Mechanical and CAD Track

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Leah Hope Sirkis, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #34713Hydro-Island: Undergraduate Research Modeling an Ocean Thermal En-ergyConversion (OTEC) SystemMs. Leah Hope Sirkis, University of Pittsburgh Leah is an undergraduate student at the Unversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. She is studying Mechanical Engineering with a minor in French. She participates in ocean renewable energy research in the Energy Systems Research Laboratory under Dr. Tony Kerzmann.Dr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Tony Kerzmann’s higher education background began with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University, as well as a Bachelor’s

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Alexandru Belu; Zhengmao Ye, Southern University

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, power point slides, etc. However, several studies have found that students’ mastery ofcontent knowledge increases when they are engaged in problem-based learning (PBL) andproject based learning (PjBL) [10-24].Curricula must focus not only on the theoretical basis ofenergy systems, but also on the experimental works of power technologies. This point of view isimportant in power and energy engineering studies, consisting of mixtures of power electronics,energy conversion, electric machines, electric circuits, computing, signals and systems,communications, and electromagnetics. Promoting, adapting, and restructuring powerengineering disciplines can be done by defining a new curriculum that includes news courses,new laboratories or new topics in

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2: Solar Track

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University; Lance David Sebesta

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/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15E7C2DA07D43620, accessed March 2, 2021.[2] Pecen, R., & Yildiz, F. (2019, June), A Smart Grid Implementation for an Engineering TechnologyCurriculum Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida.10.18260/1-2--31996[3] Pecen, R., Timmerman, M. (2001, June), A Hands-on Renewable Energy Based Laboratory for PowerQuality Education Paper presented at 2001 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 10.18260/1-2—9328.[4] Pecen, R., & O'Meara, R. (2004, June), Design And Construction Of A Solar Powered OutdoorDigital Display As A Senior Design Project Paper presented at 2004 Annual Conference, Salt Lake City,Utah. 10.18260/1-2—1351[5] Chalkiadakis, F., & Fahmy, M

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University

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, Clarkson students and CCE educational staff periodically visit the cafeteriasto coach students on proper food waste management procedures.Curriculum development and instruction. The cafeteria food waste program offers an excellentopportunity for students to engage in place-based learning experiences that use the school as aliving laboratory [23]. Project-based educational experiences have been developed tocomplement the cafeteria food waste program, so that students can learn the science behindresource recovery and anaerobic digestion. Evidence has shown that project-based and place-based learning experiences enhance student motivation, engagement, and learning [24]. Open-ended projects challenge students to operate at the higher levels of Bloom’s

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Sameer Hamoush, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Taher M. Abu-Lebdeh P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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full of lessons and engineering applications.Above all, every university has a power plant and workers who are full of experience and readyto share their experience with students with enthusiasm and dedication. The power plant is ademonstration laboratory that can be used to teach many engineering programs including heattransfer, thermodynamics, machinery, water treatment and water quality, materials, structure,combustion, and, more importantly, all these are undergone under dynamic conditions.Managing this mentorship was difficult, due to the time constraints and the corona pandemic.One of the advantages is the proximity of the early college to the engineering building. Research,education, and outreach are involved in this mentoring at

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2: Solar Track

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Matt Aldeman, Illinois State University; Jin Ho Jo, Illinois State University

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) (q) (r) (s) (t) Figure 3. Images of ten example Model Passive Solar Homes On the project due date, the students bring their models to the laboratory and brieflydescribe their home’s features to the instructor and the other students. As part of theirdescription, the students describe the real-world location where their model home was designedto be located. Then they place their home on the heliodon with the south side of their homefacing the arm of the heliodon. Each home is tested at two altitude angles: solar noon on thewinter solstice, and solar noon on the summer solstice. Based on the location and the resultingaltitude angles, the student adjusts

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2: Solar Track

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Tessa Veurink, University of Pittsburgh; Bradley G. Fox, University of Pittsburgh; Sabrina R. Helbig, University of Pittsburgh; Duncan Penizotto, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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and electromagnetics. Robert has worked as a mathematical modeler for Emerson Process Management, working on electric power applications for Emerson’s Ovation Embedded Simulator. Robert also served in the United States Navy as an interior communications electrician from 1998-2002 on active duty and from 2002-2006 in the US Naval Reserves.Prof. Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh Brandon Grainger, PhD is currently an assistant professor and associate director of the Electric Power Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), Swanson School of Engineering. He is also the associate director of the Energy GRID Institute. He holds a PhD