AC 2011-2094: INTEGRATION OF HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TECHNOL-OGY TO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN EET PROGRAMSAbed El Hameed El Madwar, University of Northern Iowa Hameed Madwar is currently a doctorate student in the Industrial Technology Program at the University of Northern Iowa expecting to graduate on May 2011. He has a B.S in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering and a Master degree in Industrial Management. His research interests are in the area of industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Virtual Manufacturing applications. He has more than three years of industrial experience in Manufacturing Technology and four years as a teaching assistant in the areas of Circuits Designs, Renewable Energy, Electrical Power
studentsregarded the course as extremely useful for their career. In addition, 86% of the studentsregarded the course as stimulating their interests in the subject matter and almost 90% agreedthey learned a great deal from this class. Teaching this class is a rewarding experience for the instructor, providing students with thecourse materials and enhancing their knowledge and experience in the area of design of thermalsystems. Wedekind and Kobus12 mentioned the need for an integration of all the design steps intoa cohesive learning experience and stated that Fluid and Thermal System Design course is thecourse where the students obtain the entire taxonomy of the design process. According toMueller13, the new elective course, Design and Optimization of
range of 5 Volts, which are suitablyhandled by the data acquisition system.Students will design voltage divider circuits and make experiments for their calibration, as wellas Hall effect current sensors.5- Integration to curriculumThe Energy studies option at the EE Dept in UTPA is formed with the following set of courses:a. ELEE 4333 Renewable Energyb. ELEE 4372 Electric Machinery & Power Systems Fundamentals.c. ELEE 3371 Electric Power Systems Design & Applications (Buildings)d. ELEE 3370 Power ElectronicsThe equipment and systems developed in this project will enable UTPA to support this string ofcourses, and make a better course curriculum for ELEE 3370 Power Electronics. The DC powersource from the ENGR PV array will
world. Page 25.3.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012AbstractThe primary goal of this newly developed certificate program is to address the need for“green” workforce development related to education, training, and public informationdissemination of renewable energy and sustainability. The certificate programincorporates the significant research and teaching experience of faculty members at theCollege of Engineering and Computer Science in Florida Atlantic University (FAU) toaddress the industrial needs in this field. An innovative curriculum is designed thatincludes exposure to all
sciences (economics, policy, and management) to ensure successfulcareer opportunities and growth within energy-related industries, government agencies, andacademia. The courses are structured to enable students to understand engineering fundamentals andapply the knowledge to solve problems in the production, processing, storage, distribution, andutilization of energy using multiple techniques as synthesis, analysis, design and case studies.Inquiry-based teaching methods and lab experiences are emphasized. The faculty research andscholarly activities are integrated into the curriculum. The program is designed to train studentsto be lifelong learners, problem solvers, and energy industry leaders. The educationalopportunities are sufficiently
was to a site where a couple of prototype systems had been installed. One of theprototypes was an aquaculture hoop house (which provided a great analogy for how greenhousegases work) that was used to grow both plants and fish. The energy needs of the system’s fans,pumps, etc. were met by a nearby photovoltaic array. In addition to the traditional photovoltaicarray, there was also a building integrated photovoltaic prototype which enabled the students tolearn more first-hand about utilizing different parts of the solar spectrum for different uses (e.g.electrical energy vs. thermal energy). The second tour was of a local 30 MW hydroelectric plant.Students were able to view the several spare turbines as well as the generators and
. Page 13.388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Student Overview In Practical SustainabilityAbstractOne purpose of teaching sustainability in an engineering curriculum is to foster civicresponsibility and develop informed citizens who are responsible to their professions,communities, posterity and to the world. This paper provides a series of five reports authored byundergraduate students which portray the student perspective on green construction practices andhow the implementation of such practices impact on sustainability in real world applications.Students explore various techniques for construction professionals, property owners and policymakers that promote the aesthetic and economic benefits of
