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Student Design of a Sustainable Microgrid for Rural Kenya

Conference Session: ECCD International Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

organization provide guidance to the studentsas needed.The Muhuru Bay Energy Kiosk project was unique in several ways. Rather than being sponsoredby a company, the majority of the project was funded by an external grant from the foundation ofa large international electrical equipment manufacturing company. The grant was awarded toSeattle University with the expectation that a multidisciplinary team of volunteer practitioners—engineers, programmers, social scientists, tradespeople—collaborate on the project. Thevolunteer team, which consisted of about 20 people in addition to the students, worked in sub-teams, each addressing different aspects of the project. For example, there were teams chargedwith developing the business plan for the kiosk, training

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Collaboration Between Senior Design Students and Campus Facilities Staff in Creating a Viable Cogeneration Design for the Campus Wood-Fired Boiler

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chad Dunkel, University of Idaho; Ryan A Oliver, BP; Tao Xing P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Dev S. Shrestha, University of Idaho, Moscow; Russell Scott Smith, University of Idaho Energy Plant
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

design, sustainable design, and energy auditing.  Reviewing architectural, mechanical, or electrical plans and specifications to evaluate energy efficiency or determine economic, service, or engineering feasibility.  Compiling, analyzing, and interpreting graphical representations of energy data, using generic as well as application-specific engineering software.  Performing energy modeling and validating results with appropriate measurements.  Making recommendations regarding energy fuel selection.  Preparing feasibility reports and other technical documentation.  Page 26.357.2 Promoting awareness

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Feasibility Study of Renewable Energy Sources for Energy Efficiency

Conference Session: ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

reviewed the existing building as a case study. This included review of the building program, building code and zoning requirements and a conceptual review of the structural, HVAC and electrical systems including loads, system type and overall layout of each system. The industrial representative provided the building program, building plans, elevations and some building details that describe the existing building. This information is intended to be general in nature and can be scrubbed of any proprietary information prior to its delivery. The students through this review solidify their understanding of how the current building meets its design requirements.  Students divided into small groups to

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Renewable Energy Technician Education: Lessons from the German Energiewende

Conference Session: ECCD International Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

a long-term United States national agenda forrenewable energy development, use and deployment.The single most common response from participants regarding what most directly influences theeducational pathways and the education of technicians in Germany is the existence of theEnergiewende itself. What makes the difference, wrote one, is “Germany’s long-range outlookon energy planning, whereas in the U.S. our plans are typically based on short-term market Page 26.1330.12forces.”17 This same sentiment was restated often by others: “The most striking thing is thatGermany actually has national energy goals with strategies and policies designed

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The Impact of Educators’ Training in Photovoltaic Solar Energy in Developing Countries

Conference Session: ECCD International Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rim Razzouk, Arizona State University; Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Ambika Prasad Adhikari, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

invited speaker for many technical and non-technical forums. He has mentored over 30 Masters, PhDs and Post Docs. Anshuman works with industry and global organizations and has extensive experience negotiating contracts and executing projects globally such as Pacific Islands, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Ambika P. Adhikari is Program Manager (Research) at the Office of Knowledge Enterprise and Develop- ment at Arizona State University (ASU). At ASU, he is also a Research Professor (affiliate faculty) at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and Sr. Sustainability Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. Ambika was Sr. Planner and Impact Fees Administrator at SRPMIC

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Introduction of Diagnostic Problem-solving Approach within Undergraduate Design Courses – Application to Building Illumination

Conference Session: ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

communication skills. Future plans to evaluate theeffectiveness of the case studies in terms of learning outcomes, as well as plans to evaluate it inundergraduate architectural engineering training are also presented. 1. Introduction:Teaching a design course is challenging and differentiates from fundamental courses at different level.The fundamental courses are based on specific laws (first law of thermodynamics, heat transfer equation,radiosity technique, and so on). The textbooks usually include a large number of examples for each topic,where students use as a reference to solve their home works and exams, through memorization,understanding and application. Design courses need more analysis and evaluation, since the problems areopen-ended and

