reducing greenhouse emissions; focusing on creative strategies for improving energy performance in buildings; reducing the need for carbon-based fuels in the energy supply; and encouraging occupant behaviors that reduce the net environmental impact of the campus. Through our unique requirement for all undergraduate students to enroll in two Interprofessional Projects ( IPRO) courses, and the simultaneous offering of a broad array of graduate and undergraduate research projects, IIT students are getting involved in many ongoing energy and sustainability initiatives using campus energy and sustainability operations as a real-world and practical laboratory. These projects include: micro grid (smart grid) and renewable
his master’s degree (M.S.) in Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University since 2019. He completed his under-graduation (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, India. He is currently working with the Industrial Assessment Center (OSU IAC) as a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Hitesh Vora. His areas of interest lie in process improvement, energy management, and supply chain logistics.Anusha Sunil Saraf, Oklahoma State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #30206 Anusha Saraf is an undergraduate student
Paper ID #15777Renewable Energy Technician Education: The Impact of International Fac-ulty CollaborationMary Slowinski , M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Mary Slowinski is an educator/consultant specializing in collaborative learning research and design. She received her M.Ed. in Learning Science from the University of Washington and is currently completing her PhD with a dissertation on communities of practice for educators. A co-PI on a National Science Foundation research grant focused on industry/education partnerships, she has worked extensively with the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education program in a variety of consulting
Paper ID #29546A comparison of the renewable energy and energy storage sectors inGermany and the United States, with recommendations for engineeringteaching practices.Dr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include STEM Education and the Impacts of Technology on Society. Within the realm of STEM Education, she has done a variety of work in areas including teaching the entrepreneurial mindset, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdisciplinary education, integrating the humanities into
electrical power generation, including the use of renewableenergy resources. An important aspect of any Introduction to Engineering course is the projector projects which are chosen for the students to work on. Since renewable energy is a relevantand multidisciplinary field, it provides a good topic for a first-year engineering design course,provided the experience is properly designed.This paper describes a successful renewable energy project that has been used for the past sevenyears in an Introduction to Engineering class at a large, public, research university. Details ofthis project and its evolution based on the curricular needs of the university and research-basedbest-practices will be discussed. Some of these research-based best practices
BSEE Student 12 Senior Male BSEE Student 13 Graduate Female MSTTeaching the Power Electronics Course with a Hybrid Flipped Classroom ApproachThis course was designed to introduce switch mode power electronics principles with a partiallyflipped (or hybrid) classroom approach. Covered topics include analysis, design, and operationof power electronic circuits for motor drives and electric utility applications, power conversionfrom AC to DC, DC to DC, DC to AC. In addition, design and construction of power electroniccircuits through simulations are studied. PSpice software is used for power electronics systemanalysis and design. Prerequisite courses include Solid
a region without sacrifice its futuresustainability. The presented laboratory experiences have a potential to train and educate over 30students a year in Power Electronics, and Renewable Energy Technology courses, 20undergraduate students in senior design project course sequence in addition to those doingundergraduate research. This experience have a tremendous impact in the large amount of ETstudents that graduate every year from concentrations related to electrical engineeringtechnology (EET) and the future planned renewable energy concentration. The laboratoryexercises include: 1. Solar cells and panels, PV systems – MATALB simulation and experimental test 2. Control of single-phase grid converter used for PV residential
research-basedapproach which is distinguished from the project-based approach by their ultimate objective.While in the project-based approach the objective is to create a product (a physical product or adesign for a product), in the research-based approach the objective is to conduct research aimedat preparing some sort of publications or presentations. However, both approaches involveactivities that aim at professional practices and contextualization of learning for real worldsituations. These teaching approaches not only consider technical factors but the integration ofthose factors with social, economic, legal, and many other factors [9].These two student-centered learning approaches are typically involved variety of activities aimedat all or
, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Training Global Engineers: A Capstone Senior Design Project in Energy Harvesting and SustainabilityAbstractAs the world of engineering becomes more global in character and practice, our instructionalendeavors must follow suit and enable our graduates with the necessary skills to thrive in theircareer. Our task is to prepare students to be more
. Pecen established solar electric boat R & D center at UNI where dozens of students were given opportunities to design solar powered boats. UNI solar electric boat team with Dr. Pecen’s supervision won two times a third place overall in World Championship on solar elec- tric boating, an international competition promoting clean transportation technologies in US waters. He was recognized as an Advisor of the Year Award nominee among 8 other UNI faculty members in 2010- 2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Dr. Pecen received a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully
