AC 2008-1457: INCORPORATING A LEARNING COMMUNITY APPROACH TOENHANCE A FUEL CELL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES(REU)Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Cortney V. Martin has worked in information design, pedagogy, and education for over 15 years including serving as the Assistant Director of the Blacksburg Electronic Village and the Broadband Wireless Networking Director for Virginia Tech. She teaches as a part of an innovative interdisciplinary thematic four-course sequence focused on Earth Sustainability and serves as the Research Coordinator for a fuel cell REU program. Her PhD is in Industrial Engineering (human factors) from Virginia Tech.Brandy
through the use of demonstrations, guest speakers, student projects and site visits. Dr. Kerzmann is a firm believer that all students learn in their own unique way. In an effort to reach all students, he has consistently deployed a host of teaching strategies into his classes, including videos, example problems, quizzes, hands-on laboratories, demonstrations, and group work. Dr. Kerzmann is enthusiastic in the continued pursuit of his educational goals, research endeavors, and engagement of mechanical engineering students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 HydroIsland: Undergraduate Research Modeling an Ocean Thermal Energy
chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology Editor of American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR). He has been serving as a re- viewer on the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing since 2001. Dr. Pecen has served on ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD) in Annual ASEE Conferences as a reviewer, session moderator, and co-moderator since 2002. He served as a Chair-Elect on ASEE ECC Division in 2011. He also served as a program chair
paper, for student in mechanical engineering major, theEESS will be helped to overcome the experienced workforce shortage and eventually, the societywill benefit.References[1] C. A. Goldman, "Energy Efficiency Services Sector: Workforce Education and Training Needs," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 2010.[2] S. V. Pisupati and J. P. Mathews, "Differences in teaching and learning outcomes in face- to-face, online and hybrid modes of energy conservation course," in SEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2008.[3] S. V. Pisupati, M. Deluca and M. Gutowski, "Development of highly interactive, on-line course on energy conservation: Learning strategies used and experience gained," in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
integrated whole. Their system design is presented, this one basedon integrated renewable resources including hydroelectric, solar, and propane (convertible tobiofuel) generation. Student-developed description of the design issues, construction, and initialtesting is presented with initial hardware results and photographs. Student-supervisedinstallation is scheduled for summer 2010.IntroductionTaylor Wilderness Research Station is a unique field research and teaching facility for scientificinvestigations of natural resources phenomena within this university’s College of Forestry,Wildlife, and Range Sciences (CFWRS). It is in the Frank Church Wilderness of Central Idaho,400km southeast of the university’s main campus. The only access to the site is
Systems, Energy Conservation and Alternate Energy Sources and smart grid power system design and optimization.Prof. Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University Dr. Mohammed is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and is the Director of the Energy Systems Research Laboratory at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. He received his Master and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1981 and 1983, respectively. He has performed research on various topics in power and energy systems in addition to computational electro- magnetics and design optimization in electric machines, electric drive systems and other low frequency environments. He performed multiple research projects for
Paper ID #28706BITES and TEST Web tools to Enhance Undergraduate ThermodynamicsCourseDr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is a member American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and, American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers(ASABE) and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of (i) robotics and mechatronics, (ii)remote sensing and precision agriculture, and
2006-2344: A POWER SYSTEMS ANALYSIS PROJECTTimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Dr. Skvarenina received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, in a variety of engineering and teaching positions. In the fall of 1991, he joined the faculty of the College of Technology at Purdue University where he currently holds the rank of Professor and teaches undergraduate courses in electrical machines and power systems and serves as the department assessment coordinator. He has authored or coauthored over 30 papers in the areas of power systems, pulsed power systems
-timefaculty had a background in thermal-fluid science and energy generation (now seven full-timefaculty). In addition, Lawrence Tech had a plethora of qualified and dedicated adjunct facultywho work in the thermal-fluids and energy industry and teach those subjects. Lawrence Techalso has an energy laboratory, a thermal science laboratory, and multiple energy-related “living”laboratories including an active array of solar panels and a LEED Silver-certified building with ageothermal energy system and living green roof.An energy management industry advisory board was created that included energy managers fromsuch companies as Johnson Controls, DTE Energy Services, Detroit Edison, Ford MotorCompany, Daimler Chrysler, and the State of Michigan Energy
