Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

decades there have also been not only significantadvances in the renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and sustainability, but also anincreased demand for trained engineers and technicians in these areas. To maintain current livingstandards in developed countries and increase the quality of life in developing countries,sustainability and energy efficiency need to be at the core of all engineering activities. Thisrequires the development of innovative curricula, new courses and laboratories to educatestudents to work in these rapidly developing industries. Teaching sustainability and alternativeenergy on today engineering curriculum has increasingly become an essential feature.Engineering education moves into the twenty first century

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

favored by academics, and practitioners second that opinion. Laboratory andTeamwork also receive special mention. In total these illustrate the importance of education thatincludes exploration in the lab, through projects, and in the workplace. Given the widespreadagreement, the question is not ‘if we should’, but ‘how should we’? Recommendation: Explore new methods for education that involves work in laboratories, projects, and workplaces.8. Conclusions Page 23.19.11In general the community is positive about the value of manufacturing education, but continuesto perceive a lack of social and political support

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

educational system to blend the best of the Egyptian and Western systems, thus creating an opportunity for the students to experience the best of both worlds.‚ Make available better facilities for classrooms and laboratories.‚ Create the missing campus environment by giving attention to recreational facilities and student activities.The challenges to achieve these improvements are huge and require time, money, and sincereefforts. Unfortunately, the majority in Egypt is very skeptical about the chances the new privateuniversities have in improving the quality of education. Accusations of being profit-orientedorganizations are already tainting their reputation. It is evident that for most of the privateinstitutes and universities material

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

were quick in-class exercises such as turn-to-your-partner; laboratory work on open-ended problems and design; teamwork with peer andteam evaluations; and using an electronic course management system such as BlackBoard[1].Several interesting lessons were learned from these initial trials at implementing cooperativelearning. First, working in teams does not come easily for faculty or students. It was found thatfaculty teams are harder to form than student teams but are essential since individual facultyefforts are not capable of producing systemic change. From the student point of view, teamstructure seemed to prevent the weaker students from falling too far behind their peers. Second,effective teaming requires time and well-structured

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

traditional first-year engineering course materialbut add in hands-on laboratory experiences that lead to design/build projects3. Althoughsomewhat different laboratory exercises are used in the course sequences of the two programs,both have the goal of providing hands-on experimentation, reverse engineering projects in smallgroups, and small-team design projects. Engineering is now “up-front” and “hands-on”.Teamwork, project management, report writing, and oral presentations have assumed importantroles in these programs. ABET criteria are introduced early, listed in the course syllabi, andhighlighted as to which will be addressed in each particular course of the sequence.One may be tempted to inquire how this evolution of freshman engineering

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick J. Surface, University of Kansas; Bryan Anthony Strecker, University of Kansas; Jonathan M. S. Mattson, University of Kansas; Christopher D. Depcik

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

”. It is a centrally planned and controlledsystem with relatively little flexibility to fluctuations in energy demand. As the nation and theeconomy becomes increasingly digital, energy demand is growing rapidly. For example, it isestimated that by 2015 around 60% of the total electrical load will be from chip technologies andautomated manufacturing versus 10% of the total in the 1990s 1. While the automotive industry is presently dependent on petroleum sources, the growingpresence of Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) will begin toact as a stress upon the electrical grid by drawing resources during times of peak energy demand.A study from Oak Ridge National Laboratory finds that charging vehicles during off

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Mok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cong Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benita Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nicholas Xuanlai Fang, University of Hong Kong; John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

demonstrate engineering principles.Cong Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology I am currently working as a systems engineer in the aerospace industry, I contributed to this project as an undergraduate researcher and helped create early versions of the simulation using MatlabDr. Benita Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Benita Comeau teaches a laboratory course on micro/nano engineering, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a Chemical Engineer by degree, and received her BSE from the Univerisity of Michigan and PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Ms. Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ms. Welsh works as an educational technologist

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gokce Akcayir, University of Alberta; Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta; Kristian Basaraba, University of Alberta; Duncan Buchanan, University of Alberta; Qingna Jin; Mijung Kim, University of Alberta; Janelle McFeetors, University of Alberta; Kerry Rose, University of Alberta