skills must be suited for the modern way of doing engineering and to the modernengineering business. One of the drivers for power engineering education at the graduate level isthe pertinence and excitement of research projects. However, the long term research work onmore difficult topics tends to be more motivational for graduate students and to encourageundergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in power and energy engineering. A full list ofgrand challenges is too expensive to produce, but a sampling below illustrates the types ofmaterial that excite and may serve to recruit) students. Among the new attractive research powerand energy areas are: conducting research to effectively develop and design commercial super-conductivity
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
Paper ID #12643Renewable Energy Technician Education: Lessons from the German En-ergiewendeMary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center Mary Slowinski received her M.Ed. in Learning Science from the University of Washington where she will complete her PhD in the same. She has worked extensively with the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program in a variety of consulting capacities including serving as learning coordinator for two international faculty learning projects, participating as an Innovation Coach for a ”scaling-up innovations” project, developing curriculum and learning materials
AC 2010-1219: USING AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUMMER CAMP FOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AS A UNIVERSITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THERECRUITMENT OF FUTURE ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A TWO YEAR STUDYRobert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after two decades of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, a Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems from Lawrence Technological University
sustainability, but also an increased demand for engineersand technicians knowledgeable and experienced in these areas. This requires the development ofinnovative curricula, new courses and new laboratories to educate students to work in these fastchanging industries. Engineering education moves into the twenty first century charged with anenvironmental agenda to respond to new economic realities. Enabling students to practice self-directed learning, to find solutions to design problems that are sustainable and to recognize thatthey are part of a global community are just a few of our educational goals. On the other hand,the renewable energy and sustainability are highly interdisciplinary, crossing over between anumbers of research areas, having strong
AC 2010-1560: YOUNG MINDS MEET FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTUREFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityRecayi "Reg" Pecen, University of Northern IowaSoner Tarim, Cosmos Foundation dba Harmony Schools Page 15.1388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Young Minds Meet for Sustainable FutureAbstractThe Sustainability is the intent to provide the best outcomes for the human and naturalenvironments both now and indefinite future. The Sustainability relates to the continuity ofeconomic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society, as well as the non-human environment. The Cosmos Foundation, a non-profit educational organization with
exposure to the nature of future career opportunities.(5) Recent studies haveshown the relationships of internships, as well as other employment opportunities, to the hoursworked by a student and their impact on grade point average (GPA) compared to studentretention.(6) The use of required professional internships for graduation from engineeringprograms have also been carefully assessed.(7) The specific outcomes with compelling data werealso recently presented showing how internships have improved student’s personal attitudestowards their future prospects in an engineering career, and have documented the positivefinancial benefits to an organization.(8) Others have established multi-institutional internshipprograms for several engineering
requires a focused integration of economics, cultural understandingand market dynamics, with technology. It also requires the facilities to reduce theory to field testsof practical devices usable by anyone in the world.The original motivation for this came from opportunities identified at the interface betweenSpace technology and Renewable Energy technology. However it was quickly seen that there areequally great challenges in the areas of understanding social and economic realities at thecustomer level in various nations, in public policy related to energy and climate change, inadopting innovations across disciplines within and outside science and engineering, and inaesthetics, public relations, and business models. Thus the course has to be
in electrical engineering with a specialization in power conversion. He also obtained his master’s degree in electrical engineering and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (with minor in electrical engineering) all from Pitt. He was also one of the first original R.K. Mellon graduate student fellows through the Center for Energy at Pitt. Dr. Grainger’s research interests are in electric power conversion, medium to high voltage power elec- tronics (HVDC and STATCOM), general power electronic converter design (topology, controller design, magnetics), resonant converters and high power density design, power semiconductor evaluation (SiC and GaN) and reliability assessment, military power systems, DC system
utilized ina junior level class in Materials for Renewable Energy Applications to develop the outline of aterm research paper. Secondly, we will share how the QFT was used in a cross-listedsenior/graduate course in Bioenergy to develop a research topic. The QFT’s impact on studentlearning will be described and eminently practical details for integrating the QFT intoengineering coursework will be outlined.1. IntroductionThe Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a teaching strategy first made widely available tothe field of education in the book Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their OwnQuestions [2]. Since the publication of the book, the strategy has been used across all gradelevels [3]—from pre-k through higher education—and across
Bachelors Degree in Science in Electrical Engineering. I have interests in renewable energy, and hope that through impor- tant research, I can help impact the world with a more efficient, more environment friendly, and more innovative energy source on which we can fully depend.Dr. Hiram Moya, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Hiram Moya earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas in 1996. After working in Accenture for 5 years, he founded and became the managing Partner of HMGroup LLP. While working in his firm, Dr. Moya was also taking graduate courses from the University of Texas at Dallas, and online courses from Texas A&M
