Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Ferguson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Paul Weber, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

energy balance, combustion chemistry (to place carbon dioxide effects in context),the status of climate change and predicted impacts, electrical energy systems, convergences withother energy consuming sectors (such as transportation, industry, and agriculture), deliverysystems and reliability considerations, and the latest statutes and policies governing energy. Thecourse concludes with each student giving a 10-minute presentation on a chosen conversiontechnology, arguing either for or against it. An abbreviated course syllabus is included inAppendix B.Given this knowledge and insights, students are then expected to allocate US $100 billion tovarious conversion technologies, acting as either U.S. government energy czars or as privateinvestment

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

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 Systems laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pitts- burgh (Pitt), Swanson School of Engineering. He is also an affiliate of the Energy GRID Institute. He holds a PhD 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

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

trends are occurring in research, government regulations or incentives, industry, etc. that should impact program requirements for student graduating in 5 to 10 years?Part of the open discussion focused on the current strengths in energy research in our university,especially in clean coal and electrochemical conversion technologies, and how they comparewith those of other colleges. As we discussed educational programs, some of the overall themesand guidance that emerged from the discussion included: • Balance between engineering (fundamental) and technology (applied) • Balance between general (broad understandings) and specialized (industry specific skills) • Develop students’ ability to choose appropriate options for energy

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Amber C. Thompson, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

comparison to higher academic levels.To that end, an outreach and recruiting effort was carefully administered to target and attractstudents interested to be part of the nuclear related workforce in the U.S. First, an outreach efforttargeting regional area community college transfer students and existing students in theuniversity was organized to advertise and promote the scholarship program. This effort includedcommunity college visits, participation in college day fairs, classroom visits and internet postingthrough a website.Secondly, a scholarship selection committee was formed by the university faculty, staff, and twoindustry advisory board members to provide a fair selection process. The selection criteriaincluded grade point average, SAT/ACT