Paper ID #13553From Lab to Market – Microfluidic Fuel Cell Stack: An Undergraduate Cap-stone ProjectDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Ph. D. is Assistant Clinical Professor with Drexel University, Engineer- ing Technology program. Her area of expertise is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. She has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including
Paper ID #20444Development of a Web-based Decision Tool for Selection of Distributed En-ergy Resources and Systems (DERS) for Moving College and Corporate Cam-puses Toward Net-Zero EnergyDr. Christopher J. Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Christopher Damm is Professor and Director of the Mechanical Engineering Program at the Milwau- kee School of Engineering where he teaches courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, engineering design, renewable energy and advanced energy technologies. Dr. Damm’s research and con- sulting focus on energy conversion and pollutants associated with energy conversion
Paper ID #16410Introduction of Renewable Energy to High School Students in a SummerCamp: Hands-on Experimental ApproachDr. Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Farshid Zabihian, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering West Virginia Uni- versity Institute of Technology Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,Ryerson University, 2011 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 1998 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, 1996 Authored or coauthored more than 80 papers in Journals and peer-reviewed conferences
graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2013 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mechanical Engineering. He completed a 10 week internship for NASA at Johnson Space Center where he designed a microstrip patch antenna for the International Space Station for use in RFID technology. After graduating from USM, ENS Wilson reported to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, RI and was commissioned on September 20th, 2013. Following OCS, he reported to Civil Engineer Corps Officer School (CECOS) in Port Hueneme, CA graduating in CECOS Basic Class 256 in May 2014. In May 2014, ENS Wilson reported to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as a construction manager where he has currently managed 45 projects
of the research interests. He has also been PI or Co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting, renewable energy, microgrids, wave and turbulence, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education.Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on
profile are in general satisfied, including the 30 %studying abroad. Many of the bachelor projects carried out abroad are located in emergingcountries which highlights the competence deficiency in countries outside the industrialized partsof the world.IntroductionThe general trend in society is towards increasing sustainability, including economic, social andenvironmental aspects. Sustainability is also related to corporate social responsibility (CSR),which can be referred to as the industry equivalent for businesses that intend to prosper in thelong run1,2, and is highly reflected also in engineering education3.There is an increasing demand on education in energy engineering in a broad sense, includinge.g. environmental technology and energy
years starting in the Spring of 2012. Ryan currently works as a Research Assistant in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER). His current research is focused on new catalyst development, ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), combustion, energy conversion, fuel cell modeling, fuel cell technology applications and system design. Ryan is a Syracuse University Graduate Fellow and an Astronaut Scholar. Page 26.505.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Developing T-Shaped Professional Engineers through an Advance Energy
developing countries and may change the socio-economic structure of countrieswhere the population general wellbeing has been taken for granted. Power and energy industriesare going through evolutionary periods, while technologies are changing the way the electricityis generated, transmitted, delivered and used, with new applications in the forefront. Workforcedemands in power industries are evolving with new and extended expectations and requirements.In order to be a successful proficient power engineer in the 21st century, one must have multipleskills in cross disciplinary areas. The industry is demanding engineering education to broaden inareas such as computing, networking, control, power electronics, data analytics, along withinformation
engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Delivery of a Revamped Course on Electric Power Distribution Engineering and Smart GridsAbstractIn recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the importance of electric powerdistribution engineering due to rapid changes in the distribution sector resulting from increasedpenetration of distributed energy resources and smart grid technologies. With this increasedimportance comes the need for quality education in this area. A course titled “Electric PowerDistribution Engineering and Smart Grids” was developed at the University of Pittsburgh toaddress the need for education in this area. There have been many iterations of the
Electronics to Electrical Engineering StudentsAbstractWestern Carolina University is the only educational institution that offers engineering andtechnology degrees in the western part of the state which is home to major national andinternational engineering-related companies. As the power industry has a significant shareamong these companies and is becoming one of the major recruiters of our graduates in theDepartment of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University, developing anemphasis in electric power engineering plays a vital role in educating the next generation of theregion’s power industry workforce.To that end, a curriculum development effort was planned and is projected to train, prepare forresearch, and