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Department Chair. Theprogram was delivered through the university's online course platform and facilitated by theinstructional coach. To select participants for the program, a promotional email was sent toECE graduate students and some GTAs were nominated by their supervisors and/or thedepartment. Out of the 20 GTAs participating in the program, six individuals with varyingteaching experiences volunteered to take part in this research study by sharing their insightsand experiences in a focus group and in follow up individual structured interviews. All sixparticipants were international students at different stages of their doctoral programs. Theyprimarily worked in laboratories where their roles ranged from being a principal laboratoryinstructor to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

knowledge and product skills most needed for America’s aerospace workforce [CDIO Standard 2] ≠ Developing laboratory and design-implement projects that help aerospace engineering programs integrate learning laboratory and project-based experiences throughout the undergraduate program, focusing on first-year and multidisciplinary capstone design- implement experiences. [CDIO Standards 4, 5, and 6]15,16 ≠ Developing a rigorous approach to assessing student learning and skills development, based on objective measures, and surveys of student self-confidence in learning. [CDIO Standard 11] System development as the context for aeronautical engineering education Context is the surroundings and environment that

Collection

2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, Bangor High School; Ali Abedi, University of Maine

high school have the opportunity to collaborate and further learn from the presenting teamand in follow up communications and meetings. B. Sensor Network for Data collection (Module 1) 1. Engineering Design of Stationary Data Collection UnitsWith the guidance of the University of Mainefaculty from the Laboratory for SurfaceScience and Technology (LASST) and theSenator George J. Mitchell Center forEnvironmental and Watershed Research,graduate and undergraduate students havedesigned, built, and tested stationary sensorunits (Figure 2) to be placed in localcommunity waterways based on therecommendation of local water districts.After data processing using on board microcontrollers, the data will wirelessly

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

ElectricalEngineering students. (Top photos courtesy ). Page 10.1007.12 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationCubeSat10, 11Effective Dates: Spring 2002 – Spring 2004Mission: Successfully build and launch a CubeSat, transmitting at least one digital image from space and reconstructing it on Earth. This program, started by Professor Robert Twiggs, Director of the Stanford Space Systems Development Laboratory, was designed to

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

al., Implementation of Educational Particle Image Velocimetry 42 Suites in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experiments  Youngwook Kim et al., Multiple Human Tracking using UWB Radar with Target 51 Signatures  Peter Kinman, et al., Communications Laboratory with Commercial Test and 57 Training Instrument Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  iv

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Biologists http://www.aspb.org/ASPP American Society of Plant Physiologists http://www.aspp.org/ASQ American Society for Quality http://www.asq.org/ASTC Association of Science Technology Centers http://www.astc.orgAVMA American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/AWAA American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/Biophysical Society http://www.biophysics.org/BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory http://www.nist.gov/bfrl/ESA Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/FASEB

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Society http://www.biophysics.org/BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory http://www.nist.gov/bfrl/ESA Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology http://www.faseb.org/FMB Federation of Master Builders http://www.fmb.org.ukFMS Federation of Materials Societies http://www.materialsocieties.org/Geochemical Society http://www.geochemsoc.org/Geological Society of America http://www.geosociety.org/HFES Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University; Sandra L. Furterer, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

fulfilling manufacturers’ needs for skilled engineers.Partnerships with neighboring community colleges and technical schools help to realign theexisting curriculum, develop new courses, and laboratories, and share resources. Thesepartnerships will not only support students but also help colleges develop new certificate orassociate degree programs.Establishing a new engineering technology program that fulfills ABET ETAC requirements is amajor undertaking not only for the administration but also for the faculty and staff. There is a hugeresponsibility to develop the curriculum and assessment tools to meet the program objectives,achieve student outcomes and satisfy the university requirements. All regional campuses of thisinstitution are uniquely co

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Vasquez, University of Dayton; Erick Ramos