, we have integrated experimental design into some of our thermodynamiclaboratories in order to strengthen students’ understanding of fundamental concepts. OurIntroduction to Thermodynamics requires that students learn basic, yet complicated concepts,such as determining properties of pure substances, calculating heat and work exchanged during aprocess, and the first and second law of thermodynamics, before they undertake complexapplications, such as thermodynamic cycles or combustion systems. These basic concepts areconducive to simple, conceptually oriented laboratory assignments and are an ideal place to havestudents design an experiment.This paper is a continuation of a paper3 presented at the 2011 ASEE conference in the ASEEDELOS division
]. Page 22.44.2Wind energy can be used in Qatar by hybridizing it with another abundant energy source like ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, June 2011solar energy. By integrating it with proper electric energy storage, a reliable and efficientrenewable electric power plant can be obtained.This paper introduces an effective solution by integrating a renewable energy source (i.e. solarenergy) with wind power plant.Other objectives of this paper are using renewable energy sources as reliable power sources withstand alone and grid connected capability which can improve distributed electric power quality.The green hybrid power plant (GHPP) is significant because of the following:- Using renewable energy sources
the development of clean and renewable energy to the forefront of futuretechnological endeavors. This has ignited considerable interests in education and research onrenewable energy methods and renewable energy systems projects. As such, there is anunprecedented priority for educating and training a technologically solid workforce with anenergy focus. Senior design examples are discussed to show our experiences of incorporatingRenewable Energy projects in the senior design course. Introduction of renewable energyprojects into our curriculum has impacted students, faculty, and university community positivelyand promoted feasibility and adoption of more eco-friendly energy technologies.IntroductionEnergy literacy and renewable energy programs
different experiencebackgrounds, we can begin to T-shaped professional development at an extremely high level ofeducation. This is achieved through a redesigned course curriculum that combines lecturematerial with hands on experience.Course Program Due to the limited laboratory availability, the course was limited to only 20 students.Almost immediately the course was filled within the first week. The course consisted of graduatestudents pursuing a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with the exception of onestudent pursuing a degree in environmental engineering. The course demographic also containedmostly master students, with the exception of five students pursuing a PhD. In accordance with the previous course structure, the
System CourseIntroduction Technology innovation moves at an exponential rate making it extremely difficult forengineering curriculum to educate students on all current developments. All over the nationinstructors are given a limited set of time to cover a wide variety of topics while ensuring thenext generation of professional engineers1-3. This constraint forces instructors to a disciplinebased education, sacrifices hands on experience and student engagement for textbook basednotes and passive student learning3-5. Although students are trained in a professional engineeringdiscipline, they lack the full understanding of the broader role that fundamental engineeringprinciples play in other sectors of industry3, 6. As a direct result
power technology has become one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the worldincreasing an average of 32% annually each year over the past five years. It also constitutes oneof the most efficient green power technologies 15-19.The wind power generation in Iowa is a clean, available, and cost effective alternative source ofenergy and, better yet, can be readily integrated into both existing and new power grids 4, 19.While Denmark, a world leader in clean energy generation produces 3,110 MW, Iowa producesonly 471 MW (as forth highest in nation), yet Iowa has more wind capacity 20.Educational institutions particularly universities may play a significant role in promoting windpower technology to the communities. This paper reports how to
. Page 26.1345.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Revitalizing an Electromechanical Energy Conversion CourseOur University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has offered an electivecourse in “Electric Machinery” for decades. It is a 4-credit course offered each fall term forjuniors and seniors, with a laboratory component. Prior to fall 2013, this course had been lecture-heavy due to school scheduling requirements, and it suffered from use of old laboratoryequipment that was difficult to maintain. With increasing focus on renewable energy and powerelectronics in the curriculum, we felt the need to modernize this course so that it provides a betterlearning experience and
Functions for Effective Use and Improvement of Student Learning in a Thermodynamics Course," in ASEE Southeast Section Conference, 2015.[9] A. Karimi and R. Manteufel, "An Experiment with Flipped Classroom Concept in a Thermodynamics Course," in ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting, Austin, 2019.[10] A. Smith and S. Brauer, "Use of Kahoot! game for increased student motivation and understanding in a Thermodynamics course," in 2018 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Daytona Beach, 2018.[11] California Energy Commission, "2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings," California Energy Commission, 2015.[12] Integral Group, "Energy Efficiency Baselines for Data Centers," Integral
