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2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel A Ramos; Mayuri Mahajan; Vishal Naik; Aditya Gupta

the realworld challenges. The speakers are engaged in the cutting age of their industry. Theyoften bring in a new perspective to the senior project. A few of the speakers are membersof the ET industrial advisory board and are familiar with the curriculum and providevaluable feedback for the improvement of the senior project course. Others areentrepreneurs and CEOs and enlighten the students by discussing the success of theircompanies. These guest speakers influence the students a lot as they not only learn aboutthe various phases of project cycle but are also exposed to the latest trends in thetechnical fields.ET Faculty Speakers- Volunteer faculty members who are interested in mentoringstudents present their research and expertise. A

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2008 GSW

Authors

Mario Ortiz; Professor Andrea Mammoli; Professor Peter Vorobief

cooling load. Thisproject demonstrates the technical viability of absorption chillers. The project economics weredominated by the capital cost of the absorption chiller and the solar collector array which, todate, are still very expensive. A conventional vapor compression cycle has lower capital costs thatcan be offset by the lower operating costs of an absorption chiller installation. Advances inabsorption chiller technology and higher electricity prices would make solar absorption chillersmore economically viable.Running chillers and boilers off peak and storing hot or cold water in thermal energy storage canproduce savings if the utility offers discounted off peak electrical rates. This practice also helpsthe utility to run efficiently by

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2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel Ramos

Intellectual Property Management. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationThe third workshop is on research in technical and science libraries and is presented bythe College of Technology Librarian.Guest Speakers-The guest speaker series is designed to introduce students to the realworld challenges. The speakers are engaged in the cutting age of their industry. Theyoften bring in a new perspective to the senior project. A few of the speakers are membersof the ET industrial advisory board and are familiar with the curriculum and providevaluable feedback for the improvement

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2008 GSW

Authors

Marwan Al-Haik; Zayd Leseman; Claudia Luhrs; Mahmoud Reda Taha

Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) andMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). This course is highly multi-disciplinary due to the cross-listing of the course with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum (ECE 519).What makes this approach unique is that: while familiarizing student with nanotechnology, it willnot strain the general outline of classical materials science course for being introduced as a set ofseparate modules. Moreover the proposed integration of nanotechnology into materials science corecourses and interdepartmental technical electives will readily provide students with differentbackgrounds from crosscutting programs (mechanical and civil engineering) with nanotechnologyexperience that is naturally interdisciplinary

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2008 GSW

Authors

Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth Van Treuren

Session XXXX 17-4 On the Use of TRNSYS in a Solar Energy Technical Elective Ian A. Gravagne Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University, Waco, TX Kenneth Van Treuren Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Baylor University, Waco, TX AbstractAs concerns about energy infrastructure, sustainability and