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Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski , M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE; Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research with the University of Rochester Center for Photo-Induced Charge Transfer. Since 2003, Dr. Walz has taught chemistry and engineering at Madison Area Technical College, and he is also an adjunct professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He has served as teacher for the UW Delta Center for Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning, and has mentored several graduate students who completed teaching internships at the technical college while creating new instructional materials for renewable energy and chemical education. Dr. Walz is also an instructor with the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education and the K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP), delivering

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College

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electronics often begins withmath, memorization, and lecture are not really engaging students, and there is a significant gap inteaching power electronics controls and thermal aspects in undergraduate courses. Practicum andlaboratory experience is instrumental in student professional development, and often the powerelectronics courses have no laboratory. These are main reasons for us to strongly advocate for theintegration of the laboratory in our power and energy minor. Continuity in hardware andsoftware is quite often infrequently preserved between undergraduate, graduate, and research,contradicting the outcome k of the ABET. Power electronics control topics, their goodunderstanding and knowledge must be included into the course content in the

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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, students, and educators)to make a collective success for recruiting. In multiple studies on recruitment in engineeringfields, there are several best practices that surfaced 11,12,13. Class visitations, distribution of flyers,cooperation with faculty and advisors from pipeline programs, local promotional news feeds,websites, hands-on workshops, and email distributions are among the best practices.In the Project Based Learning Program for Nuclear Workforce Development at WCU, weincorporated these best practices as well as our expertise in project-based learning to recruitstudents into the Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Powerconcentrations.III. Program DescriptionThe Project Based Learning Program for Nuclear

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

• the sharing of best practices in the content, teaching, certifications, articulation and career pathways for renewable energy technicians among participants and with their international peers • the use of an online learning collaborative site for knowledge-building activities and to share and disseminate curricula and other learning materialsGermany in particular presented an interesting case. The German Energiewende – or “energytransition” – is an on-going, nationally coordinated, comprehensive undertaking that has twofundamental drivers: the development and deployment of renewable energy sources and anincreased and widespread implementation of energy efficiency measures, all of which isoccurring in a relatively

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamal Sarkar, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Dean Schneider, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Ken Starcher, West Texas A&M University; Pam Groce, Texas State Energy Conservation Office

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commercially available parts.None of the authors were involved in manufacturing the turbine. A total of 22 students, 14 boysand 8 girls, participated in this program. The team had a Team Leader, a girl, and four TeamCaptains. The team was trained by one of the authors on all science and engineering aspects ofwind turbine. Another author trained them in blade carving and aerodynamics. One of theteachers from the high school kept a watchful eye for day to day activities of the students, mostlyfor safety reasons. Hugh Piggott’s book on the subject was given to the students as a guideline.Final product was a 30’ tall tower with three 8’ diameter pine wood turbine and 12 NeodymiumIron Boron permanent magnets. The system also included 1200 Watt Whistler

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University; Taipeng Zhang, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

with other fields besides electrical engineering, wearrange a tour of the School of Earth and Space Exploration. There are two major parts of thetour. The first part is a guided tour that helps students to understand the kind of stellar researchbeing performed including the collaboration between the university and NASA. The second partis a 3-D astronomy show at the theater. The movie takes the students on a journey from theEarth to outer space by introducing the planets and stars. The students have shown great interestin this tour and have said they have learned a considerable amount about space engineering aswell as what aerospace engineers do for their study and research. We broaden the students’ exposure to the allied fields of

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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after attending graduate school for one quarter: I am currently attending a large university where research is huge. The project I am working on is interdisciplinary and multiple departments are working together. They however have the project that they were trained to work on. Plus this puts less pressure on faculty from other departments to provide their time to students that they have little to no investment in. I do like interdisciplinary projects. Most if not all engineering jobs require some interdisciplinary cooperation. Working in this kind of setting is good preparation for the real world.To his comments, we add that when doing an interdisciplinary project, communication is thekey. Our suggestion is

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

sponsoring student design projects. Without pre-existingrelationships, educators must identify and contact members of equivalent engineering units attheir institution to explore possibilities for sponsorship and collaborative work.Engineering educators and practicing engineers have different missions and goals. This isimportant to remember when developing design project sponsorships with any firm. PESengineers provide educational experiences as part of their mission, which makes design projectdevelopment easier. PES staff is aware of student and course limitations. PES engineers work inconjunction with engineering and technology faculty who specialize in power systems to developchallenging projects that meet the needs of both parties. These

Conference Session

Using Real-World Examples

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

theengineering and technology curriculum, enhance students’, especially Hispanic students’knowledge in these areas using a holistic approach by providing new courses and laboratories,research support, seminars and workshops, internship and co-op opportunities9,10. Goals, aimsand objectives of our collaborative project are designed to align with the sponsor goals andobjectives: 1) The project aims and targets to increase the entry, enrollment and retention levelof women, minorities, with special attention paid to the Hispanic students in engineering majorsat participating institutions; 2) The proposed green energy and IT-based engineering curriculumimprovements aimed to provide hands-on instruction, skills, knowledge and experience whichthat are

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University; Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Michael Costarell, Youngstown State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ofthe design process must be encouraged and empowered to make technical decisions that involverisk. If innovation of the scale that has been demonstrated in this case study is available,managers and administrators must be made aware of the opportunities that exist and theimportance of investing in technological advancement.Void of Academic InterestThroughout the most productive periods of American manufacturing, manufacturing andproduction were an integral part of the engineering curriculum. For a variety of reasons, Page 15.102.8including funding models and an emphasis on high technology, engineering faculty,infrastructure, and research