engineers must be taught to becreative and flexible, and topics of renewable energy are an effective vehicle for developingmulti-disciplinary instruction using a variety of content disciplines and academic standards.Preparing engineering students with the skills and knowledge required to be tomorrow’ssuccessful engineers in the 21st century. Our educational strategy, embedded in our program’scurricula, is based on experiential learning (including also self-directed learning), on discoveringsolutions to design problems that are sustainable, and is focused on helping students to recognizethat they are part of a global community. Throughout our curricula we offer a relevant andvalidated curriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success
Paper ID #8129The LowCost Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project: An exercise in learningacross disciplinesDr. Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology This is a student-led paper guided by Professor Komerath. Dr. Komerath is a professor of aerospace engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, and director of the Micro Renewable Energy Systems Laboratory. He has over 300 publications, over 120 of them peer-reviewed, plus 3 US Patents, and has guided 15 PhDs , 50+ MS and over 160 undergraduate research special problem projects. He is a former Chair of the Aerospace Division.Akshay Milind Pendharkar, Georgia
interaction with an industry partner.1. Background and Problem DefinitionAgricultural residues are those vegetative materials produced around the world that are not usefulfor their food or other value. One such material produced in the region is grape pomace. Grapepomace is the residual fruit solids remaining after pressing plus the expended filter paper left fromthe vacuum filtration process used to extract the juice from the press. In rare cases, the pomace canbe used as fodder or fertilizer, but in most cases, it is discarded as a waste and must be truckedfrom the fruit processing plant back to the fields where it decomposes, yielding little benefit to thefarmer since it typically contains few nutrients. As one of the nation’s grape harvesting
, students were to determine (if existent) the efficiency gains of the newamorphous type modules in contrast to the mono-crystalline modules on the same roof.BackgroundThe New Jersey state school Rowan University’s College of Engineering (CoE) has made aname for itself in large part due to working hand in hand with industrial affiliates from aroundthe world. When the CoE was created thanks to a healthy endowment by an industry magnate,one of the most important aspects that the university wanted to integrate into its curriculum was alarge amount of practical experience for its students. Not only would this keep things interestingbut would also prepare them well for their future. The most important way this was done was byintroducing what is now
, mechanical integration and modifications, electricalintegration and wiring, design, measurements and instrumentation, welding and aluminumcasting etc. There is currently a hiring process to improve and extend the project due tograduation of senior students. Due to budget considerations students involved in this projectworked either voluntary or enrolling an independent study course. Student feedbacks are verypositive. Especially graduating students commented that why they were not given such extensiveprojects for especially student cannot get internship opportunity. It is planned to offer extensiveprojects on the campus for students who are willing to do internship on campus in near future.Students involved in the project experienced structured
AC 2012-3253: AN OVERVIEW: APPLIED INTERDISCIPLINARY RE-NEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSDr. Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityMr. Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University Keith L. Coogler is an instructor of industrial technology at Sam Houston State University. He received a B.S. in design and development and holds a M.A. in industrial education and is pursuing an Ed.D. in higher education from Texas A&M University, Commerce. His primary teaching area is construction management. research interests include automation, electronics, alternative energy, and ”green” construc- tion.Dr. Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa Reg Recayi Pecen holds a B.S in E.E. and a M.S. in controls and computer
cell research used under a wide range of operational conditions for the US Army, as well as battery research, and the implementation of alternative energy power sources in autonomous ground vehicle robots. He is also working with his students supporting DTE Energy in the operation and optimization of their Hydrogen Power Park in Southfield, Michigan, a photovoltaic, biomass, water electrolysis, hydrogen storage, hydrogen vehicle fueling station and fuel cell power demonstration project, funded by the Department of Energy. He has also established an alternative energy laboratory at LTU that contains integrated fuel cell and hydrogen generation systems, as well as equipment
