Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley; Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 11.145.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 AWESOME: A Web Enabled Study Of Mechanical Engineering1 AbstractIn this paper we present a dynamic, multi-media, web-based approach to student learning.Hyper-linked text and images allow students to guide their own education with regard tothe intent and content of mechanical engineering courses and to discover the applications ofparticular courses and subject areas.2 IntroductionThe goal of our research is not traditional engineering education as found in mechanicalengineering courses such as dynamics, vibrations, and so on. In these courses the goal isto transmit a well defined body of knowledge. A mechanical engineering major

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, SUNY

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Construction

high inthe employers’ list of desirable attributes. ABET also placed high priority oncommunication in their required program outcomes for engineering and technologygraduates. Also, it is obvious to the faculty members that students need extended writingpractice beyond their English courses. This paper describes the writing in the discipline(WID) program initiated at Farmingdale State and how the construction managementprogram has set up its courses to satisfy the requirements. The writing in the disciplineprogram emphasizes writing critically and in case of technical courses it should haveanalysis and problem solving mode. So, it is critical to have the assignments are designedand articulated in a manner that proves critical thinking among the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Eswara Venugopal

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

-varying characteristics of thecurrent through the capacitor.4 The model was implemented in the introductory laboratory.In this paper, we study the temperature dependence of the resistance of the lamp using data fromthe RC circuit experiment. The paper is arranged as follows: In Section II, we give a brief Page 11.190.2introduction to the theory of RC circuits with varying resistance. We also present a model for thetemperature dependence of the resistance of a lamp filament. In Section III, we describe theexperimental results and compare them with previously published research. We summarize ourfindings in Section IV.II. TheoryThe treatment of RC

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Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-1146: A NEW RAPID MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM DESIGNLABORATORY DEVELOPMENT FOR DIGITAL DESIGN EDUCATIONYong-Kyu Jung, Texas A&M University YONG-KYU JUNG is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in College Station. He received his B.S.E.E. from Korea University (Seoul) in 1985, an M.S.E.E. and a Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) in 1997 and in 2001 respectively. He was a vice president of VLSI technology (2001-2004) at VP Technologies Inc. His research interest is R4 Computing that is Rapid, Reconfigurable and Reliable computing systems design and implementation for future Reengineering

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

developing countries to engage effectively in the global economy; direct foreign investment, international trade, mobility of engineers, and the flow of work to countries with cost effective talent will result. • Indigenous science and technology capacity is needed to insure that international aid funds are utilized effectively and efficiently – for initial project implementation, for long-term operation and maintenance, and for the development of capacity to do future projects. And a sufficient pool of engineers can enable a developing country to address the UN’s Millennium Development Goals effectively, including poverty reduction, safe water and sanitation, etc

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-697: ACTIVE-LEARNING BASED LABORATORY FOR INTRODUCTORYTHERMODYNAMICS COURSEMahmoud Ardebili, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY Mahmoud Ardebili, Ph.D., PE. is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Engineering Science Program at Borough of Manhattan Community College/City University of New York. He teaches Engineering Graphics, Thermodynamics, and Freshman Design classes. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, alternatively fueled vehicles and engineering education. Page 11.155.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Active-Learning Based Laboratory for

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What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

these;only the initial displacement response is shown here as the three GUIs are similar. TheMATLAB GUI is shown in Figure 4.The student is allowed to enter the mass, damping and stiffness for a single degree of freedomsecond order system (with manual entry for specific values or using slider bars) to see the effectsof changing parameters. The GUI reports the natural frequency, damping ratio and the criticaldamping. The plotted characteristics of the GUI include time, frequency and s-planeinformation. This enables the student to quickly see the inter-relationship of each of theseimportant forms for presenting the data. Students often do not clearly understand the inter-relationship between the three different modes of presentation and the GUI

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Mark Humphries, University of Texas-Tyler; Leonardo Estevez, Texas Instruments Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-797: REAL TIME SYSTEMS LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT:EXPERIMENTS FOCUSING ON A DUAL CORE PROCESSORMukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler MUKUL SHIRVAIKAR received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1993. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He has also held positions at Texas Instruments and the University of West Florida. His research interests include real-time imaging, embedded systems and pattern recognition.Mark Humphries, University of Texas-Tyler MARK HUMPHRIES received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from the University of Texas at Tyler, and is a

