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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

the modules particularly useful when the underlying theoreticalconcepts had already been taught in the class. Specifically, these modules not only furtherreinforced these concepts, but also provided an opportunity to view graphically and pictoriallyhow the results varied when the input parameters were varied with a practical range. Thus, theywere able to appreciate the sensitivity of the problem to input parameters. Overall, the studentscommented that this made the learning experience fun. These comments are quite consistentwith our goals we had set while undertaking this project. We plan to conduct a more formalsurvey when these modules are used this Spring semester (2002), and we would report the resultsof this survey in a future

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta; Nancy Denton

://www.measurementsgroup.comBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. A member ofASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12 awarded patents.He has 6 years university teaching experience, where his current applied research interests are rapid product designengineering, experimental mechanics laboratory automation, and optimization utilizing genetic algorithms.NANCY DENTON, P.E., CVS IINancy L. Denton is an associate professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. She regularlyteaches courses in design documentation, solid mechanics, controls, and machinery diagnostics. She has chaired theWomen in Engineering

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

, Tel: (973) 642-7155, Fax: (973) 642-4184, ronald.h.rockland@njit.edu / 3 Vice President for Academic and Student Services, and Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-6476, Fax: (973) 596-1528, joel.s.bloom@njit.edu / 4 Chair, Academy for Engineering and Design, Bergen Regional Academies, Bergen County Technical Schools, Hackensack, NJ 07601, Tel: 201-343-6000, Ext. 3369 Fax: 201-343-2108, geogon@bergen.orgAbstractThis paper describes a project involving a major research university and fifteen secondary andpost-secondary schools to develop and implement a career cluster program for the Research,Development and Technical

Conference Session

Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sangsoo Ryu; M.H. Kim; Julian H. Kang; Spyros A. Kinnas

control their learning pace8. Aragon, et al. found that on-line learning can beas effective as face-to-face learning in many respects, even though students have differentlearning style preferences9. As an example of the trend of Web-based classes, the Society ofNaval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) offers dozens of new online graduate coursesin such the most recent fields as Project Management, Technology Management, NetworkedInformation Systems, Cyber Security, etc. in collaboration with Stevens Institute ofTechnology10.Acknowledging the trend of the Web-based learning environment, it is reasonable to utilize theeducational features of Web-based technology in order to provide students in remote places withbetter educational

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

output are reviewed as students are asked to determine the inputs given to the robot Page 8.1092.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationand the outputs produced. Algorithms are reviewed as the students determine the algorithms therobot must use to go forward, stop, turn, follow a line, etc.3.2 Second semester TEK curriculumThe second semester curriculum is meant to build on the first semester curriculum, but narrowthe focus to a single topic. The culmination of the second semester is a significant project thatallows

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Henning

Session 1660 CLOSING THE ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK LOOP: THE USE OF A QUALITATIVE FORMATIVE EVALUATION PROCESS AND CHANGES IN A MULTI-YEAR NSF/PENN STATE GK-12 EDUCATION PROJECT. Philip H. Henning, Pennsylvania College of Technology Dan Haworth, Elizabeth Kisenwether, Robin Tallon, Oliver Finckh Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State UniversityIntroductionIn this paper 1 we describe some of the changes made as a result of informal feedback gainedthrough qualitative basement techniques in the operation of a three year science, technology, andmath education

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met211/5. MET 311 course website (January, 2002), http://www.tech.purdue.edu/met/courses/met311/6. National Instruments Incorporated website (January, 2002), http://www.ni.com.7. Vishay Measurement Group website (January, 2002), http://www.measurementsgroup.comBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. A member ofASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12 awarded patents.He has 6 years university teaching experience, where his current applied research interests are rapid product designengineering, experimental mechanics laboratory automation, and optimization

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michele Casey; Kevin Torres; David Loker

we are equipping them with knowledge that is applicable toequipment they interact with daily. In addition, they will have had a positive experience withengineering that will hopefully ignite an interest for further learning.1.0 IntroductionIn 2001 an outreach project was designed and implemented to provide kindergarten students withengineering technology experiences.1 In that project kindergarten students were introduced tocurrent, voltage, batteries, conductors and insulators. The project was not only a success withkindergarten students but also with 1 st grade students.The authors wanted to add another module to the kindergarten engineering curriculum. Thetopic of digital logic was decided upon. In an ASEE 2000 paper, Cooney and

