Conference Session

Novel Energy Applications in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Schroeder, University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Walter Olson, University of Toledo; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-2497: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDRAULIC HYBRID VEHICLELABORATORY: INTEGRATING EDUCATION AND RESEARCHChristopher Schroeder, University of Toledo Christopher C. Schroeder is a graduate mechanical engineering student at The University of Toledo. He is working with Dr. Mohammad Elahinia on a project to develop "Multipurpose Educational Modules to Teach Hybrid Vehicle Technologies". Specifically Christopher says I am "working with colleagues to make hydraulic hybrid vehicles more suitable for commercialization…. I am excited and thrilled to be part of a university and a project which have the potential to make big changes in the automotive industry."Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

based on their FAFSAsubmission. The students attend six 50-minute workshops each semester on topics such asresumes, internships, research, portfolios, and graduate school. In addition, engineers withgraduate degrees who are working in industry are brought in as special speakers. Theseengineers describe how having a technical Master’s or a Ph.D. degree allows them to be involvedin more interesting projects. The students are encouraged to discuss research with professors andto write a research proposal with a professor to obtain School of Engineering funding to supportresearch. The students enter these programs as juniors or seniors. A third program, a NACME(National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) Academic Scholarship Program

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2735: ELEMENTARY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INENGINEERING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARYChristine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston Page 13.479.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Elementary Teacher Professional Development in Engineering: Lessons Learned from Engineering is ElementaryThe Engineering is Elementary (EiE, www.mos.org/eie) project aims to foster engineering andtechnological literacy among children and their educators. EiE is creating a research-based,standards-based, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technologyconcepts and skills with elementary science topics

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc McComb, Microchip Technology, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of the main components that may be found on agiven Timer/Counter module produced by Microchip—such as the source clock,Prescaler, Postscaler and Timer value register—is discussed as to how it affectsthe operational characteristics of the peripheral as a whole.Each Timer0 configuration bit is described by location and its effect on theoverall operational characteristics of the peripheral. Diagrams similar to thosefound in the datasheet are used for cohesion, only they are discussed in greaterdetail.“Hands-On” LabTo reinforce the functional characteristics of the Timer0 peripheral, a hands-onlab is next, which is introduced using the MPLAB IDE/PICC-Lite compiler. Thestudent is directed to develop a new project file and generate a .c source

Conference Session

ChE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Jerry Meldon, Tufts University; Anatoly Peresunko, Southern Federal University (Russia)

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

employment there while on leave in 1987. He has received two US patents for separation processes whose conception evolved from projects in which he developed mathematical models of simultaneous mass transfer and chemical reaction.Anatoly Peresunko, Southern Federal University (Russia) Associate Dean and Professor of Chemistry, Southern Federal University (Russia) Research interests include investigation of properties, crystal structure and phase transitions of solid-state inorganic compounds and materials; chemical education. Page 13.1080.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville; James Lewis, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

to a recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), locatedwithin the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S.population has become more diverse over the past two decades as the minority population groups(African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, and Asians/ PacificIslanders) have increased more rapidly than the White population. As projected for 2005,minorities made up approximately 33 percent of the U.S. population. These same minoritygroups are expected to represent nearly 39 percent of the total population by the year 2020.Furthermore, according to the latest population projections revealed by the US Census Bureauand depicted in Figure 1, these minority

Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg, Buffalo State College; Paul Siciliano, Buffalo State College; Clark Greene, Buffalo State College; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design as the focus of instruction in the technologies. This goal, longrecognized by technology educators in the United States, has been realized in the UK.During the 1960s there were growing 'grass roots' concerns in the UK that technology educationfocused predominantly on manual construction skills and neglected higher order thinking skills.To address this concern a series of government-supported studies, pilot projects and reports ledto a paradigm shift in UK technology education. The emphasis went from the training sphere toa focus on design as a process involving critical thinking skills such as evaluation, ideasgeneration and synthesis, as well as manual and manufacturing skills. This educational evolutionlead to the Parkes Report5 which

