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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ahmad Pourmovahed

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Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

, it wasimplemented to change the course and improve performance.First, there was value to the MET program in applying a metric such as RADD as part of acontinuous improvement process. This aspect offered help in identifying areas for improvementin our pre-capstone courses. With the addition of further parameters to the current RADDmetric, we intend to provide data-based feedback that will aid in the modification to pre-requisitecourse outcomes.Second, the RADD metric was used to improve the course itself. Analysis of the courseperformance indicated that a significant shortfall was the ability of students to synthesize andapply their project information and technical skills into a cohesive product design proposal. Forcomparison, the metric was

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

careers.BackgroundEG 1004, Introduction to Engineering and Design, is Polytechnic University's introduction toselected aspects of the history, philosophy, methodology, tools, and contemporary topics inengineering. It includes a weekly lab component that introduces basic engineeringexperimentation and data analysis. Lab reports provide an opportunity for the written assessmentof engineering data and designs. Weekly presentations allow for the oral presentation of thisanalysis. In addition, there is a team design project. Three milestone presentations and a finalwritten proposal and oral presentation are required for the successful completion of thissemester-long project.The course is composed of a weekly three hour lab, a two hour recitation and a one hour

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

. P.O. Box 162993 Orlando, FL 32816-2993 furterer@mail.ucf.eduAbstract:The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of CentralFlorida has incorporated service experiential learning opportunities into the curriculum within aTotal Quality Improvement course. This graduate level course teaches the Six Sigma body ofknowledge, including quality management principles and problem solving tools. It provides just-in-time experiential learning opportunities to reinforce the in-class instruction. This paper willprovide examples of Six Sigma tools applied in the project case studies including Voice of theCustomer, Design of Experiments, and

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

Session 1347 The Administration of Senior Design Projects In a Distance Learning Environment Isaac L. Flory IV, John R. Hackworth Old Dominion UniversityI. AbstractA method for administering a senior level capstone design course in Electrical EngineeringTechnology in a distance learning environment is described. Several avenues are explored thathelp the students successfully conceive, develop, and present their design projects from off-campus locations that are consistent with the requirements placed upon their on-campus peers.Several

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

laboratories have been developedwith financial support from the National Science Foundation. Other web enabled laboratory projects are more ambitious. Bismarck State College has aweb-based laboratory that is one part of an on-line associates program in Power PlantTechnology9. The concept for the “Cyberlab” is even more intriguing. Cyberlab is an Internethub that universities and private enterprise use to offer remote laboratory experiments for a fee10.These web developments suggest that distance education for laboratory-based degree programsis quickly becoming a reality. Table 1 is a brief summary of the web implementation for the remotely accessible energylaboratory at Purdue. It emphasizes that the laboratory encompasses more than

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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

Gender Participation in Humanitarian vs. Traditional Multidisciplinary Senior Design Projects Catherine Skokan, Joan Gosink Division of Engineering, Colorado School of MinesAbstractIn 2003, the Colorado School of Mines received a grant from the William and Flora HewlettFoundation to establish a minor in Humanitarian Engineering. One of the goals of the HewlettFoundation’s Engineering Schools of the West Initiative was to increase the number anddiversity of engineering students in the United States. We have investigated the gender mix ofstudents in traditional multidisciplinary senior design projects for the Engineering Division at theColorado School

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Vaz

Reflections on Fifteen Years of Service-Learning Projects in Thailand Richard Vaz Worcester Polytechnic Institute.I. IntroductionWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) provides international experiences for over 50% of itsengineering students, more than any other US-based university. As part of its internationalofferings, WPI has since 1989 been sending mixed teams of engineering, science, andmanagement students to Bangkok to complete 8-week interdisciplinary projects. These projectsconnect science or technology to social issues and human need, and have been sponsored by Thainonprofit organizations, government agencies

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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Angela Bielefeldt

Session 3625 Challenges and Rewards on On-Campus Projects in Capstone Design Angela R. Bielefeldt University of Colorado, Dept. Civil, Environmental, & Arch. EngineeringAbstractThis paper discusses the Environmental Engineering capstone design course for Civil andEnvironmental Engineering undergraduates at the University of Colorado. Over the past fouryears, the course has successfully introduced a variety of service learning projects as optionsamong the three to four projects available each year. Clients for these projects have included theUniversity of Colorado and various communities. The structure

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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B. Sridhara

Session 1150 Teaching Engineering Fundamentals with a Project-Based Learning Approach B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract Recruiting and retaining students in the Engineering Technology area has been a majorchallenge to many of us in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies (ETIS)Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). In the Fall of 2004 the authoroffered ET 1840 – Engineering Fundamentals and teaching this class was a lot of fun. Topicssuch as total quality, engineering design