University, in Southfield, Michigan, and the Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering focusing on Electrochemical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses and is leading LTU's efforts to establish a full energy engineering program that addresses both alternative and renewable energy systems, as well as energy conservation and optimization of traditional energy systems. He also is the Director of the Alternative Energy program at Lawrence Tech. Dr. Fletcher and his student research team are currently conducting long-term performance durability and reliability on multiple PEM fuel
developing and sharinglearning tools in the Renewable Energy field.The general educational outcomes of the EE program in UTPA are, concisely written: 1- usemath, 2- make experiments, 3- design equipments, 4- do team work, 5- communicate ideas, 6- beresponsible, 7- lifelong learning, and 8- computer literacy. Student's working on theseexperiments can develop further these abilities. Assessment of these outcomes will be done bythe inclusion of pertinent questions in Lab handouts.7- ConclusionGiven the current interest in the integration of solar technologies to the electric utilities, and thelack of teaching materials in this area, UTPA has developed six laboratory experiments on PVsolar technology topics. The experiments use software and hardware
been a Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He served also as a Visiting Scientific Advisor to Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1987, Dr. Grzybowski joined Mississippi State University, where he is now a Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Dr. Grzybowski is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. His main research interests are in the area of high voltage engineering. His current research focuses on the lightning protection of power systems, ships, aerostats and other objects. He conducted study
AC 2008-2674: IMPACT OF SHADING ON COOLING AND HEATING LOADNarciso Macia, Arizona State University Narciso F. Macia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems, at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus (formerly ASU East). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering in 1974 and 1976 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He also received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1988. He is a Registered Engineer in the State of Arizona.John-Paul Ishioye, Arizona State University John-Paul Ishioye graduate research assistant at ASU-PTL, Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory. He has a
, diversity in engineering education, technical communication in engineering, and thermal energy-efficient technologies.Dr. Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University Cindy Howard Reed is the Assistant Director for Student Research and Graduate Equity and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Penn State. She has a MS in Environmental Health Engineering and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and received her BS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to her position at Penn State, Dr. Reed conducted research in the field of indoor air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute of Standards and Technology.Dr
and the other mid-afternoon), and an hour-long lunch period each day. The first week of the workshop was focusedon familiarizing participants with the PV Technician curriculum (i.e., technical topicpresentations, related hand-on laboratory exercises, and the two games related to PV sizing andtroubleshooting). Presentations and discussions about non-technical topics (e.g., social andgender inclusion; tools for effective teaching) were given on the last day of the first week of thetraining. In the second week of the training, participants were introduced to advanced PV topicsand related laboratory exercises. Although the advanced topics are not part of the techniciantraining material, they were covered to strengthen the educators’ overall
University, Kingsville. Dr. Heidari has 26 years of experience in manufacturing and CAD/CAM/CNC courses. He is currently serving as the Graduate Coordinator for the Industrial Management program.Dr. Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Faruk Yildiz is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State Uni- versity. His primary teaching areas are in Electronics, Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Alternative Energy Systems. Research interests include: low power energy harvesting systems, renewable energy technologies and education.Ms. Marija Dimitrovska, Texas A&M University, Kingsville My name is Marija Dimitrovska and I am from Skopje, Macedonia. I am a 20 year old graduate student at
AC 2007-2153: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LAB-SCALE GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMPJorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University Dr. Jorge Alvarado is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado’s research interests are in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, solid and liquid desiccant regeneration, energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. Page
achieved in successfully chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology Editor of American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR). He has been serving as a re- viewer on the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing since 2001. Dr. Pecen has served on ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD) in Annual ASEE Conferences as a reviewer, session moderator, and co-moderator since 2002. He served as a Chair-Elect on ASEE ECC Division in 2011. He also
the coursediscusses low-power in their circuit design6. The University of Utah has redone its entireelectrical engineering program with a grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance thestudents’ comprehension and retention of electrical engineering concepts. They now offer twoelectives where students can learn about low-power digital circuits through independentprojects7.It is clear that these schools and others8-10 agree that teaching power-aware techniques at theirinstitutions will enhance their undergraduate curriculum. However, in order for students to learnthe importance of low power digital circuitry, the material must be incorporated into the existingcurriculum. While these schools are attempting to include low power digital
