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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nisaka Munasinghe, University of New South Wales; Hua Chai, University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, UNSW Sydney

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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

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

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. 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

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Chai, University of New South Wales; Huiye Yu, University of New South Wales; Kuthsav Thattai, University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales

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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

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiye Yu, UNSW Sydney; Hua Chai, University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales

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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

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antony Kinyua, Morgan State University; Ezana Negusse; Richard Damoah; Maajida Murdock; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Jonathan Wilson, Morgan State University

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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

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Paul Aden Paschal, Sam Houston State University

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energy and promoting diversity and international education between 1998-2012. He served on multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) FOAs merit project proposal committees since 2013.Paul Aden Paschal, Sam Houston State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design and Construction of a Solar Powered Automated Chicken Coop1. IntroductionThe senior design project is a capstone project course taken in the final year of the Electronics andComputer Engineering Technology (ECET) program at Sam Houston State University (SHSU).Introduction of renewable energy applications to engineering technology curriculum at SHSU hasimpacted students, faculty, and university community very positively and

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Daniel Austin Darcy, Illinois State University; Cheron James Elms; Kaitlyn Marie Quinn; Douglas Andracki

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with Renewable Energy TechnologiesAbstract The DESSERT (Designing Equitable and Sustainable STEM Education with RenewableTechnologies) project focuses on designing equitable STEM education modules centered onrenewable energy technologies to engage middle and high school students from underrepresentedgroups in STEM fields. Led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and undergraduate studentsfrom two universities, the project aims to inspire interest in sustainable energy-related careersamong students from diverse backgrounds. The activities emphasize hands-on learning, empathy,and STEM literacy integration. Two sets of lab activities were developed. The first set of labactivities focuses on energy storage with a classroom set of pumped

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver

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theycan meet the energy demand of a growing population for both the short-term (5 years) andlong-term (100 years). In their analysis, the students first consider providing power throughlocally available natural gas and coal which has an expected finite lifetime based on the Hubbertcurve for coal and natural gas extraction. The first plan then for energy is to potentially use thesefossil fuel resources in conventional combustion power plants that follow thermodynamicscycles such as the Rankine, Brayton and Combined Cycles. The students are given specificationsfor existing power plants and are allowed to refurbish and or retrofit the components to predictenergy production. Their simulation analysis is done with a series of MATLAB® codes that

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antony Kinyua, Morgan State University

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classes met on Saturdays for 2 or 3 hours of instruction for 5 weeks over the wintersemester. The emphasis was on hands-on experiential learning in a fun and relaxing environment. Wedrew activities from the ANS ‘Navigating Nuclear” curriculum as well as other related STEAM sites suchas NASA and DOE. Students who successfully complete d the classes were awarded certificates ofcompletion (Fig. 16). Instructors for these classes came from our STEAM faculty at our campus plus ourcollaborating universities as well as the nuclear industry and our local K-12 teachers. As pertains to ourcollege students, we had them participating in the outreach (Fig. 7), conferences (Figs. 8 & 9) and hopingfor rigorous summer internships to be identified with the