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Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Penn State - Berks

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #9544A Multi-Year Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Project for First-Year En-gineering and Technology StudentsDr. Dale H. Litwhiler, Penn State - Berks DALE H. LITWHILER is an Associate Professor at Penn State - Berks in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University, M.S. from Syracuse University and Ph.D. from Lehigh University all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech.; Farhan Qazi

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

irrigation systems of automatic irrigation,livestock watering and management, electric fencing, automatic feeders.Health: Refrigeration, very useful in developing countries for the conservation of vaccines andblood, emergency power for clinics.Examples of Practical Standalone SystemsGiven below are two examples of standalone systems which are cost effective to build and canbe easily acquired from charitable organizations on donations. The first standalone system is asolar generator cart which can be assembled easily as a DIY project. The second system is a solarsuitcase, manufactured for humanitarian and disaster area for medical applications. Both systemscost less than $1500 and provide easy access to electrify at remote areas.Solar Generator CartA

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University at Tuscarawas

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

identify the optimum process characteristicsincluding material composition, compression level, curing temperature, the mold design andperformed property measurements on the obtained samples, including the measurement of bulkelectrical conductivity using a four-point probe. The samples obtained demonstratecharacteristics that exceed the requirements of the U.S. Department of Energy. This investigationwas performed by students in the Engineering Technology Department at Kent State Universityat Tuscarawas during a capstone design project class – Engineering Technology Project offeredin the spring semester of 2013. The paper presents as well the development of this course.At the recommendation of the ABET accreditation committee, a new capstone design

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Jeremy Keith Posey Sr.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

addition to Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Rishabh Jain; Amrit Dahal

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 24.766.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrated Multisource Renewable Energy System Design: A Student ProjectAbstract Project GREEN (Going Renewable, Energy Efficient Naturally) is a senior engineeringstudent design project designed to create a sustainable energy system for a youth camp. Bycombining various electrical energy sources (solar, hydro and wind), as well as geothermal unitsand biomass for heat, the camp can provide its own energy to run with minimum draw from theGrid. The system will nearly offset the peak demand of the building of concern. Because thisdesign levels the camp’s enormous demand charges, the electricity bills

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tan Ma, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University; Brandy Louie Serrano, Florida International University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

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

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yazan Alsmadi, Ohio State University ; Kaichien Tsai, Ohio State University; Mark J. Scott, Ohio State University; Longya Xu, Ohio State University; Aimeng Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

proposed future work plan consists of two parts: a short-term part that Page 24.935.15will be available the next time the course is offered to students and a long-term part that dependson the available industrial support. The short-term future work plan includes: 1- In regards to the students’ preference to have additional challenging problems with extra credits, a final design project will be added to the curricula of the lab where students will combine all of their class and laboratory work. The project is based on their knowledge of power electronics, motor control, system modeling and analysis and performance measurements

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Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon, California State University, Northridge; Gurveen Kaur, California State University, Northridge; Neha Chawla; Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, but also because from theeconomics point of view a 48 VDC battery system has become very feasible.The module has the objective of designing a residential BESS system according to the case(example) indicated in this paper. Modeling with Simulink is required, following the simulationshown in this paper. Students are required to know Simulink previous to this project. Simulink istaught at the junior level in the “numerical analysis” course and the IEEE and HKN societiesoffer workshops on Matlab/Simulink every semester. BESS is not included in the curriculum yet,thus there is no data for us to use to assess this module’s effectiveness in student learning, assoon as we teach this material, we will have more information and will be able to identify

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Clifford J. Chapman, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

tosee.Pedagogical Use and AssessmentThis program has been employed in the classroom as a demonstration in the introductorysynchronous machines instruction of the junior and senior undergraduate curriculum. It has alsointroduced the appropriate topics in our first-year graduate courses. We have not yet used it inour service course for junior-level mechanical engineering undergraduates. It has not been usedas part of student projects or laboratory work yet. In the classroom, it served to illustrateimportant points about synchronous machine behavior. Students readily understood thepresentation format, an illustration method common to finite element programs. Showing themagnetic field’s paths and the magnetic flux density throughout the machine while the

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #10801Educating Students about Energy: A Practical ApproachDr. Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Dr. Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology since 2001. He has worked over 15 years for both private industries and national research labs such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engi- neering company in 1995 and performed many private and government projects. His areas of interests are, control systems, power systems, power electronics, energy, and system integration

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Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 24.364.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Design and Implementation of a 1kW Photovoltaic System as a Training InfrastructureAbstractThe Solar Instructor Training Network (SITN) program of the South-Central Region is one ofeight nationwide regions that are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to train instructorshow to teach implementation of solar photovoltaic systems. One of the eight regions is theSouth-Central Region led by the Energy Institute at Houston Community College-North East,collaborating with Ontility the first 3 ½ years and now Janet Hughes Solar Consulting (solarenergy training providers) and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The primarygoal of the project is