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Virtual Toolkit for Communication Systems, which takes advantage ofLabVIEW’s graphical user interface. This paper describes the use of the same toolkit in a classproject that demonstrates a novel idea for envelope detection of amplitude modulated (AM)signals. It first proposes a new technique of envelope detection using sampling. It then presents amathematical model and analysis to show the feasibility of this new technique. Finally, theresults of a simulation of the proposed technique using the toolkit will be presented followed by adiscussion of the evolution of the toolkit from a demo package to a research tool.I. IntroductionThis paper is a follow-up on recent papers that describe a simulation toolkit for communicationsystems based on

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

and then in Oklahoma State University-Stillwater. His research fields include semiconductor devices and electronic circuits. Since joining Southeast Missouri State University in 2007, he also inves- tigated in the field of Engineering Education.Dr. David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University David Probst is Professor and Chair of the Physics and Engineering Physics Department at Southeast Missouri State University. Prior to joining Southeast, he was with McDonnell Douglas Corporation (now the Boeing Company) in St. Louis, MO. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Thinking and Understanding from Writing Yumin Zhang

Conference Session

Teaching Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Jerry Qu, University at Buffalo ; Adres Nuri, University at Buffalo ; Syed Ali Hasan, University at Buffalo; Nilanjan Kundu, University at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #19448Torsion Tests to Study Plastic Deformation in Ductile MaterialsProf. Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyay teaches mechanics, manufacturing and design at the University at Buffalo. He has authored a text on Pressure Vessel s and till recently was an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. His research interests are in the areas of fatigue and fracture of metals, carbon nanotubes, multi-scale material modeling and engineering education. He had a very successful industrial career with Westinghouse Electric where he directed and performed

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #25103Integration of Physics Fundamentals to Prepare Students for the Hi-TechWorld through Design of Filters Deployable in Mobile CommunicationDr. Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of electrical and computer Engineering and is found- ing Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Laboratories at the University Massachusetts Lowell. Professor Prasad initiated the Microelectronics/ VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching 16.469/16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470/504 VLSI Fabrication courses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Pro- fessor Prasad

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 1 - Capstone & Case Study

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William P. Manion, University of Maine; Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

” documents crew activities withthe daily log, safety, quality and productivity evaluations, and takes photos. Initial team peerevaluations are also completed.Eventually, as construction is completed, or nearly complete, the third and final reflective phaseof the course is conducted, when students present to our industrial advisory board, develop aposter of their work, evaluate their peers’ teamwork on the project, and reflect on their learningby responding to a survey. When presenting to our program’s industrial advisory board, studentsare asked to talk about their scope of work, what they actually worked on, and challenges andlessons learned. This gives students an opportunity to reflect on their work and learning prior tocompleting the reflective

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bradley James Schmid, University of Saskatchewan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, our college undertook a review[3] of the curriculumrelated to engineering economics to more fully understand the topics typically encompassed inthe subject area of engineering economics[3]. The review consisted of an internal review of theengineering programs offered at our institution, a review of engineering textbooks commerciallyavailable, an environmental scan of the fifteen most research-intensive universities in Canada(termed the U15 universities), and survey of industry representatives. The result of this studywas a list of recommended topics that should be included in an engineering economics course,including some areas where new resources would need to be developed. Some examples ofmaterials that the improvement study recommended

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #23324Exploring Mind Maps for Assessment in an Introductory Chemical Engineer-ing CourseProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Prof. Joshua Enszer is an assistant professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Uni- versity of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and math- ematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment

Conference Session

EDGD: Assessment & Student Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Luis Genaro Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin, Waukesha

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

  Minimum Score  13  Maximum Score  30  Median Score  22 ResultsThe initial statistical analysis provides information that results in conclusions similar to the onesthat have been previously reported [10]. For example, by obtaining the correlation coefficientmatrix for the data set it indicates that gender is not a strong factor (Figure 1). Similarly, there issome indication on decreasing correlation between answers for higher number questions toTop25 scores. Figure 1. Correlation coefficients for validation.After this validation processes, RapidMiner was applied to the dataset to look at