://energy.mit.edu/minor/) and Duke’s new minor in Energy Engineering(http://energy.pratt.duke.edu/minor-requirements). In the energy technology area there areadditional options, including Thomas Edison State University’s BS in Energy SystemsTechnology (http://www.tesu.edu/ast/bsast/Energy-Systems-Technology.cfm), and OregonInstitute of Technology’s BS in Renewable Energy Engineering(http://www.oit.edu/wilsonville/academics/degrees/renewable-energy-engineering).The options for graduate-level education related to energy systems are significant and diverse,including professional masters programs in Energy Systems Engineering at Lehigh(http://www.lehigh.edu/~inesei/degree/index.html ), Michigan(http://isd.engin.umich.edu/degree-programs/energy-systems
Paper ID #29546A comparison of the renewable energy and energy storage sectors inGermany and the United States, with recommendations for engineeringteaching practices.Dr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Bosman holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include STEM Education and the Impacts of Technology on Society. Within the realm of STEM Education, she has done a variety of work in areas including teaching the entrepreneurial mindset, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdisciplinary education, integrating the humanities into
Paper ID #11122Power Engineering Day-a way to attract high school students from underrep-resented groups to consider careers in electric powerDr. Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University Associate Professor at Suffolk University In Electrical Engineering. PI of NSF SSTEM grant, Electrical Engineering Scholars at Suffolk. Work with the Power Industry to put an emphasis on electric power in our curriculumDr. Timothy A Poynton, University of Massachusetts Boston Dr. Timothy Poynton is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of
Paper ID #19415A Capstone Project: Assessment of Energy Savings from Retuning of AirHandlersDr. Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University Bora Karayaka is an Assistant Professor at School of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University. He has worked as a Senior Engineer for smart grid and wireless communication industries for over ten years. He is currently responsible for teaching electric power engineering courses in the department. Dr. Karayaka’s research interests include power engineering education, ocean wave energy harvesting, identification, modeling and control for electrical machines
Paper ID #34552Design and Implementation of Solar PV Charging Stations for City ofHuntsville Aquatic CenterDr. Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University Dr. Reg Pecen is currently a Quanta Endowed Professor of the Department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Pecen was formerly a professor and program chairs of Electrical Engineering Technology and Graduate (MS and Doctoral) Programs in the Depart- ment of Technology at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Dr. Pecen served as 2nd President and Professor at North American University in Houston, TX from July 2012 through
as a platform to helphigh school students realize the value and importance of science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM). The program lectures, tours, and activities are designed to inspiresecondary school student interest in engineering and encourage them to enter college and studyin a STEM major after graduation from high school. In the four-week summer commuterprogram, the high school juniors and seniors, designated as Young Scholars, learn aboutrenewable energy via four programmatic facets. The class time primarily comprises interactivepresentations focused on the topics of electrical energy and renewables. To provide real worldengineering examples and to expand the students’ familiarity with various engineering branches
Paper ID #29066Experimental Vehicles Program Improves Student Performance ThroughEnergy Conversion and Conservation with Hands-On LearningDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Masters of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical
degrees in electronics engineering from Isfahan Uni- versity of Technology, in 1993 and 1997, respectively, and the doctorate in electrical engineering from Carleton University, in 2005. He has worked in various research positions within the electronics industry and academia in Iran, Canada, Sweden, and the USA. He is the recipient of several awards an scholarships within all of the same nations. He joined the University of Idaho in 2013. His research interests include the theory of operation and the design and implementation of iterative error-correcting decoders. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrated Solar and Piezoelectric Renewable Energy ProjectAbstract
Paper ID #30191Integration of service learning to teaching thermodynamicsDr. Farshid Zabihian, California State University, Sacramento Farshid Zabihian, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering California State Uni- versity, Sacramento Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,Ryerson University, 2011 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 1998 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, 1996 Authored or coauthored more than 70 papers in Journals and peer-reviewed conferences. c American Society for Engineering
Paper ID #31197Teaching Thermodynamics Online: Instructor and Student PerspectivesDr. Farshid Zabihian, California State University, Sacramento Farshid Zabihian, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering California State Uni- versity, Sacramento Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,Ryerson University, 2011 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 1998 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, 1996 Authored or coauthored more than 70 papers in Journals and peer-reviewed conferences. American