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Geselowitz; Kim Breitfelder

probably “Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy,” part of the NSF-funded Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mostrecently, in 2000, the Technology for All Americans project of the InternationalTechnology Education Association (ITEA) has produced “Standards for TechnologicalLiteracy: Content for the Study of Technology.” Of course, the engineering andtechnology standards have not been as widely accepted as the science and math ones,because the former subjects are less frequently formally part of the curriculum inAmerican schools, but they have been gaining some currency recently (see, for example,M.D. Burghardt, “Assessing Elementary School Design Portfolios,” The TechnologyTeacher 59, 2).A difficulty of this field

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

StateUniversity found that minorities, in particular, increased their laboratory performance in a hybridenvironment. Perhaps the most compelling argument can be made by Landers7 in his doctoralthesis where a large number and variations of hybrid courses were analyzed. He states (p. 61):“it appears that online instruction is more effective than traditional instruction when seekingknowledge and problem solving gains”. In creating a hybrid Senior Design offering, facultymembers would have more opportunities to make connections with the on-line material and theteam project.Many of the present lecture topics apply directly to the design and construction of an object orstructure and dissemination of knowledge (lists and facts). The teams that work on projects

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin J. Neill, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering in the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Prior to entering academia she worked in industry and government as a software and electronics engineer. Her research interests include problem solving in software and systems design, team learning, and project management. Page 22.838.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving Team Learning in Systems DesignAbstractA detailed statistical experiment to study the effect of the cognitive collaborative model (CCM

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Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State Univeristy; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

Engineering Topics to Freshmen Students Using Roomba Platform1. IntroductionThis paper describes integration of low-cost Roomba autonomous vacuum cleaner robotsinto Introduction to Engineering course offered by the Department of EngineeringScience at Sonoma State University. The main purpose of introducing Roomba platformis to teach and integrate introductory engineering concepts, such as numbering systems,microcontrollers, serial and parallel interfaces, sensor technologies, wireless technology,and high-level programming language, such as LabVIEW. Through his experiment, astheir final design project, teams of freshmen students were required to design their owncreative Roomba projects involving sound, light, sensors, and even

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Olsen, University of Michigan; Peter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

AC 2011-1287: INITIAL IMPACT OF A FIRST-YEAR DESIGN-BUILD-TEST-COMPETE COURSELeslie Olsen, University of Michigan Professor and Director, Technical Communication ProgramPeter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering Director, Wilson Student Team Project Center Page 22.879.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Initial Impact of a First-Year Design-Build-Test-Compete Course March 11, 2011AbstractFor the past six years there

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

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Instrumentation

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

activities such as collection and analysis of data and publications as part of the National Science Foundation’s Science Partnerships Program as well as in the implementation of capstone projects at the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Educa- tion (CIESE). Prior to joining CIESE he was a practicing chemical engineer on water treatments, envi- ronmental management systems and quality assurance. Chris received a BE in in Chemical Engineering from University of Guayaquil, an Environmental Technology Certificate from the Swedish International Development Agency, and a ME in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. He’s currently pursuing a PhD in Financial Engineering at Stevens.Alice F

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert M. Capuro, Pennslyvania State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

response theory methodology.Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants.Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John A Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in 1995.Peter L. Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology Peter Russell is an Industry Assistant Professor of Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Tech- nology. He earned a BFA, BARCH from the Rhode Island School of Design. Mr. Russell has extensive experience in the architectural profession. As an Assistant Professor, Mr. Russell is managing interdisci- plinary projects for both The Department of Energy and The Department of Defense. Page 22.1278.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 SE CAPSTONE

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Corns, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1211: SE CAPSTONE: INTEGRATING SYSTEMS ENGINEER-ING FUNDAMENTALS TO ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS: EX-PERIENTIAL AND ACTIVESteven Corns, Missouri University of Science and TechnolotyCihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science & Technology Cihan Dagli is a Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, and Affiliated Profes- sor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Middle East Technical University and a Ph.D. in Applied Operations Research in Large Scale Systems Design and Operation from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, where from 1976 to 1979 he was a British

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard W. Freeman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

- Introducing Multidisciplinary Capstone Design to the United States Coast Guard AcademyThe United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is one of five Service Academies educatingand training generations of Military Officers. USCGA offers eight majors including fourengineering majors- Civil, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical and Naval Architectural andMarine Engineering. Each major has traditionally taught its own capstone design course, whichranged from a one-semester paper project to a two-semester project with a functional prototype.Multidisciplinary projects have been rare and collaboration on projects has usually been limitedto having cadets from other majors working as part of design teams, but usually being enrolled ina separate

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, University of Kentucky; Jens Hannemann, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Electrical and Computer