programs and curricula must fitthe needs of students, faculty and employers for a workforce that is capable of deploying andoperating the smart grid technologies, including measurements, monitoring, communication,computing, control and power electronics make the required education and training even morechallenging. Power system operation, analysis and design need to be formulated in a way that isunderstandable by non-power engineers for better SG development and implementation. To trainprofessionals and students in smart grids, a creative curriculum crossing traditional disciplines isneeded. For example, students taking advanced courses in power engineering have an electricalengineering background, as do students in the control systems and
a hands-on easy to navigate basic tutorial for the outreach effort [11].The K-12 teachers and college professors alike received the tool and the tutorial positively, andsome have successfully integrated BITES with appropriate lessons in their classrooms which inturn has motivated the author to include BITES in the thermodynamics course that he offers to theengineering undergraduates at UMES.The first course in thermodynamics in the engineering curriculum tends to be difficult for students.Unfortunately, a lot of students are unaware of how generation and utilization of energy inbuildings, industry, and transportation sectors that are discussed in the context of thethermodynamics course are intimately related to global warming and ozone
System. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design and Construction of An Aesthetically Pleasing Vertical Axis WindTurbine (APVAWT) – A Case Study of Art and Engineering Collaboration in Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractThis paper proposes an enhanced approach for the capstone design course, as a part of theundergraduate engineering curriculum, through collaboration of art and engineering by designingand building an Aesthetically Pleasing Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (APVAWT). Suchcollaboration brings creativity to art and engineering students through an interdisciplinary projectconsidering both functionality and beauty for wind generation system.In order to assist the capstone
software controls of this smart grid system, the company I work for will have an advantage when bidding on control integration opportunities for the power industry that they did not have prior to my entering into this program and experience with this equipment. Working on the smart grid system has encouraged me to look into continuing my education at a graduate level with a focus on power systems, ranging from protective equipment to various types of automation equipment controlled using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) interface.ConclusionsAcademia ignored the electrical power systems field in their curricula for decades in pursuit ofother emerging disciplines such as computers
anddownload. The data transfer process involves converting the General Electric (GE) data formatto MS SQL format, check for data integrity and outliers, developing SQL server database,interactive data visualization provision, data download option, password security for user andadministrative access, user management along with the environment user statistics. Theinteractive data visualization part is implemented using Fusion Charts API that can take eitherXML or JSON data as input.This software environment provides access to historical data that are collected by the FdFsystem. Data are primarily collected in a server within the FdF using the hardware and softwaredeveloped by GE. An arrangement has been made to upload the collected data to a NIU server
decades there have also been not only significantadvances in the renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability, but also anincreased demand for trained engineers and technicians in these areas. To maintain current livingstandards in developed countries and increase the quality of life in developing countries,sustainability and energy efficiency need to be at the core of all engineering activities. Thisrequires the development of innovative curricula, new courses and laboratories to educatestudents to work in these rapidly developing industries. Teaching sustainability and alternativeenergy on today engineering curriculum has increasingly become an essential feature.Engineering education moves into the twenty first century
isa modern and straightforward method to use in an undergraduate laboratory. Nowadays, most ofthe students possess digital cameras and many have one integrated in their cellphones, whichthey use to photograph the experiment. flame SL U(r) Inner cone α flame Ulocal R Bunsen burner A typical Bunsen burner
supervises many courses in the frame ofinterprofessional projects (IPRO) program.Areas of Interests:- Zonal modeling approach,- Integration zonal models/building energy simulation models,- Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building,- Airflow in Multizone Buildings & Smoke Control,- Thermal Comfort & Indoor Air Quality,- Predictive modeling and forecasting: Support Vector Machine (SVM) tools,- Energy, HVAC, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems Design,- Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Application in Building,- BIM & REVIT: application to Architecture and Electrical/Lighting Design systems. Page 24.1282.2ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 TRNSYS as an