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning / International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; James Carlsen, University of Florida; Meghan Ritter, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

received from Princeton University his Ph.D. in Engineering (Multidisciplinary), also MS in Aerospace, MS in Mechanical, MSE in Civil Engineering, and an MSE in Reservoir Engineering/Water Resources (all from Princeton University), as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State. Prior to joining the academics, Nick worked in industry, where he served as Director of the Reservoir Engineering at Chevron Oil Corporation in California. He has taught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels in engineering science. He has performed research projects for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Oil Industry. He has

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

? Who else was involved in the design experience? What was your specific role in the experience? What were your responsibilities? How did you approach the task from beginning to where it is now? Can you walk me through the way you went about doing it? What did you do? What led to that? Why did you do that? ≠ Did your approach change over the course of the project? o If so, how and why? ≠ Did you learn anything about designing from your experience?Comparing Experiences (If time permits and depth has not been reached) ≠ Can you describe another practical experience you have had

Conference Session

Solar, Wind, and Novel Energy-System Initiatives

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

analyticalcomparisons. The steps of investigation of hydraulic door closer, door opening/closing phases,selection of a viable storage device, and camera integration have been conducted by seniorelectronics major students. Each student spent approximately 8 hours in the Electronics lab in the___________ Building at ________ State University. Progress meetings were scheduled everyWednesday to discuss issues and problems that encountered during research with courseinstructor. Some of the students spent their own money to purchase parts to help the project. Thedevices in the Electronics lab used for this experimental research project. Also, students wereprovided easy access to the lab any time during the day

Conference Session

Implementation of Experiments in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benxin Wu, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

beenfound that many students feel that the class is a little bit boring, and one of the reasons is that theclass does not have an experimental section, and the students do not have the opportunities to seeand/or practice what they have seen in the lecture notes or textbooks. For example, during thefinal official evaluation of the class organized by the university, some students commented:• “This course is only theory based. Student can not have any practical knowledge about the different machining process.• “Student should have the opportunity to do practical manufacturing project.”It has also been found that the attendance rate became lower as the class went on, and in somecases it even dropped to below 30%, implying the lack of the

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Alleman, Purdue University; Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana; Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Brett Gunnink, Montana State University; George List, North Carolina State University; Roger Smith, Texas A&M University; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

– Synthesis), Outcome 8 (Problem Recognition and Problem Solving;Level 4 – Analysis), and Outcome 15 (Technical Specialization; Level 5 – Synthesis).The ten participating programs were asked to identify the various types of master-level programs Page 14.3.8they offer. Five different graduate level pathways were identified: a master of science (MS)with thesis, an MS without thesis but with a scholarly project, a master of engineering (MEng)with a scholarly project, an MEng with only coursework, and other options not listed. For eachmasters-level program offered, the ten programs were asked to assess the achievement level oftheir masters graduates

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

their teaching. Even though classes were taught in Dari, westill found that we were able to conduct an adequate assessment and provide useful instructorfeedback. Spending time in the classroom provided us with different ideas for our classroom andgave us some insight into what works and what does not work. Teaching the seminar and seeingthe new faculty members’ excitement and desire to do more inspired and reminded us to exudethe characteristics which make teachers great in our own classroom.Bringing Relevance into the ClassroomAnother great part of this experience was that in a developing country like Afghanistan,infrastructure development is a huge mission for the nation. At NMAA, there were numerousongoing construction projects on the

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Professional Engineer, who is inresponsible charge of a project. The appropriate utilization of the CE Technologist in the civilengineering industry can help to correct what appears to be a poor utilization of labor that occurswhen P.E.s are performing common analysis tasks such as slope stability or surface water run-offcalculations for several days or weeks of the month. There is no need to have a P.E., or even tohave passed the F.E exam, or to have had courses in Calculus III and a third science to properlydraw a flow net, or to make bearing capacity calculations, or to size a reinforced concrete beamand select the proper reinforcement. Granted, in many offices such analyses are often done byentry level civil engineering graduates, or engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

research projects while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH Dr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, digital logic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Program. He is an Associated Editor for student papers of the Journal of Technology Interface (http://engr.nmsu.edu/~etti/). He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983.Miguel Ramos