Student creations 17 (12/12 – 12/16) Final Project Presentations (during Final Exam period) * In-lab group presentations and reports are due for the indicated modules on these dates.Lecture ContentThe lecture portion of the course was given on Tuesdays. The first lecture (Week 2above) provided basic orientation information for new ECE students. Lectures 2-5reviewed the role of creativity in science and engineering, the importance of innovationin the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century12,13, neurological conceptsunderlying current understandings of creativity, convergent and divergent thoughtprocesses, the impacts of conventional education on creativity, relationships betweenintelligence and creativity, whether

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Bekir Z. Yuksek, University of Northern Iowa; Ulan Dakeev, University of Northern Iowa; Kenan Baltaci, University of Northern Iowa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award for the recognition of applied research and development of renewable energy appli- cations at UNI and Iowa in general. He was recognized as an Advisor of the Year Award nominee among eight other UNI faculty members in 2010-2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Pecen re- ceived a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully chair- ing 10 or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Gainsburg, California State University, Northridge

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Mathematics

, which I termedskeptical reverence: a balance between seeing mathematics as an indispensible tool andunderstanding its limitations. I argued that this disposition was functional and necessary forengineers to carry out design and analysis effectively; the wrong level of reliance onmathematics—too much reverence or too much skepticism—would incur safety and economicrisks. Unanswered by this prior research was how these engineers developed their perspective onthe relationship between mathematics and engineering and this disposition of skepticalreverence. This question is taken up by the study reported here.This study was part of a larger project to investigate how engineers develop as problem solverswho apply mathematics effectively. I conjecture

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Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware; Beth (Becky) Kano Kinney, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

individuals for whom they were written.The system was piloted during the fall semester of 2011 in a variety of courses ranging fromphilosophy to math and science to engineering and engineering technology. Two surveys weredeveloped, one for students and the other for faculty, to examine the effectiveness of the systemin meeting the goals of the project. The student response rate was about 15% (56 out of 368)while faculty response rate was 70% (7 out of 10).Overall, a majority of the students and faculty found the system to be beneficial. For themajority of faculty, the system saved time over previous methods of peer evaluation they hadused. This paper examines the features of the system in detail, discusses the student and facultysurvey results, looks

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamal Sarkar, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Dean Schneider, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Ken Starcher, West Texas A&M University; Pam Groce, Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

present research interest includes engineering education, manufacturing of nanomaterials, and their diversified applications in areas like biomedical en- gineering and alternative energy. He is the Co-inventor of award-winning (including 2011 R&D 100) Forcespinning [TM] technology.Dr. Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan AmericanDr. Dean Schneider, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Dean Schneider is an Associate Director Texas Center for Applied Technology of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). TEES is the engineering research agency for the state of Texas and is a mem- ber of the Texas A&M University System. His projects, with a combined budget of more than $5 million, provide technical

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena V. Brewer, Erie Community College; Anthony P. Dalessio, Erie Community College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

such as PV Watts calculator; Page 25.504.3work with GIS maps depicting landscape slopes or temperature levels; sizing of inverters, wires,disconnects, over-current protection devices (OCPDs) and other components of PV Systemaccording to NEC guidelines; and performing economic analysis of the PV system.Student progress is assessed based on the mixture of homework assignments, tests and finalgroup design project. The final project involves application of all learned steps and techniques todesign a viable PV System in a teamwork environment, production of project report, andpreparation of a 15-20 minute PowerPoint presentation. Table 1 presents

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE P.E., Virginia Tech and Academic Applications International

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Systems Engineering

offered as a first professional degree. It supports and augments therecommendations found in the NAE publication, Educating the Engineer of 2020.2The opportunity to provide an independent “outside-in” assessment of the scope and quality ofacademic programs worldwide is an idea whose time may be near. Consider, as an example, thefollowing press release “The University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering,one of the premier engineering schools in the U.S., has earned accreditation for three of itsgraduate degree programs from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and the PMI GlobalAccreditation Center for Project Management (GAC). The first engineering school to be soaccredited, the Clark School is also one of only three accredited

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald L. Skaar, San Diego State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa; Corey Evan Eichelberger; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

for his efforts on promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award for the recognition of applied research and development of renewable energy appli- cations at UNI and Iowa in general. He was recognized as an Advisor of the Year Award nominee among eight other UNI faculty members in 2010-2011 academic year Leadership Award Ceremony. Pecen re- ceived a Milestone Award for outstanding mentoring of graduate students at UNI, and recognition from UNI Graduate College for acknowledging the milestone that has been achieved in successfully chair- ing 10 or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He