Paper ID #26641Project Based Learning Program for Nuclear Workforce Development PhaseI: Outreach, Recruiting, and SelectionDr. Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University Bora Karayaka is an Associate Professor at the College of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University. He has worked as a Senior Engineer for smart grid and wireless communication industries for over ten years. He is currently responsible for teaching electric power engineering courses in the college. Dr. Karayaka’s research interests include power engineering education, energy generation, identification, modeling and control for
Technological Education) training team.Mr. Cris Folk, Madison College Cris, retired from full time teaching at Madison Area Technical College in 2017 after having taught for 18 years in the classroom and at a variety of business and industry locations in southern Wisconsin. While primarily an electronics professor, Cris also developed and delivered coursework and training for indus- trial equipment maintenance, general electricity, heating ventilation and air conditioning, robotics, food processing, interpreting engineering drawings, solar and wind energy, energy management and building automation. He was the Renewable Energy Program Director from 2012 until his retirement in 2017. Before working at the college, Cris
Paper ID #12496Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Based on Integration of Ad-vanced Power Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol(XMPP)Dr. Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College llya Grinberg graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute (Lviv, Ukraine) with an M.S in E.E. and earned a Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia). He has over 40 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of power distribution systems and design automation. He has over 40 published papers. Currently he is professor of engineering technology at SUNY Buffalo State. His
Paper ID #30206Relationship of the Industrial Assessment Center to the Land-GrantMission of the Oklahoma State UniversityDr. Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University Dr. Hitesh D. Vora is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He received his Ph.D. and Masters’ from the University of North Texas in Materials Science & Engineering (in 2013) and Mechanical Engineering Technology (in 2008), respectively. Dr. Vora is a Director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Oklahoma State University, which is funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the year 2016-2021 with total funding of $1.8
control system. Dr. Ansari is a professor of Computer Engineering at Virginia State University.Dr. Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State UniversityDr. James Irvin Cooke Jr., Virginia State University Director of Assessment and Senior Capstone Experiences Program Coordinator of Information Logistics program Department of Technology Virginia State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Extended Summer Research to Senior Design Project Jinmyun Jo1, Xiaoyu Zhang2, Pamela Leigh-Mack1, Ali Ansari1, James I. Cooke Jr1 Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 238061 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 235292IntroductionThere
Domnique HenryMs. Courtney RC Shirvani, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Student development and programming professional with experience in academic, enrichment and recre- ation program development, implementation and evaluation. M.A. in Foundations of Education from Hofstra University. Page 26.282.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 BIOENERGY ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS (BEAT) PROMOTES TRANSDISCIPLINARY CONTENT IN STEM EDUCATION AbstractAlthough the emphasis of various programs for STEAM (Science, Technology
Nuclear Society (ANS), and a student branch advisor for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).Mr. Bruce Allen Peterson, Minnesota State Energy Center of Excellence Bruce Peterson Dean for Energy Technologies Executive Director, Minnesota State Energy Center of Excellence Minnesota West Community and Technical College Bruce has been engaged in higher education for 40 years as a teacher, curriculum specialist, and admin- istrator. Over the past 24 years he served as Academic Dean at three colleges and as program director over several major grants. In his current position, Bruce is responsible for Energy related programs across Minnesota West campuses. At the state
Canyons c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15777Kathleen Alfano has a Ph.D. from UCLA and has served as the Director of the California Consortiumfor Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) based at College of the Canyons since1996. She directs and is Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) AdvancedTechnological Education (ATE) CREATE Renewable Energy Center of Excellence. As Director of CRE-ATE, she is involved in efforts across the United States and internationally to define and implement credittechnician curricula in many areas of renewable energy
Paper ID #34966Teaching STEM Early-college Students: A New Methodology to Teach En-ergyComplex SystemsDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Ahmed C. Megri is an Associate Professor of engineering. He received his HDR (Dr. Habilitation) in Engineering Sciences, from Marie and Pierre Curie University, Paris VI (Sorbonne Universities), in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering, from Lyon Institute of Technology in 1995. He wrote more than 100 papers in the journal and international conferences. His research interests include thermal and mechanical modeling and simulation of
Paper ID #12993Providing Deep, Foundational Learning in an Introductory Energy Systems& Sustainability CourseDr. Paul J. Weber, Lake Superior State University Dr. Paul J. Weber is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering & Technology at Lake Supe- rior State University. His primary interests are in the areas of engineering education, renewable energy conversion systems, sustainability and resource usage, robotics, and digital systems.Dr. Joseph P Moening, Lake Superior State University Page 26.1281.1