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

Session 3265 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTISEMESTER PROJECT RELATING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ENGINEERING Dr. Stephen Pennell, Professor, Mathematics Department Dr. Peter Avitabile, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department Dr. John R. White, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue Lowell, Massachusetts USA Peter_Avitabile@uml.eduAbstractStudents often do not see the relevance of their mathematics

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

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Howard Shapiro

Creating an Academic Learning Community Using a Multi-level Project Howard N. Shapiro Iowa State UniversityThis paper describes a multi-level, integrative, semester project involving students fromtwo different engineering thermodynamics classes: Thermodynamics II, an applicationsoriented course at the junior level, and Advanced Thermodynamics, a beginning graduatecourse. The project was carried out in groups of five to six students with a mix from eachclass. A total of fifty-one students participated in the semester project. The primary goalwas to engage students at different levels in an integrative experience

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Reising

A Project-based Course in Small Computer Software for Computer Engineers James A. Reising University of EvansvilleAbstractStudents in Computer Engineering at the University of Evansville are introduced to computerprogramming in their first two years of study by taking an introductory course in programmingusing C++ and a course in data structures. The use of Visual Studio.NET provides anopportunity for students to practice and extend their skills in areas not typically covered in theintroductory course. In addition to simple Windows applications, students complete projectsinvolving the use of Windows Web applications

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Houdeshell

Results From the NSF-ATE Distributed-Hybrid Instructional Delivery Project James Jay Houdeshell Quality Engineering Technology Department at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract The National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) in partnership with theQuality Engineering Technology (QET) Department received a NSF-ATE project grant inAugust 2003 to develop and test a hybrid instructional delivery methodology. The design usessmall group activity-based instructional materials developed under previous grants inconjunction with supportive web-based content and learning objects for the individual onlinecomponent. This allows face-to-face

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafael Quevedo-Camacho; Juan Manuel Ramírez-Cortés; Mario Gomez-Mejia

The Ibero-American Engineer: An ASIBEI Project on Global Education Rafael Quevedo-Camacho1, Juan Manuel Ramírez-Cortés2, Mario Gómez-Mejía3 1. Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería (ASIBEI); President / 2. Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería (ASIBEI); Past President / 3. Asociación Nacional de Facultades y Escuelas de Ingeniería (ANFEI); Executive DirectorAbstractThe importance of recognizing engineers in American and Iberian-American countries is discussed.The Ibero-American Association of Engineering Schools (ASIBEI), has been

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

The PRiME Project: Developing Educational Materials to Train Responsible Engineers O. Christene Moore, Senior Lecturer, Steven P. Nichols, Professor and Associate Vice President for Research The University of Texas at Austin Stephanie J. Bird, Editor Science and Engineering EthicsIntroduction Engineers have a profound impact on society and a resultant responsibility tosociety. Statements in codes of conduct for engineering professionals support thisposition. The Code of Ethics for the National Society of Professional Engineers statesthat “Engineers shall hold

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Enhancing Capstone Design with an Industry Sponsored Project Center Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411, USAMechanical Engineering Capstone DesignSenior capstone design courses have become a critical component of undergraduate engineeringeducation, as mandated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).The Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Design at North Carolina A&T State University(NC A&T) is a two-semester project course. The course allows students to take design projectsfrom conceptual

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Houdeshell

Using a Structuredness Instrument to Characterize End of Course Projects James Jay Houdeshell National Center for Manufacturing Education at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract A course culminating project, a popular instructional activity in engineering andengineering technology courses, typically provides students with either a rewarding or afrustrating experience. Many times professors, in order to bring real industry practice into theclassroom, ask students to solve problems based on complex cases. Depending on the student'sfamiliarity with the project context, a student’s problem solving skills, and the nature of theproblem, student

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 3420 Data Compression and Data Integrity: Projects for Data Communication Courses Sub Ramakrishnan, Mohammad B. Dadfar Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372-2337 Fax: (419) 372-8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractThis paper describes two software projects that are assigned in our undergraduate datacommunications course. The projects help students understand

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

Student-Directed, Project-Based Learning in an Integrated Course Block Jonathan Stolk, Robert Martello, and Steven Krumholz Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA 02492AbstractImagine a course block in which students discuss the cultural implications of 17th century ironworking in North America in one hour, and design experiments to examine connections betweencomposition and strength in modern steel padlocks immediately afterward. In the Paul Revere:Tough as Nails course block, students don’t just study materials science and history oftechnology topics … they experience them. Through a series of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Are Attitudes Toward Engineering Influenced by a Project-Based Introductory Course? Jean Nocito-Gobel, Michael A. Collura, Samuel Daniels, Ismail I. Orabi School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of New HavenAbstractLike most engineering schools, the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the Universityof New Haven (UNH) offers a first year Introduction to Engineering course (EAS107). Unlikesimilar courses at most other schools, however, EAS107 is also part of the UNH core curriculumand is taken by many students who are not studying engineering, thus providing an opportunityto influence these students’ perception of engineering.As part of a new curricular model

