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Tun Zhang; Ji Yang

magnitude may create power quality problems. Electric vehicles bring more and more attention to general public Signal processing perspective simulation results: due to their environmentally friendly advantage and lower price. To Without EV Charging Case Voltage increases smoothly from make this come to real life, the electric power generation and a 4.3% to a 1.7% drop distribution grid infrastructure need to be improved a lot to support With EV Charging Case Much more random behavior with average voltage Fig. 1. Distribution of EV charge times Fig. 2. Rapid charging station system the significant extra load provided by these

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Jinnan Hussain; Wolf Peter Jean-Philippe

reactive power. systems can be accurately estimated, square, have been utilized to ensure the power system is operating at a nominal A voltage sag is defined by the IEEE standard 1159‐1995 as: “decrease in the root mean particularly for unbalanced systems since frequency in real time while maintaining a balance between the generation and square (RMS) voltage at the power frequency for durations from 0.5 cycles to 1 minute.” the system becomes noncircular when load. Since the

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Matin Meskin; Ilya Y. Grinberg; Mohammed Safiuddin

) This project provides apparent benefits of coordinating integrated computation, 1. I. Grinberg, M. Meskin, M. Safiuddin, “Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System Based onXEPs (XMPP Extensions) to provide link to Object Linking and Embedding for communication, and control into electrical power systems, resulting in real time optimized Integration of Advanced Power Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol”,Process Control Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers. The use of XMPP demand/response system and outage management; improved system safety and reliability

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McCleve Paul‐Gerald Joseph; Danush Tumkur Ravishankar

easily controlled by sending a control signal to theRenewable energy sources are not equally available AC‐DC converter. In the charging process, the realat all places and at all times. Energy storage such as power is positive and in the discharging process, itElectric Vehicle, depicted in Fig.1, is seen as one of became negative, showing clearly the flowthe suitable

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Danush Tumkur Ravishankar; McCleve Paul‐Gerald Joseph

renewable sources are not available equally at all places and at all times. Hybridand large power plants to consumers, but Electric Vehicle is a viable answer to most of the existing problems because of some ofthe system is just about to change, to satisfy its advantages over its competitors :some emerging needs. Electric Vehicle (EV) is 1) The energy storage capacity of the batteries are increasing everyday. With the introduction of Li-Pol(Lithium ion polymer batteries) there has been a majorseen as a suitable solution to most of the change in electric vehicle industry.existing problems as it also presents a 2) The

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Tian Wen; Kangping Li

and instantaneous events’ detection leads to timely Figure 6: Instantaneous frequency deviation with Local frequency sampling devices discovering the events in the grid sudden loss of generation A frequency sampling device can acquire and taking the actions. frequency data from users home outlet, as shown in Fig. 1

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Yasha Chaturvedi; Morgan Thomas

) Both wired and wireless technology  Figure 1: Plot displays the typical  should be explored for  consumption over a 24‐hour day. [1] Wired (PLC) Vs. Wireless Modulation communication in the future smart  Innovation of the power grid would

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Xiaoyu Guo; Anirban Ganguly

two filter outputs are shown in Figs. 5 and 6.state estimates of parameters of interest [1‐3]. During the fault in power grids a short 1 estimate difference between Kalman filter and 3SDWAwindow optimal least square error solution can reduce the nonsinusoidal effect of the

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Zhengyan Wang; Yuan Yuan

 management as follows: battery is full. However, in DDLS, the charging process can be divided  BACKGROUND • Equipment should be capable of communicating  • Accurate sensor data, with context information on time, location,  into 30‐min interval.In future, to 1)utilize renewable energy source (wind, solar, etc. )  EV

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Carol Stokes-Cawley; Katie Cadwell

addition, Halpern et al found inorder to cultivate girls’ interest in STEM they should be exposed to women in STEM rolemodels and come to understand and appreciate their achievements in math, science andengineering8. 1 Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Making Engineering Attractive to Middle School Girls through Project ENGAGEProject ENGAGE aims to foster girls' understanding of engineering as an avenue through whichthey can contribute to societal change and have a positive impact on people and the environment.By introducing engineering to girls at the middle school level, a pivotal time when so many girlslose interest in STEM9, and

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Arnav Kavadia; Sanjna Pawar; Tomislav Bujanovic

•  Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Figure 1: The Smart Grid Puzzle Figure 3: Solar Power in Ladakh Figure 4: PV panel characteristics Figure 6 & 7: Smart Meters and their Opposition Utilities, Peter Fox‐Penner, Island Press, 2010.

