during the last ten years. They cover various aspects of the development ofrenewal energy. In addition, both the new development programs and certifications address theneeds associated with renewable energy and sustainability [14]-[17].The primary goal of the proposed course is to address the concept of "green" workforcedevelopment as it relates to education, training, and, to some extent, the public informationdissemination of information related to renewable energy and sustainability by integrating thesetrends directly into the course curriculum. The students will learn about all forms of renewableenergy including solar, wind, fuel cell, biofuels, geothermal, and other clean-energy-relatedtechnologies as well as the underlying foundations
Paper ID #40052Implementation and Assessment of an Integrated Extended RealityRenewable Energy Laboratory for Enhanced LearningDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University Irina N. Ciobanescu –Husanu, PhD, is Associate Clinical Professor with the Department of Engineering, Leadership, and Society at College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. She received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from College of Engineering at Drexel University and her BS/MS in Aeronautical Engineering from Aerospace Engineering College at Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Husanu’s educational
Paper ID #39511Board 91: Work-in-Progress: A Systematic Gap Analysis of the AustralianPower Engineering CurriculumMiss Nisaka Munasinghe, University of New South Wales Nisaka Munasinghe is an enthusiastic undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales. She will be graduating with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons), 2023, with her thesis project present- ing research for improvements to the Australian Power Engineering Curriculum. Since 2020, she has been working in construction as a cadet engineer with Sydney Trains, helping deliver and commission railway signalling projects for the NSW transport
. 2019 [1] showed that very few programs offerlabs in Thermodynamics courses. Our program has integrated experimental design into somethermodynamic laboratories to strengthen students’ understanding of fundamental concepts. OurIntroduction to Thermodynamics course requires students to learn basic yet complicatedconcepts, such as determining properties of pure substances, calculating heat and workexchanged during a process, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics before undertakingcomplex applications such as thermodynamic cycles or combustion systems. These basicconcepts are conducive to simple, conceptually oriented laboratory assignments and are an idealplace to have students design an experiment. The learning gains made by switching
. Finally, a list ofsuggested supporting classes and training is provided for other institutions interested inestablishing such a laboratory.1) Introduction: Lawrence Technological University (LTU) established a Li-ion cell assembly and testingresearch laboratory in collaboration with Intecells, Inc., a start-up Li-ion battery equipmentprocessing company. This collaboration started in November of 2019, and continued into 2023.This laboratory is an active on-campus research laboratory, and is currently not used foracademic activities. No classes are taught at this time in this lab. Formal education classes maybe possible with this laboratory in the future as additional funding is secured. However, limitedfunding does not currently permit this
existing courses, it is challenging to embed the NER contentsinto the courses. Many industry experts highlight the significance of knowing NER for powersystem studies as below. “…it is helpful if they had some background knowledge of the national electricity rules(NER) because the integration of new generators needs to be compliant with the NER.Specifically, section 5.2.5 of the NER...if the curriculum aligns to background on it, this willgive the students a better understanding of how the project is assessed in the energy sector,and the compliances need to be proven…” “…if the students are given an insight into the NER, that would be useful…” “…there was an introduction to the national electricity market organized by AEMO, whichdo help me
of Philosophy) in Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2019. He is cur- rently a Ph.D. student in the Energy Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW. His research interests include power engineering education, curriculum design and development, and condition monitoring of power system equipment.Dr. Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales A/Prof Jayashri Ravishankar is a Scientia Education Fellow and Associate Dean (Education) in the Fac- ulty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include power system modelling, analysis and control, renewable energy integration, smart
up a centralized clearinghouse,including partnering with ORISE and other existing programs, is This task will develop andimplement activities designed to increase the number of traditionally underserved andunderrepresented minority students interested especially in nuclear science and STEM programsin general. Identifying and developing outreach activities that will increase awareness andinterest in nuclear energy science and needs for workforce development will be an expectedoutcome. This task will also develop curriculum and courses that will engender and motivatesustained interest in nuclear energy science among middle and high school minority students.These curriculum enrichment activities for middle and high school students will be
energy. Pullen and Brinkert described a graduate course on solarenergy and its integration into chemistry education curriculum [8]. The course included 7modules covering solar policy, applied solar research and research perspectives. The courseincluded lectures given by invited experts from different universities, governmental and non-governmental (industry) institutions. In addition, reading assignments including scientific articleswere assigned. Discussion seminars and laboratory exercises were also included. Ciriminna et al.described a multidisciplinary solar energy graduate course that involved elements of science andenergy engineering, as well as elements of economy, social, environmental and managementscience [9]. The student enrollment
simulator's solution can be broken down into two types; power flow and fault study. Studentsare guided by the instructors to produce a program that is well constructed using object-orientedprogramming best practices. This can be seen in the class diagram in Figure 3. Figure 3: Class DiagramFinal ProjectThe final project is open-ended and allows students to implement a form of renewable generationinto their simulators. Solar and wind are suggested but any form of generation not previouslycovered. As an example, for solar generation, the students are given the following instructions • You are to integrate the solar PV system to into your system. This system is required to be connected to bus 7 at least 10