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

learning to determine if we haveachieved these desired outcomes. We believe that one very fruitful approach is to focus onmodels and modeling, especially the development and use of model eliciting activities or MEAs8-10 . We propose that this construct, developed initially by mathematics educators, can be both animportant learning intervention, as well as a research tool, and can be tightly coupled with otherassessment tools. To that extent, under funding from National Science Foundation (CCLI Phase3) - Collaborative Research: Improving Engineering Students’ Learning Strategies ThroughModels and Modeling - we are leading a seven university study to do exactly that11. Below wedescribe the MEA methodology, provide an overview of the project, and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aman Yadav, Purdue University; Gregory Shaver, Purdue University; Peter Meckl, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

), 375-381.6. Cowan, D. (2006). Adopt a building project: Utilizing the existing (case studies) to teach construction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.7. Yadav, A. "Video Cases in Teacher Education: What Role Does Task Play in Learning from Video Cases in Two Elementary Education Literacy Methods Courses?" Doctoral Dissertation, Michigan State University, 2006.8. Lundeberg, M A, and A Yadav. "Assessment of Case Study Teaching: Where Do We Go from Here? Part I." Journal of College Science Teaching 35, no. 5 (2006): 10-13.9. Lundeberg, M A, and A Yadav. "Assessment of Case Study Teaching: Where Do We Go from Here? Part 2." Journal of College

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

from knowing a student who is the first in their family to leavetheir small town to attempt a bachelor's degree. Rapport with students can begin to be built asadvisors bridge their own experiences to what the students will soon be experiencing.Questioning the student about why they are choosing their major also allows the advisor to selectappropriate exploration routes. If a student says they are choosing a discipline like engineeringbecause they love math and its applications, then the advising can direct students to findindependent research projects or summer programs where they will be exposed to these types oflearning. Finally, a complete student background can be done by filling in information about thestudents academic background on

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Stice, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-16, 28-30, 48 (1967).7. Keller, F. S., personal conversation, 1973.8. Eric V. Thompson, “A Brief History of Major Oil Companies in the Gulf Region,” Petroleum Archives Project, Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies Program (APAG), University of Virginia (no date). Available at http://www.virginia.edu/lgpr/APAG/apagoilhistory.html.9. Robert V. Droz, “Standard Oil: 1961,” July 12, 2001. Available at http://www.us- highways.com/sohist1961/htm Page 14.96.5

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

project is attempting to change the culture of the campus inorder to increase the number of women faculty in STEM and to help further the careers of thosealready on campus. Mentoring Circles have been created to allow networking among a smallgroup of women and reduce the burden on any individual of implementing such a program.IntroductionMentoring programs have been implemented to improve the retention and increase the success offaculty at many universities, especially for women in the male-dominated fields of science andengineering.1, 2, 3, 4 A number of different models have been used for the mentoring programsincluding the traditional dyadic relationship of a mentor and protégé, referred to as the groomingmentoring model, a less-structured

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Michael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

above discussions of entropy and 2nd law control volume selection are generally well received the author still sees the projection of a physical meaning to entropy as one of the greatest challenges in Thermodynamic instruction. References [1] A.C.Foley(2007)Escape from Carnot : A new way to introduce the mysterious property, entropy. ASEE 2007 National convention, Hawaii AC 2007-233 [2] Cengel. Y.A, Boles M.A (2008) Thermodynamics an engineering approach. Chapter 7, p395. 6th Ed. Mcgraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-352921-9 [3] A.C.Foley (2006) Applying the ‘catch all’ general control volume and the Reynolds transport equation to improve thermodynamic instruction.. ASEE National

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, the operation ofour own Course Management System (CMS) as a fee-based self-sustaining business operation,our ongoing applied research projects for the mining industry and defense agencies, ourpartnerships with other colleges, universities, industry, and government, the creation of our ETAL fundraising unit, and the operation of the shop CART store.The vision of CART is to become a highly respected resource for innovative engineering andemerging technologies in the discovery of advanced research and design of applications thatdrive our economic viability, solve industrial problems, and strengthen economic security andnational defense.Our specific mission is to produce outstanding financial returns by providing efficient andeffective research