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Anthony DePina; Kevin Burnett; Molly Mariea; Michael Bush; Christina Amendola; William Nowak; Jason Kolodziej

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design: VIA Dynamic Load Simulation On A Journal Bearing Test Rig In 2010, Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment, donated ESH-1 reciprocating compressor to the Rochester Institute of Technologyand has continually sponsored multidisciplinary senior design (MSD) projects. Dr. Jason Kolodziej, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineeringat Rochester Institute of Technology, commissioned the construction of a dynamic journal bearing similarity test rig. The objective of this rig is toreduce the time required to perform seed of fault research of journal bearings. The project was split into a two phase build utilizing twoconsecutive multidisciplinary senior design teams. While the

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Xingwu Wang; Bruce B. Rosenthal; Casey J. Busch; Jeff Porter; John L. Cusack

renewable energy engineering is fully functional, and anadditional masters’ program with emphasis on sustainability is being considered.Accompanying the new initiatives, the investigators conducted surveys to assist planningin course alignments and research projects. This article summarizes the lessons learnedand offers suggestions for future activities. I. IntroductionSustainability on a university campus typically involves curriculum, research, andoperations.1-2 Before introducing sustainability into curricula, a survey was conducted togauge the faculty’s willingness.3 Faculty development was considered a key componentduring curriculum revisions.4 Integrated curriculum models were proposed and tested.5Additionally, it is important to strengthen

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Asif Rahman; Gokul Gopakumar

Hourly Energy Prices Residential Load Type Flexibility (m) (hr) 500 30 Fig. 1 Coffee Maker 1

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Ryan Milcarek; Ryan Falkenstein-Smith; Jeongmin Ahn

Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Developing T-Shaped Professional Energy Systems Engineers Ryan Milcarek1, Ryan Falkenstein-Smith1, and Dr. Jeongmin Ahn1 1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, 13244Abstract A fuel cell science and technology course was created to promote the development of T-shaped professional energy systems engineers. The course structure consists of lectures as wellas laboratory sections to reinforce principles discussed in class. Survey results conducted on thefirst day of class, at the midterm and on

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Elena V. Brewer; Anthony P. Dalessio

semiconductor hub3 that has led to billions of dollars in privateinvestments. The project has been so successful that Governor Cuomo is using it as a model foreconomic development throughout NY.On November 21st, 2013, Governor Cuomo in conjunction with the Western NY regional officeof the Empire State Development Corporation and the Western New York Regional EconomicDevelopment Council, announced the Riverbend project in Buffalo, part of the Buffalo Billion 1 Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering EducationInvestment Development Plan. This project will construct a $750 Million state-of-the-artresearch and development center for clean energy. The two

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Iulian Gherasoiu; Mohammed Abdallah; Digendra Das; Daniel K. Jones; Harry Efstathiadis

Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Nanotechnology Education at SUNY PolyIulian Gherasoiu1, Mohammed Abdallah1, Digendra Das1, Daniel K. Jones1, Harry Efstathiadis2 1 College of Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute 2 Colleges of Nanoscale Science + Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic InstituteAbstractOver the last decade, New York State has become a hub of nanotechnology for the east coast andone of the leading centers in the country in this field. The creation of new nanoelectronicsfacilities and the expansion of others has generated a need for highly skilled, yet adaptable workforce to

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Abraham L. Howell

open source robot teaching tool, andintroduction to the target Computer Science course will be provided along with a discussion of 1 Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Educationthe novel quantitative assessment methodology and the specially developed quantitative andqualitative assessment instruments. Finally, the assessment results from a Computer Science,micro-controllers and robotics course will be presented in detail. The compiled quantitativeassessment data show that on average student knowledge increased as they progressed througheach learning module. The assessment data tracked each student individually throughout all ofthe

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Katie Knowles; Nick Bovee; Duc Le; Keith Martin; Mollie Pressman; Jonathan Zimmermann; Rick Lux; Raymond Ptucha

people mover and beyond.IntroductionIt is only a matter of time until un-manned cars will dominate the automotive industry.Information Handling Services (IHS) Automotive, the world’s top automotive industryforecaster, estimates that in the 2020’s the autonomous vehicle will begin to take over themarket. IHS Automotive predicts that the number of autonomous cars will grow from 230,000 inthe year 2025 to 11.8 million by the year 2030 to 54 million by the year 2035, to virtually all carsand trucks by the year 2050 [1]. In 2014, Induct Technology started experimenting with theworld’s first commercially available driverless vehicle- an open air minibus for college andcorporate campuses that can top out at 12 mph. Self-driving vehicles will make our