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Installation, Integration, and Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W. Jones, Ball State University; Janet Fick, Ball State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and can be implemented in a variety of ways to fitinstitutions’ particular aspirations.BackgroundThe authors’ involvement in LEED Lab was based upon their institution’s longstandingsustainability initiatives. Ball State University is signatory to the Talloires Declaration, whichstates: The first official statement made by university administrators of a commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education. The Talloires Declaration (TD) is a ten- point action plan for incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities. It has been signed by over 350 university presidents and chancellors in over 40 countries. 6Ball State

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Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul F. Penko P.E., Baldwin Wallace University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

produce useful electrical power.The project requires knowledge in several technical and scientific areas and is conducted on astudent-team basis with a faculty advisor. IntroductionThis project is multi-disciplinary as it involves biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. Atleast one student from each of these disciplines is a member of the project team. The team meetsonce a week to discuss plans for designs, fabrication of test units, scheduling of tests anddiscussion of test results. The team is led by a student project leader with a faculty member asadvisor. At this point, initial tests have been conducted on a lab model for purposes of provingthat the concept does produce electrical power by

Conference Session

Energy Conservation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

construction was adapted in HB1647 building code of Florida Legislature. Najafi is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on many committees and programs, and continuously attends and presents refereed papers at international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, renewable energy, and public works. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 100% Renewable energy for Pennsylvania

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Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Anne Valdes, University of Florida; Carlene Elizabeth Cuadra, University of Florida ; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

building construction was adapted in HB1647 building code of Florida Legislature. Najafi is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on many committees and programs, and continuously attends and presents refereed papers at international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works.Dr. Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College Dr. Nick M. Safai has been an ASEE officer and has served in multiple divisions

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Using Real-World Examples

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Current engineering curricula are not fully equippingthem to properly deal with these challenges4-9. These concerns, growing electricity demands, andenergy market deregulation have increased the interest in sustainability, distributed generationand renewable energy systems (RES). Given the rapid progress in these areas, there are needs forprofessionals with adequate knowledge, able to plan, design and operate of such energy systems,assess and analyze energy resource potential, or to perform analytic evaluation of their impactson power systems or environment1. Education, training and learning are important aspects thatin taking the necessary steps to reshape our way of living into a more sustainable one. Time isrunning short therefore special

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Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yogesh Bhandari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Akshay Vora, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Sengavi Thirupathy; Rashi Singh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Oscar Azofeifa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

fees – theSustainable Campus Environment Fee and the Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee. With the ultimate goalof making the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a leader in campus sustainability, SSC reviews,recommends, and funds projects that increase environmental stewardship, inspire change, and impactstudents [4].” These two fees generate over $1.1 million annually, which is one of the largestsustainability fund of its kind in the United States [4]. Funds are made available for sustainabilityprojects proposed by the students. Participation in the SSC competition provided an ideal platform toorganize all of the goals of the one credit hour class—namely, group work, leadership, project planning,written and oral communication, etc—around

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

that the common project needs to be carefully selected each year to apply to bothgroups of engineering students.As we continue to receive guidance from our advisory board about the desiredcharacteristics of our graduates, we have broadened our previous technical electives toinclude both technical and professional electives, and have begun promoting integratedinterdisciplinary minors like Project Management and Strategic Leadership to our students.See the flowcharts in the Appendix that show how these certificates can be earned with onlytwo or three additional courses, by properly selecting elective courses. We believe theadditional skills and certification gained will add great value for our graduates, and plan totrack graduates with these

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Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Shastri Domnique Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

activitywill make the activity even more appealing to the students and provide richer learning outcomes.This paper outlines the biodiesel kit development efforts, its utilization in K-16 outreach activitiesintegrated with NBBEP and other ongoing K-12 outreach efforts at UMES. The recent efforts inutilizing a biodiesel blend (with heptane and castor oil) that have been reported to work with glowengines, to fly on a model remote controlled fixed wing airplane is also highlighted. Theassessment framework and lesson plan for the biodiesel kit were suitably adapted based on thesuccess of the trials, and incorporated in the K-12 outreach efforts at UMES in 2016 summer.1.0 IntroductionThe need for less expensive and cleaner alternatives to petroleum-based

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Installation, Integration, and Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Saied Hemati, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

pedagogy developed. As industry and government sponsors wererecruited with greater success over the following years, interdisciplinary projects began to appearin greater frequency. Biological and Agricultural Engineering joined the program in 2004 andComputer Science joined in 2009. Chemical and Materials Engineering plans to join theprogram in Fall 2017. The current program and an archive of projects appears at the joint coursewebsite6 http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/mindworks/capstone_design.htm .Throughout its nearly two decades, the program has balanced department control while poolingassets for administration and teaching. A majority of the projects are now interdisciplinary.7,8,9,10Mechanical Engineering has always provided overall program

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Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

added with a minimum of 24 additional quarter credit hours and iscreated to be supplementary to our ET major. Also, students from other majors (engineering andnon-engineering) may add this minor to their plan of study.The newly introduced minor in Green Energy and Sustainability will be in effect starting nextAY 2017-2018, however the courses associated with this minor have been successfully taught forseveral years already. The main target student population for this minor would be students of allmajors in College of Engineering, mainly those that would like to have a learning-by-discoverytype of experience. Also, the target population would include students from other majorsthroughout the university, interested in pairing their major with a

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Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Trevor Parrish, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

measurableresults.The capstone experience is implemented with two three credit hour courses: ENGR 400Engineering Capstone I and ENGR 450 Engineering Capstone II. In ENGR 400, students fromcapstone teams, formulate project specifications, develop a work plan and individual roles, andpotential design solutions.The project presented in this paper was sponsored by WCU’s Facilities and Managementdivision. The team members included one Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) major and another Electrical Engineering (EE) major.III. Capstone Project Objectives and Design StepsWCU’s Facilities Management department sought an opportunity to reduce operational costs andto reduce the energy use of its heating and cooling systems. The workhorse of these