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Power Engineering Day: A Way to Attract High School Students from Underrepresented Groups to Consider Careers in Electric Power

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Timothy A Poynton, University of Massachusetts Boston
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

students to the different demos presented by the companies,Suffolk staff and students, and to in general help run the event. Evaluations of the event wereobtained from both the companies and the student participants, who were overall satisfied with italthough they had a few suggestions for its improvement, such as having more hands-onactivities and having more contact time between the high school students and Suffolk EEstudents as well as more contact time with the industry exhibitors.IntroductionThis paper discusses Power Engineering Day run by Suffolk University’s ABET-accreditedElectrical Engineering (EE) program, which was held the day after final exams in the spring of2014, and which is planned to be an annual event. In it, we will discuss

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Education in Energy Engineering Based on Industry Needs

Conference Session: ECCD International Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linkoping University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering as a base forsustainability and competitiveness is growing. In fact, over 90 % of global company CEOs viewsustainability as imperative for their companies’ success in the future7, and small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are often forced to educate their personnel8. Page 26.572.2This paper presents the development of a new energy engineering profile that constitutes aboutone third of the curriculum of a 5 year Master’s program in Industrial engineering andmanagement at Linköping University, Sweden. During planning of the program, it was decidedto investigate and take into account the industry needs today and in the future. The aim was

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The Energy Engineering and Education Outreach Model and the Need to Promote ST(EE)2M

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

GK-12 Outreach Program] improved fellows’ communication skills, increasedtheir sense of community involvement, and impacted career and future plans of theundergraduate fellows.” 9As one, male, engineering undergraduate stated, “If you cancommunicate with 8-year-olds, then communicating with everyone else becomes less of achallenge” 9 Page 26.1528.3 Figure 1: The Model – Energy Engineering and Education Outreach Student 2The Model evolved from the author’s graduate experience working with two programs describedlater in the paper. Both programs have been successful at North Carolina State University.There were many lessons learned 2

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Revitalizing an Electromechanical Energy Conversion Course

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas E McDermott P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

Student Opinion of TeachingSurvey. In fall 2013, the results encouraged further development of both hardware and softwarelabs, which we continued in fall 2014. Course enrollment also increased by 60% in fall 2014,from 13 to 21 students. Favorable teaching evaluations and comments from fall 2013 encouragedeven more classroom interaction, which led us to the “flipping” model. The fall 2014 course hasbeen evaluated with a new Teaching Survey, supplemented with custom questions about theflipped classroom. We further evaluated this flipped classroom for the degree of instructor-supported active learning and problem solving and student interaction, and for impact on studentfinal exam performance. The results were mixed, and we discuss plans for future

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A Hybrid Flipped Classroom Approach to Teaching a Power Electronics Course to Electrical Engineering Students

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hayrettin B Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electronics to Electrical Engineering StudentsAbstractWestern Carolina University is the only educational institution that offers engineering andtechnology degrees in the western part of the state which is home to major national andinternational engineering-related companies. As the power industry has a significant shareamong these companies and is becoming one of the major recruiters of our graduates in theDepartment of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University, developing anemphasis in electric power engineering plays a vital role in educating the next generation of theregion’s power industry workforce.To that end, a curriculum development effort was planned and is projected to train, prepare forresearch, and

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Teaching Renewable Energy Concepts by Using Reduced Scale Models

Conference Session: ECCD Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gabriela De Mattos Veroneze, North Carolina A&T SU; Zhichao Li, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Pedro Augusto Pinto Caldeira
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

concepts by a hand on approach. Class attendees will berequired to write a small one-page paper with a background research for each differentexperiment cycle.. The first reduced scale model to be used will be the power house because it incorporatesmost of the renewable energy sources. The definition of a power house is a house that requireslittle to no electricity from outside companies, it can have multiple forms of renewable energy onit, which is why the class is going to start there. The students should be able to look at the bigpicture of when different renewable energy types are combined in one experiment as well as withcareful planning the house will be able to be self-sufficient. Based on the first experimentsstudents will have a

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The Development of Engineering Project Curricula that Emphasize Design Cycles