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 24.154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An energy assessment of a large grain storage and transfer facility in Michigan: An industry, university and public utility company collaborative effort resulting in energy savings outcomesABSTRACT: In the spring of 2012 Lawrence Technological University was approached by DTEEnergy (the local utility company) with funding to have students and faculty work on an appliedresearch project with the Michigan Agricultural Commodities, Inc. (MAC) to undertake anenergy assessment of the MAC Marlette, MI facilities. The MAC is a private company in thebusiness of buying, selling, storage and distribution of agricultural commodities such

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy Antoine Chahine; Minh Nguyen Ha, Forum Energy Technology; Vong Hem, Lectrus Corporation - Applications Engineer; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, the design of a photovoltaic system is presented for a small model house along with itsassociated instrumentation, real time data acquisition and automation using NI® LabVIEW. Thestudy clearly shows that energy requirements can be met using renewable energy sources andthat the goal of a zero energy house is attainable in many locations.This work was performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Senior CapstoneProject course in controls and instrumentation of the Engineering Technology department at theUniversity of Houston - Downtown and then was continued as research project as part ofcontinuing education. Student experiences are summarized and the need for teamwork andeffective project management methods is emphasized.I

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brandon S. Field, University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

multidisciplinary project is described in this paper that has produced a recommendation for theinstallation of a green roof on a campus building. A green roof is when plants are grown on topof a roof, which reduces the solar load on the air conditioning system and improves thesustainability of the design. The program within which this was done offers the Bachelors ofScience in Engineering (BSE) degree, with five emphasis areas available to the students:mechanical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechatronics. The emphasis area selected by astudent determines certain electives but each student is free to take as many as four engineeringelectives in different disciplines, allowing multidisciplinary topics and even some electivecourses at many levels

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy L. Marbach, California State University Sacramento

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #8622Significant Learning in Renewable EnergyDr. Timothy L Marbach, California State University Sacramento Dr. Timothy Marbach is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University Sacramento, where he teaches courses in thermodynamics, thermal-fluid systems and project engineering. Tim received his Bachelors degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He has received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the CSUS Col- lege of Engineering and Computer Science and the Tau Beta Pi California Upsilon Chapter’s Outstanding

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Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); KETKI GHAISAS, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #8779Teaching Renewable Energy System Design and Analysis with HOMERDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding a PHD in power engineering and the other in physics. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and re- search institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as project manager, senior engineer and consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omonowo David Momoh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Power Project/Service Engineer from 1994 to 2000. His research interests include Electrical Power System Analysis, Electric Machine Drives, Renew- able Energy Technology, and Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 24.388.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014DEVELOPING A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR A MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAbstract:A course on renewable energy has become more of a requirement in MS programs. This is theresult of continuously shrinking global energy resources. The importance of

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervises many courses in the frame of interprofessional 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

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #8818Revitalizing Engineering Education through Practical Applications of Ad-vanced Energy SystemsMr. Ryan L Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University Ryan is a graduate student from Syracuse University with a focus in combustion and energy research. His work mainly focuses on fabrication and characterization of ceramic hollow fibres used in combustion pro- cesses that can reduce pollutant emissions. Ryan is also involved in several educational outreach projects concerning his research. Not only does he assist in the development of advanced energy courses for un- dergraduate and graduate students, but also has been

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Foreman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karina Clarissa Halim, Purdue University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

renewable and alternative power generation processescontinue to be explored, coal is expected to remain a primary solution for electricity needs fordecades to come. Figure 1 illustrates the projected growth of coal consumption by Organisationfor Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)2 member nations as well as non-OECDnations.3 China and India are among the prime drivers for the increase in coal consumption bynon-OECD nations as their large populations and growing standard of living fuel the demand forcheap electricity.Figure 1 – World coal consumption by region, 1980-2040.3 Page 24.1219.2 The increase in coal power in other nations and

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Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Naren Reddy Dhansri, TAMUK

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

resourceconstraints. Introduction: Wind turbines offer exciting potential benefits as part of renewable energymechanisms since fossil fuel based power generation techniques cause major economical andenvironmental problems. However, practical wind turbine research and technology developmentactivities typically require large components and field implementations, resulting in mostlyinfeasible requirements in terms of laboratory resources such as space, setup and maintenancecosts for many educational and industrial institutions. For example, a 1.5 Megawatts land-basedwind turbine has been reported to require $2098/kilowatt capital installation costs with 68% ofthe project cost coming from the turbine tower, drive-train, and rotor while the same