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #18723Interactive Digital Logic Laboratory for K-12 Students (Work in Progress)Dr. Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science & Technology ROHIT DUA, Ph.D is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and Missouri State University’s Coopera- tive Engineering Program. His research interests include engineering education. (http://web.mst.edu/˜rdua/) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Interactive Digital Logic Laboratory for K-12 Students (Work in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis E. Monterrubio, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

variables (in Abaqus this can be symmetry, manufacturing) (1) where 𝑛ℎ: number of equality constraints 𝑛g: number of inequality constraints 𝑛: number of design variables 𝑥𝑖𝑙: lower bound of the design variable 𝑥𝑖 𝑥𝑖𝑢: upper bound of the design variable 𝑥𝑖The additional steps, after the static stress analysis, to set up a topology optimization in Abaqusare a. Create an Optimization task – Topology optimization b. Create Strain_Energy design response -single-term, select the whole model c. Create Volume design response -single-term, select the whole model d. Create objective function Strain_Energy e. Create optimization constraints. Defining a fraction of the initial value =0.X f. Create the Geometric Restrictions – frozen area, better

Conference Session

Perspectives on Service Learning: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Steve Feazel, Vision Word

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #25087Engagement in Practice: CAD Education via Service LearningDr. David Che, Mount Vernon Nazarene University Dr. Che had worked in the industry for eleven years before beginning his teaching career. He first taught at Geneva College in Pennsylvania and then at Anderson University in Indiana before joining Mount Ver- non Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 2016. He is now Chair and Professor of Engineering at MVNU. His research interests include CAD/CAM/CAE, automotive engineering, man- ufacturing engineering, mechanical design, engineering mechanics, engineering education, engineering ethics

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students about lifelong learning, theimportance of licensure and ethics in engineering design and build. The assignment has evolvedover the years and now includes a demonstration, free-body diagram and statics analysis. Thedemonstration and statics analysis of the original design and as-built conditions are completedbefore the Hyatt Regency disaster is described. Students are initially provided with schematics ofthe original and as-built designs and tasked with drawing the free body diagrams, completing thestatics analysis and explaining the difference in the two systems. During the followingdemonstration, students load weight on scale models of both the as-built and original designconfigurations of the suspended walkways of the Hyatt Regency

Conference Session

Making in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ethan Reggia, University of Maryland, College Park; Kevin M Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Justin Albrecht, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

  19​these skills is accomplished through a blended learning class structure​ .  The first half of the semester is mostly instruction based, addressing the technical content required for the project, while the second half of the course is mostly hands­on, to allow the students to complete the project. Students work in teams to develop, prototype, and assemble a working vehicle by applying the material taught in the first half of the semester. Introducing additive manufacturing is intended to aid in conveying these skills, particularly with manufacturing and design. The students learn more about manufacturing by experiencing the entire design life cycle, from initial plans to creating a physical part. The printers allow students to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

improvestudent’s overall engagement. The assessments also indicated that there was a link betweenstudent performance and engagement1. Further assessment during Phase 2 demonstrated that theimpact was highly dependent on how the material was used and what the overall course formatwas. However, student feedback was consistent in viewing the most interesting aspect ofthermodynamics as the “real-world” connection2. Additional research questions have beengenerated concerning the role of student motivation and engagement in class as well as howreadability and material formatting affect student impact.II. Description of the Engaged in Thermodynamics MaterialThe current format has been reached through repeated student evaluations and redesigns and canbe found at

Conference Session

Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University; Kevin L Devine, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #12034Engineering Design Graphics Instruction Through a Lens of Cultural-HistoricalLearning TheoryDr. Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University Dr. Branoff is a professor and chair of the Department of Technology at Illinois State University. He taught engineering graphics, computer-aided design, descriptive geometry, and instructional design courses in the College of Education at North Carolina State University from 1986-2014. He also worked for Siemens- Switchgear Division and for Measurement Group, Inc. Dr. Branoff’s research interests include constraint- based solid modeling strategies and spatial

