Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #8953Synchronous Machine Winding Layout & Flux Animation ToolHerbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herbert L. (Herb) Hess is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho. He received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. His has written more than 110 technical papers in electrical power systems, power electronics, analog electronics, electric machines and drives, and renewable energy systems.Dr. Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow Brian K. Johnson received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin- Madison

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

interests include electrocardiography, 3D modeling, and simulation of the adverse electrical and thermal effects of electrosurgical devices. He is a member of the IEEE and ASEE. Page 23.91.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Project Based Implementation of a Power Systems Course for Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractWestern Carolina University (WCU) is the only educational institution that offers engineeringand technology degrees in the western part of the state. As the power industry is becoming one ofthe major recruiters of our

Conference Session

Computer Applications in Energy Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Li, Youngstown State University; Theodore Burke, Ajax Tocco; Jalal Jalali, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

vital that the IGBT pairs have the same turn on/off pulse at exactlythe same time to maintain the inductive current in the induction heating coil. P N Figure 4: IGBT gate signal generated by the gate driversCircuit simulations and field measurementThe PSPICE computer simulations help students gain knowledge of the circuit before buildingthe circuits and understand the system design process better. Unlike the standard resistors,capacitors and inductors, in real world system design, the values of the capacitance, inductanceand resistance have to be measured using LCR meters.To model the induction heating circuit, the induction coil with load can be

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Outcomes: • Enhance creativity through the creation of a relevant and appropriate presentation. • Practice a systematic design process. • Design presentation with your audience in mind. • Create activities to stimulate audience interest and involvement. • Assess presentation (following classroom interaction) while focusing on strengths, areas of improvements, and insights gained. • Apply and strengthen Thermodynamic knowledge through teaching others. • Improve communication abilities through written, verbal, and graphical means. • Strengthen teamwork abilities.Scope and Details: • Design a presentation/demonstration for an identified target audience. • Create a relevant, interesting talk. • Include computer simulations

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, University of Wyoming; Steven Fletcher, University of Wyoming; Sadrul Ula, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

experimental dataand the simulation data.This compact introduction to wind and solar electric energy is designed to be taught in the last four classmeetings of the power system course. The first class is the introduction to wind and solar electric energy,different categories of wind and solar electric energy, selection criteria, distributed generation, and thepast, present and future trends of renewable resources. The second class is to introduce the grid-connectedwind turbine using MATLAB/SIMULINK (assuming that students already know MATLAB/SIMULINK;otherwise they can have extra help from the instructor). The steady state and the transient behavior wouldbe analyzed. This class should use PowerPoint and/or animation software for the presentation. The

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

equipmentusually contains exercises, which allow students to obtain speed-torque characteristicsexperimentally6. Both simulation and laboratory experiments provide students with basicvisualization of speed-torque characteristics. Recent advancements in computer simulation anddata acquisition make it possible to enhance visualization and provide a broader and deepercoverage of material7-8. The MathCAD® E-book concept provides an easy to use method forintegrating these topics and promotes student learning9. Page 13.476.2Integrated Approach to SimulationThe approach taken for this work was to combine the interactive capabilities of the E-book witha computerized

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Wendy Mahen, PennSylvania State University; Mark Deluca, Pennsylvania State University; Martin Gutowski, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

dynamic explanation is shown in Figure 6. In accordance with the CognitiveTheory of Multimedia Learning, integrating the animation of the problems with thenarrated descriptions allowed students to use both their auditory and visual channels,resulting in reduced cognitive load and more effective processing of incominginformation (Mayer & Moreno, 2003).In addition to the online lessons, students also completed four simulations. Allsimulations included the caricature of the instructor and were highly interactive. Thesimulations presented the students with practical, real-world situations where theknowledge they attained in the course could be put to use, such as calculating the costsavings from adding additional insulation to a house. The

Conference Session

Green Energy Manufacturing and Sustainable Energy Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Toshika Fegade, Drexel University; Yu-Chieh (Jamie) Wu, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation, Manufacturing

undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous re- search experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.Toshika Fegade, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) I am a fine young lady in the field of robotics, machine learning, and computer vision. Currently, I am a graduate student at Drexel University, majoring in systems (Electrical Engineering) and a minor in Computer Science. I am working as a Research Assistant in the Engineering Technology department at Drexel. I am currently working on