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman

Engineering Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Strategies in Capstone Projects Monica E. Cardella, Cynthia J. Atman Industrial Engineering Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching University of Washington Seattle, WAAbstractMathematics is generally considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education.However, there is little empirical evidence characterizing the role of mathematics in theengineering design process. The goal of this paper is to take a research informed approachtowards understanding engineering

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Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

AC 2005-683: USING PROJECT PORTFOLIOS TO ASSESS DESIGN INMATERIALS SCIENCEMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 10.1422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Using Project Portfolios to Assess Design in Materials Science and Engineering M. C. Paretti Department of Engineering Education & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia TechAbstractThis paper evaluates the effectiveness of capstone design project portfolios as tools to assessstudent performance with respect to ABET’s EC2000 Criterion 3 outcomes. After reviewing thepotential for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

On Line Microsoft Project Tutorial for Engineering and Technology Students Feng Jao and Khalid Al-Olimat Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper explores a designed online instructional tool to tutor engineering and technologystudents on how to utilize the Microsoft Project software to create a project plan which is one ofthe important elements in project management. Students in the engineering programs and in thetechnology program at Ohio Northern University are required to utilize Microsoft Project toconstruct a plan for their senior design projects. There are no any dedicated lectures to teachstudents or to show them how to use this software. Students need to learn it

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

Session 3549 Structuring a Project Management Course to Develop Team Skills Charlie P. Edmonson Donna C.S. Summers University of DaytonAbstractThere’s no escaping it. Working in industry requires working in teams. The industrieshiring our graduates recognize this. TAC of ABET Criterion 2e requires it, statinggraduates need “an ability to function effectively on teams.” How do we, as teachers, goabout ensuring that our students learn how to work effectively on teams? How do we goabout teaching them team work and team management skills?The traditional

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

An Engineering Team Approach to Mentoring Graduate Students through Projects Perry L. Heedley and Thomas W. Matthews Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering California State University, SacramentoAbstractThis paper describes a new approach to the mentoring of graduate students through their master’sprojects recently developed at California State University, Sacramento in the area of integratedcircuit (IC) design. Student engineering teams were formed to design, layout and test twoseparate pipelined analog-to-digital converter chips and a specialized biomedical chip. The goalof each team was to build a complex mixed-signal

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

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Pierre Larochelle

Session #XXXX State of the Art in Freshman Programs Unifying Assessment of Freshman Design Teams With Team Project Management Pierre Larochelle Florida Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 150 West University Blvd. Melbourne, FL 32901AbstractThis paper discusses efforts to unify the assessment of first-year engineering designproject teams with the project management skills and techniques employed by the teams.Assessment of the performance of individual design project team members is always

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

AC 2005-1201: DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTORY TOMATERIALS ENGINEERING MODULESAmy Moll, Boise State UniversityElliot Douglas, University of FloridaHilary Lackritz, Purdue UniversityLaura Demsetz, College of San MateoOlivia Graeve, University of Nevada-RenoStacy Gleixner, San Jose State University Page 10.473.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Session 1526 Development of Project-Based Introductory to Materials Engineering Modules S.H. Gleixner1, E. Douglas2, O. Graeve3, H. Lackritz1, L. Demsetz4, A. Moll5

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

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Li Qian

Teaching Multi-axis Complex Surface Machining via Simulation and Projects Li Qian Department of Engineering Technology & Management South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57006AbstractMulti-axis Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machines have become the applicationof choice for complex sculptured surface machining. Simulation of tool paths and machineoperations is desirable for cost and time savings. These advanced technologies are beingintegrated into a senior Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MNET) curriculum at theSouth Dakota State University (SDSU).Seven

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Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

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Youakim Kalaani

Session 2249 A Solar System Project to Promote Renewable Energy Education Youakim Al Kalaani Northern Illinois University, Technology DepartmentAbstractAs issues such as climate change, global warming, increased blackouts, and oil price fluctuationcontinue to pepper the news, it is likely that the use of renewable energy will become anincreasing national priority that will affect the next generation of college students. Indeed, astatewide survey conducted by the Illinois Clean Energy Foundation, has found that the vastmajority of Illinois residents, from both urban and rural