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

situation from the 1970s. Three engineers whoworked on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) project, Holger Hjortsvang, Max Blankenzee,and Robert Bruder, discovered severe problems with the project’s Automated Train ControlSystem. After their initial reports documenting the problems were dismissed by their supervisors,the three engineers contacted a member of the BART Board of Directors to express theirconcerns. Consequentially, the problems were made public in a press conference. Shortlyafterwards, the three engineers were fired by BART management with no reason given. Despiteacting in accordance with widely acknowledged principles of professional ethics aroundprotecting the safety of the public, as this case illustrates, such actions may result in

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Plouff, Ed.D., P.E., is the Interim Director of the School of Engineering and the James R. Sebastian Chair of Engineering Cooperative Education and Educational Development at Grand Valley State Uni- versity. He oversees the operations of the School of Engineering, including course scheduling, budget, coordination of assessment efforts, and the mandatory cooperative education program. As an Associate Professor, his research interests include effective assessment of engineering education, cooperative educa- tion, transition to and from the engineering educational environment, and first-year engineering program development. Prof. Plouff has a Doctorate in Education from Eastern Michigan University, a Master’s degree in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

laboratory development, antennas, wireless communica- tions, signal processing, and instrumentation.Dr. Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy Richard J. Hartnett is a professor of electrical engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, his M.S.E.E. degree from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. in EE from the University of Rhode Island. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut, and his research interests include efficient digital fil- tering methods, improved receiver signal processing techniques for electronic navigation systems, and autonomous vehicle design

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, Pasadena, CA and an Invited Professor at INRIA Rhone-Alpes, Monbonnot, France. Research interests include computer vision, mobile robotics, intelligent vehicles, entrepreneurship, and education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Flipping the Design Class using “Off-the-shelf” Content: Can it work?ABSTRACTThe benefits and challenges of flipping classrooms have been demonstrated in many recentpapers, including several presented in the Mechanical Engineering Division at AmericanSociety for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition. This,combined with very negative student reviews of the current textbook, convinced the authorat Ohio Northern University (ONU) to experiment with a

Conference Session

Viewpoints, Perspectives, and Creativity in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aatish Bhatia, Princeton University; Maria E. Garlock P.E., Princeton University; Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of experience working with K-16 students and educators. She is interested in exploring the intersection of cognition, affect, and identity within STEM education and operationalizing research findings to provide an excellent and equitable education to all students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engaging Students With The Creative Art of Civil Engineering  Introduction and Overview  We report on the progress of a multi­institutional NSF­funded education project called the Creative Art of Structural and Civil Engineering. The specific goals of the project are to:  1. Transform an introductory engineering course with dramatically improved interactivity and accessibility for

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Phillip Shelley, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Forrest Satterfield, Satterfield Technologies ; Rohit Borah, University Innovation Fellows, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Murray Dean Ladner III, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Student

tocreate a sustainable program. This process is an inherently iterative one, and we will explain thekey lessons learned during the development and implementation of the space.Our discussion of the makerspace’s implementation will be supported by both quantitative andobservational data from the first months of our space being created. Through this paper, we aimto present our methods and experiences with the hope that students interested in the makerspacemovement as starting points for students interested in starting their own spaces on campus.IntroductionSupported by the National Science Foundation-funded University Innovation Fellows program,our initial team of four students was formed with the objective of enhancing a culture ofinnovation and

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sung Joon Suk, Western Carolina University; Steven Anthony Sciara, Western Carolina University; George D Ford, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. There is a great deal ofconsideration for the environment among the residents in the region, and this was a primaryreason given by the owners for installing the system. Many of the people in the region aregenuinely concerned with the preservation of the beauty of the mountains and surrounding area.The PV system is grid connected and has provided an income stream for the past five years. Thesystem was partially funded by tax credits through rebates provided by federal and state programsamounting to 65% of the initial approximate $20,000 costs of installation. Income paid by thepower company has amounted to about $3800 since the system was connected, about six yearsago.Students in the Construction Management program at Western Carolina University