Zeeh1 1. Students, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 2. U.S. Navy, former students, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 3. Professors, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, MEProf. Daniel M Martinez, University of Southern Maine Dr. Daniel M. Martinez received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester in western New York. He continued there to pursue a Ph.D., and after qualifying for entry into the program left for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland to conduct his graduate laboratory research. At Goddard he studied nucleation phenomenon, specifically vapor to particle conversion of metals in a gas evaporation condensation chamber. At the end of his Ph.D. work, Daniel became
-dimensional steady state conduction solutions for cases where temperatureboundary conditions were prescribed. The present research expands the features of the programto include prescribed heat flux boundary conditions as well as convective boundary conditions.Moreover, the expanded program also handles transient cases so that students can watchtemperature changes in a material on a real-time basis. The addition of these boundaryconditions also now allows one dimensional problems to be solved by specifying a zero heat fluxcondition on opposing sides of the body.The solutions for the original version of the program were generated using a code developed forSandia National Laboratory which was DOS based. The revised program has replaced thiscomputational
, university laboratory? Where did the equipment come from? Did you build it? Did you loan it from somewhere? Did you work in a professional laboratory? Did you do the project yourself or did you receive help? If you received help the judges are looking for you to give credit to those individuals. Did you have clarity with the details of your science project? How well your project fits in with the theme of being beneficial to society will be taken into account?Table 5
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
photovoltaic solar cells for sustainable and renewable energy generation, semiconductor thin-films and nanocrystals for photonic and optoelectronic devices, applied electronics for measurement and instrumentation, and development of technology enhanced teaching tools and pedagogical framework for improved engineering education in the core electrical engineering areas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Development of a Low-cost, Portable, and Programmable Solar Module to Facilitate Hands-on Experiments and Improve Student LearningAbstractSolar energy has become one of the major renewable energy sources to meet a significant portionof the global
AC 2008-1075: USING INEXPENSIVE A.C. MOTOR DRIVES IN ANINTRODUCTORY POWER AND CONTROLS COURSETimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Tim Skvarenina was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. During his college career he worked four summers at U.S. Steel as an assistant electrician, rewinding motors and installing electrical equipment. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, including six years designing, constructing, and inspecting electric power distribution projects for a variety of facilities. He spent five years teaching and researching pulsed power systems
Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2010 ASEEEConference & Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings).24. R.G. Belu and D. Koracin, E-learning Platform for Renewable Energy Sources, 2010 ASEEE Conference &Exposition, June 20 - 23, Louisville, Kentucky (CD Proceedings)25. R.G. Belu, A Project-based Power Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable EnergyApplications, June 14-17, 2009 Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas (CD Proceedings).26. R.G. Belu and A.C. Belu, A DecisionSupport Software Application for Design of Hybrid Solar-Wind PowerSystems- as Teaching-Aid, 2007Annual ASEE Conference, and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii (CD Proceedings
skills learned from this project were invaluable, as research, design,trial and error, as well as technical writing are all important experiences within engineering andenergyReferences:1. Clean Revolution, Robert F. Service, Science, Vol. 350, Issue 6264, 20152. Electricity without Carbon, Quirin Schiermeier, Jeff Tollefson, Tony Scully, Alexandra Witze & Oliver Morton, Nature, Vol 454, 816–823 (2008)3. The Science of Teaching Science, M. Mitchell Waldrop, Nature, Vol 523, 272-274 (2015)4. Physical and Virtual Laboratories in Science and Engineering Education, Ton de Jong, Marcia C. Linn, and Zacharias C. Zacharia, Science, Vol. 340, Issue 6130, 20135. Renewable Energy Sources - Energy Explained, Your Guide To Understanding Energy
AC 2007-644: USING STATE OR FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYDEMONSTRATION GRANT FUNDS AS HANDS-ON EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSRobert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after twenty-four years of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses and is leading LTU’s efforts to establish a full energy engineering program that addresses both alternative and renewable energy systems, as well as energy conservation and optimization of traditional energy
AC 2012-4453: ONLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY FOR SUP-PORTING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abdul Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in control and systems engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in electronics engineering. He is in academics for 15+ years and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Azad has more than 100 referred journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5 million of research and
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