through the Center for Energy at Pitt. Dr. Grainger’s research interests are in electric power conversion, medium to high voltage power elec- tronics (HVDC and STATCOM), general power electronic converter design (topology, controller design, magnetics), resonant converters and high power density design, power semiconductor evaluation (SiC and GaN) and reliability assessment, military power systems, DC system design and protection, fault identification techniques, and power electronics for microgrid applications. Dr. Grainger has either worked or interned for ABB Corporate Research in Raleigh, NC; ANSYS Inc. in Southpointe, PA; Mitsubishi Electric in Warrendale, PA; Siemens Industry in New Kensington, PA; and has
system protection course with a lab component. Dr. Dolloff received a B.S.E.E. from Tennessee Tech University, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in E.E. from Virginia Tech University, and an M.B.A. from Morehead State University.Dr. Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh Renee M. Clark is a research assistant professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Assessment in the Swanson School of Engineering and the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC). She received her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western and her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh while working for Delphi Automotive. Her research interests focus on the propagation and assessment of active and experiential learning in
internshipprograms as means of building practical industry experience. However, designing courses toinclude cross-disciplinary topics, such as smart grids (SGs), distributed generation or renewableenergy systems (RES) or to keep students from diverse backgrounds engaged can be quite achallenge for instructors14,19-28. In our view, these curricular and pedagogical challenges can beaddressed by bringing research topics, projects and integrated laboratory experiences into powerand energy courses. One of the advantages of these approaches is that the impacts on the existingcurriculum, space, equipment and financial requirements are minimal23-25, 28.This paper describes efforts being undertaken at our university to revise, revitalize and updatethe power
assignment follows best-practices for Inquiry-Based- Learning, providing a structured opportunity for students to build the scaffolding of their own knowledge of the subject [12] [13]. Particularly, the addition of reports and briefings where the students presented ideas and recommendations that they had generated, researched and refined through direct observation gave the students a sense of professional practice and real buy-in. • Projects which activate the students directly as agents of their own knowledge creation, in a sense pulling data to them according to self-defined needs rather than acting as passive receivers, provides considerable franchise and satisfaction to students. There is
Paper ID #25356Using Campus Energy System Data to Save Energy and Provide Studentswith Real-world Learning ExperiencesDr. Jennifer Lynn Wade, Northern Arizona University Jennifer has been teaching thermal fluid topics and engineering design as a Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering department at Northern Arizona University since 2015. Prior to this, she spent two years in a research faculty role continuing earlier work on carbon capture technologies. She spent four years as a research/product development engineer for BASF where she was developing catalytic converter and refining catalyst technologies.Dr. Karin E
12.1205.2IntroductionThis paper describes how a systematic effort is being carried out at the University of Missouri-Columbia, to promote student awareness of best practices in energy efficiency, reusable energy,waste reduction and productivity improvements. In particular, it illustrates how the activities of anewly established Missouri Industrial Assessment Center (U.S. Department of Energy, IACProgram) in the College of Engineering can be logically integrated with both graduate andundergraduate engineering education in this regard.Missouri Industrial Assessment CenterWith the backing of the U.S. Department of Energy, and in partnership with the Missouri StateDepartment of Natural Resources (MoDNR), the State Department of Economic Development,the University of
,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 111, no. 23, April, 2014. 4. Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), STEM Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 1st ed., IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2014 5. D. Price, E. Tobar, “Student Engagement and Institutional Graduation Rates: Identifying High-Impact Educational Practices for Community Colleges.” Community College Journal of Research & Practice, vol. 38, no. 9, Sept. 2014. (IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES) 6. C. Xianglei, M. Soldner, “STEM Attrition: College Students’ Paths Into and Out of STEM Fields”, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES 2014001Rev, Nov. 2013.
from being an individual contributor to leading projects 4. Advancing toward professional licensure or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Certification 5. Positively impacting society and the environment through innovative research results, or new products or services brought to market 6. Further development of the characteristics of a productive professional, including: • Taking initiative and being a self-starter • Proactively identifying opportunities rather than reacting to problems, including opportunities to positively impact the triple bottom line (financial, environmental, social) for customers by employing new technologies or innovative approaches
Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (CEUT). With the support of the Provost’s Office and CEUT, she is directing the Earth Sustainability project and the Living in the 21st Century liberal education program. The Earth Sustainability project is a holistic learning program that is designed to foster student intellectual development within a learning community. Dr. Bekken has a Ph.D. from Stanford University.Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Sean McGinnis is the Director of the Virginia Tech Green Engineering Program and a research faculty jointly appointed in Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Systems Engineering. Dr. McGinnis