Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

ProgramProgram Educational Objectives1) To produce graduates who demonstrate professional competence in engineering practice inlocal and global industry environments, or in related careers in government or academia.2) To produce graduates who exhibit effective communication, team work, and readiness forleadership while acting ethically and professionally.3) To produce graduates who maintain awareness of societal and contemporary issues and fulfillcommunity and society’s needs.4) To produce graduates who actively engage in life-long learning, by completing professionaldevelopment/training courses and workshops, acquiring engineering certification, or pursuingand completing an advanced degree.Program OutcomesThe graduate will have:(a) an ability to apply

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Baumgartner, LeTourneau University; Timothy Hewitt, LeTourneau University; Edgar Licea, LeTourneau University; Nolan Willis, LeTourneau University; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

individual projects. These were changed toteam projects in 1992 and, at the recommendation of an ABET visiting team, to two-semesterteam projects in 1997/98 school year. During the period from 2001 to 2006, three separatecourse tracks were offered – EE Design (including CE students) I and II, ME Design I and II(including BME students), and MJE Design I and II. All senior engineering students beganmeeting together once a week for most of the spring semester in 2003 in a seminar format todiscuss issues of engineering ethics, standards, and professionalism.It became apparent that students were not uniformly prepared for senior design, so in response amajor curriculum enhancement was implemented in 2006-2007 to build upon the existingproject-emphasis

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

to give Baylor University studentsa foundation upon which to build an informed understanding of complex energy issues. Withunderstanding comes the ability to begin answering the questions confronting society.Specifically, the four learning objectives are:1) To develop scientific energy literacy;2) To closely examine the production and consumption of energy in both developed and developing countries;3) To examine the social, political, environmental and ethical problems of an energy-dependent civilization.4) Understand, hypothesize, propose and execute a research project in the theme, “The campus as an energy-efficiency and alternative-energy laboratory.”The four semesters for Energy and Society ELG followed the learning

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, University of Texas at El Paso; Heidi Taboada, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Espiritu, University of Texas at El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

current state-of-the-art knowledge and research in sustainability design, manufacturing sustainability, andsustainable systems. Our students will experience that real problems are not in any single domainbut they cross boundaries of several domains, not only among pure engineering disciplines butbetween engineering, business, ethics, social sciences, and agriculture sciences, etc. Thus, thisproject will cover material that demonstrates the intersection of design and manufacturing, Page 15.724.2sustainability aspects, as well as agriculture issues such as shown in Figure 1. As a result, thestudents will be trained to open excellent career