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

software simulations of physical entities, suchas electronic circuits, denies the user a chance to physically handle the circuit components orconstruct the circuit.3 On the other hand, simulation has another major advantage in that asimulation is task- and learner-neutral; it models an object/system construction and operation orlearning situation. Within simulation functionality, there are no restrictions on the student’sactions. Thus, the advantages of simulation outnumber its disadvantages. In the areas ofelectrical and electronics engineering and technology and manufacturing technology, there arenumerous uses for simulation, starting from simulation of electric circuits to complex tasks suchas electromagnetic fields, networking, computer

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Pradeep K. Behera, University of the District of Columbia; Abiose Adebayo, University of the District of Columbia; Xueqing Song, University of the District of Columbia; Mademba Cisse, University of the District of Columbia; Ismael DJibril Boureima, University of the District of Columbia; Ashish Bhandari, University of the District of Columbia; Mekonnen Hailegiorgis, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and tools. I have been working as Research Assistant for a year studying the different types of biomass, the digestion process, digesters performance factors, and the thermodynamics analysis and calculation of the energy contents of methane gas.Ashish Bhandari, University of the District of Columbia Ashish Bhandari was a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia, with a B.S.E.E. degree in 2010 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His specialization area is in embedded systems design and microprocessor control of mechanical systems. He is currently seeking

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Advanced General Aviation • Pattern Recognition of Biological Pho-tomicrographs Using Coherent Optical Techniques Nick also received his four masters; in AerospaceEngineering, Civil Engineering, Operation Research, and Mechanical Engineering all from PrincetonUniversity during the years from 1973 through 1976. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanicalengineering, with minor in Mathematics from Michigan State. Nick has served and held positions inAdministration (Civil, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Manu-facturing, Bioengineering, Material Science), and as Faculty in the engineering department for the pasttwenty seven years.Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

elements to the more well-knownFormula SAE TM car, the hybrid car requires more electrical and computer interface designaspects to the overall project. These are unique to hybrid vehicles. Important basic questionssuch as should the vehicle be a series or parallel power system design will have a dramaticimpact on how a team proceeds. These unique design features and alternative energy aspects ofhybrid vehicles make this a challenging, ideal real-world senior design and university-basedstudent club project. As a result there are valuable teaching and learning opportunities forstudents, and faculty, in this rapidly developing future growth area of the automotive field.Lawrence Tech has now participated in this competition over the past two years

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E McDermott P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

appeals to more students.Over a period of two terms, we have implemented several improvements to the lab work. Theoriginal seven hardware lab experiments were replaced with six new hardware experiments andsix new computer software labs. Thus, the course’s hands-on laboratory content nearly doubled.The new hardware experiments feature power electronics, new machines and newinstrumentation. The new computer modeling assignments feature finite element and multi-domain system simulation software.In the fall 2014 term, we have also “flipped” the course. Each week, students watchapproximately 40 minutes of video, broken into segments. Most of the videos are screencasts thatintroduce new concepts or illustrate example problems in advance of the lecture

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

course in the previous year, volunteered to help design and troubleshootthe fuel cell experimentation lab.The three students from the class worked together and presented to the class the result of theirexperience, emphasizing the lessons learned and knowledge gained working with actual Page 25.1195.4components and systems as compared to reading about them or being exposed to simulations,animations, and videos presented in lecture. The other student worked independently. Theauthor was present for the lab experience to answer questions, provide procedural guidance andtechnical advice, to ask questions to explore and affirm student understanding and

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Cross-Disciplinary Learning”. Computer Support forCollaborative Learning. Article No. 19, Proceedings of the 1999 conference on Computer support for collaborativelearning, Palo Alto, California, 1999.18 Bell, D., Scott, B., Kahrhoff, J., Seymour, S., Tamashiro, R., “Innovative Cross-Disciplinary Learning-CenteredStrategies in WebCT. http://webct.confex.com/webct/2005/preliminaryprogram/session_2385.htm19 Fazzolari, R., “Renewable Energy Systems”. AME445/545, Department of Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering, University of Arizona.20 Russel, I., Georgiopoulos, M., Castro, J., Neller, T., McCracken, D., Bouvier, D., "Condensing the CC-2001 corein an Integrated Curriculum," CCSCNE (Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges in the Northeast