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nicole Zimmerman, Portland State University; Timothy D. Gulzow, Portland State University; Robert B Bass, Portland State University
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

generalized models of electric vehicle charging circuits for use in a tool designed to aid distribution engineers in planning electric vehicle charging installations.Mr. Timothy D. Gulzow, Portland State University Tim is seeking a bachelors degree in electrical engineering and is a research assistant in the PGE Founda- tion Power Engineering Education Laboratory at Portland State University.Dr. Robert B Bass, Portland State University Robert Bass, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Portland State University. His research focuses on electrical power systems, particularly distributed utility assets and the overlaying control and communications architectures that

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Development of a Course in Energy Management for Engineering and Technology Programs

Conference Session: ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering technology curricula, 2) the faculty inter-disciplinary expertisenecessary to teach new sustainability, green design or renewable energy topics, 3) the resistanceto revising existing senior design project courses, and 4) new laboratory infrastructure6-12. Thegreen manufacturing, renewable energy technology and sustainability skills and knowledge arerequired to meet the following objectives, including energy efficiency and management,sustainable planning and design, sustainable and green manufacturing, and renewable energysources such as biomass, biofuels, solar power, and wind energy. These components are selectedbecause they represent green technologies highest potential impact in our areas. Development ofa workforce skilled in these

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Development of a Laboratory Set-up Interfacing Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and HVAC Applications

Conference Session: ECCD Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

program objectives) and compliance with the program outcomes is prepared andsubmitted to the department chair for the assessment purposes.Future plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the capstone in term of learning outcomes: actions that willbe implemented to improve the effectiveness of the curriculum in term of learning outcomes:  We expanded on the instructors’ self-evaluation such that more direct assessment of students’ learning outcomes is obtained. A set of standards for instructor’s self-evaluation will be prepared by the faculty and the Board of Advisors and will be implemented with the annual assessment cycle. The main point of these standards is that the evaluation of students’ performance will based

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Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Based on Integration of Advanced Power Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Matin Meskin, University at Buffalo; Mohammed Safiuddin, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

and Ph.D. degrees from the University at Buffalo [SUNY], in 1971 and 1982 respectively. Having worked as Junior Engineer in Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (India) for over a year before arriving in the USA, he joined the Systems Control Department of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Buffalo, New York in June of 1960 as an Associate Engineer. He progressed through the ranks of Engi- neer, Senior Engineer and Fellow Engineer positions to become Manager, Product/Strategic Planning in 1982 in the Power Electronics and Drive Systems Division and was later appointed Technical Advisor in the Marketing Department of the same Division. His interests in continuing education has kept him in close contact with

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Design and Hardware Implementation of Laboratory-scale Hybrid DC Power System for Educational Purposes

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

present the development of our educational DCmicrogrid platform which includes popular renewable energy sources and hybrid storagesystems. This lab-scale platform provided an educational environment for senior students andgraduate students to take part in laboratory experiments and to understand and develop new ideasfor DC power system applications. I. Introduction Power system planning and its design are the major challenges of the future power system [1]-[3]. Recently, DC microgrid and hybrid DC power systems have gained a lot of popularity andinterest. The importance of the DC power system is not only because of the fact that most of therenewable energy sources such as solar and fuel cell have a DC output but also becauseimplementation

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Bioenergy Academy for Teachers (BEAT) Promotes Multidisciplinary Content in STEM Education

Conference Session: ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Shastri Domnique Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Courtney RC Shirvani, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Energy Conversion and Conservation

beenutilizing these resources to develop unit and lesson plans and to share with their peers so thatmore educators and their students are positively impacted. Besides contributing to the workforcedevelopment needs in areas of critical importance, the BEAT program efforts are enhancingawareness of sustainable practices such as reducing waste, promoting recycling, and advancingthe green initiative on campus as well as on the lower Eastern Shore. Sustainable approaches todeal with issues related to energy, the environment, and agriculture are prominent in the grandchallenges of the 21st Century as identified by the National Academy of Science and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (http://www.engineeringchallenges.org)10. The activities in theprogram are