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Xiaobing Hou, Southeast Missouri State University; Charlie Wallgren, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

trunk configuration,2.5 WLAN segmentWireless LAN is an integral part of the lab. Integrated service routers that provide both wiredconnections and wireless access capability are used. The students in wireless networking classes(undergraduate and graduate) perform laboratory experiments beyond the range of the integratedtelecommunications laboratory, considering that lab and project activities involve the wirelessLANs covering buildings or even the entire campus.2.6 Wired Data Network segment (Room 218)This segment was the first TCN networking lab. It features fifteen computer stations, eachequipped with two computers. Other networking devices include fifteen Cisco routers, nineCisco switches and one 3com switch. The devices are used by the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Magin; Margery Osborne; Bruce Bertram; Bruce Wheeler

activities were group execution of projects and construction of reports,where electronic file exchange made progress possible without the extra time needed to meet in person.However, the small size of the classes precluded the achievement of the critical mass needed to support ahighly interactive asynchronous environment. It was found that the all-electronic assignment methodology was effective once students werecomfortable with the computer environment and as long as the assignments were relatively simple. Morecomplex assignments often brought inefficiencies stemming from the difficulties of assembling large filesfrom multiple sources. Instructors often preferred printed documents to enable them to scan moreefficiently reports for

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard J. Reid

add $6,$6,$6 # count *= 2;Conclusions By using a simulation model of areal pipelined machine, in the computer architecture course laboratory, students complete arealistic design. Student work is easily validated in this laboratory since acorrect model allows executionof the standard codefortheMIPS microprocessor. Opportunities exist for reasonable extensions in this laboratory work. Themicroprocessor currently imple-mentedhas only thee stages ofpiWlining--this can beelaborated tothefour ormorecomonly used. Cache implementations of theinstruction memory is planned as an addition for these projects in the future.References1. B. Maccabe ’’Computer Systems: Architecture, Organization, andProgramming,” RichardD

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Tommy L. Waskom; Ping Liu

introduce students to compression molding of composite from recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) and recycled automobile tire particles. To optimize the process parameters using design of experiments (DOE) techniques.Equipment: 1. Compression molding machine (A metallurgical specimen press can be good enough.) 2. Compression molds 3. Cutoff wheel or other cutting toolsIntroduction: Plastic and rubber recycling is an effective means of reducing solid waste to the environment andpreserving natural resources. A project aimed at developing a new composite material from recycled highdensity polyethylene (HDPE) and recycled rubber is currently being conducted at Eastern Illinois University.The recycled plastic

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kaczorowski; Fazil Najafi

University of Florida Paul Thompson (352) 392-0537 136 Table 2 presents credit-hour requirements for UF engineering programs. This data was prepared by W.Viessman, Jr., Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at UF. The compilation isfor projected program hours for the 1996-97 catalog. Page 1.448.3 ?@iki; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kinney

way for goodstudents . There are many more topics that could, and perhaps should, be included. I would likemuch more time on the analysis of designed experiments; we should spend more time onregression, especially with recent developments. One must caution, however, that our studentsare primarily deterministic thinkers and have only rarely been introduced to probabilisticmodels and random variation. They must shift intellectual gears to become comfortable withprobabilistic thinking. It is obvious that employers would like entering engineers to be more acquainted withstatistical process control and quality methods in general. The students are increasingly interested in hands-on experiences. It would be nice toinclude some projects

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Sexton

tutorials, students are guided through a project whose end results “look” more impressive, but the lack of breath in the basic commands is detrimental when more complex drawings are encountered. Tutorial Design Inherent and critical to the success of this instructional method is the need for the tutorials to follow sound instructional design principles. Some of the important principles imperative for success are: 1) stating Page 1.449.2,- . .- . . .- f@Xa/ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘O,JHYH:wha~~task is (including the commands

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Brown; Harry Sills

recovering propylene. c. determine the size of the phase separators and whether they should be horizontal or vertical. d. determine the temperature, pressure, flowrate, and composition in each of the process streams. Use the CACHE program to calculate the temperature and pressure in streams 5, 6, and 7, and to calculate enthalpy changes across heat exchangers for the propylene, octane mixtures. e. Select an appropriate heat transfer fluid for H-3. Estimate equipment costs using cost indexes and scaling factors. The following figures are also provided: Chilled Water (40°F) - $0.093/ton Steam - $8.07/ton yearly operation -8000 hours project life -8 years