Paper ID #37889Can the COVID-19 pandemic boost collaborative onlineinternational learning (COIL) in engineering education? – Areview for potential implementationsErick Vasquez Erick S. Vasquez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. His educational research interests are community-based learning, open-ended laboratory experiments, teamwork, collaborative and active learning, and Transport Phenomena computational modeling. Erick was born in El Salvador and there received his BEng in Chemical Engineering at UCA. He obtained his MS from Clemson University

Conference Session

Inclusivity at Two Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Gabe Hanzel-Sello; Gary Barnak, Saddleback College; Michael Venn, Community College of Baltimore County

leave the educational system with no degree and significantstudent loan debt [14].Recent reports from the National Academies of Sciences recommend strong, consistentcollaborations between industry and higher education to cultivate workforce skills in students [6],[15], [16]. Discussions with representatives from the nation’s national defense laboratories confirmthe fact that advancing technology and an increasing need for core skills have made communitycolleges a critical player in (their organization’s) workforce development [4], [17], [18]. In fact,both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories expect to hire 2,000 technicians andtechnologists (in mechanical, electrical, environmental areas) over the next five years. Many ofthese positions

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University; Mohammad Shafinul Haque, Angelo State University; Steve Guzman; Matt Sims, Angelo State University

concepts in engineeringmechanics courses in order to maximize the effectiveness of experiential learning lab modulesfor students due to the limited laboratory sessions available in one semester.The survey is focused on obtaining a student perspective regarding the most difficult coursetopics, but also included education professionals in order to capitalize on their regular experienceof teaching the concepts in the classroom. The survey was distributed via email using a Googleform link, with conditional settings to skip questions in which the recipient self-identified as nothaving relevant experience (i.e. if the student had not taken dynamics yet, the student was notasked to rank the dynamics topics in order of difficulty). For this reason, the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swetha Nittala, Uber Technologies; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

and equitable course design checklist that enables facultyto proactively incorporate inclusive principles into various aspects of their course design,including syllabi, content, assessment, and pedagogy. With input from students, educators,and instructors, this checklist is primarily designed for mechanical engineering faculty, withan emphasis on aspects such as design and laboratories. Still, it can be widely applied to otherengineering courses.Furthermore, our paper seeks to shed light on the dynamic nature of such checklists. Giventhat our understanding of learning and human identity continues to evolve, we mustcontinually re-evaluate how we perceive equity and inclusivity in education. Hence, weenvision our checklist as a living document

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of New Mexico. The research in her lab is focused on understanding the dynamics and structures of macromolecular assemblies including proteins, polymers, and lipid membranes. Undergraduates, grad- uate students, and postdoctoral scholars are trained in a multidisciplinary environment, utilizing modern methodologies to address important problems at the interface between chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology preparing the trainees for careers in academe, national laboratories, and industry. In addition to research, she devotes significant time developing and implementing effective pedagogical approaches in her teaching of undergraduate courses to train engineers who are

Conference Session

Supporting Successful Progression From First-year Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

% eitherundetermined or other [1]. Many colleges selectively reopened specific classes for face-to-faceinstruction with varying degrees of success and some had to quickly shut down again. Many ofthese courses were upper division laboratory or activity classes. There were fewer which openedsuch courses for incoming freshman classes.This paper covers the rapid transition of a traditional freshman experience to a hybrid face-to-face course in the Fall 2020 quarter. The course features a virtual lecture each week and tenseparate hands-on activities that required different modes of instruction and involved differentsocial distancing protocols. Furthermore, the course was required to provide virtualaccommodation for those students who chose not to return to campus

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel A. Godrick, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Timothy W Mays P.E., The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, University of California - San Diego; James Michael Grayson, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

foundation for the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop where the skills andtechniques necessary to fulfill meeting the expectations inherent in these models are presented,discussed, and practiced. The typical ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop (ETW) schedule forthe six-day workshop is shown in Figure 3 and is representative of the workshop at different sites(United States Military Academy, University of Arkansas, University of Northern Arizona,University of Texas at Tyler, and Florida Gulf Coast University). The workshop activities can besub-classified into seminars, demonstration classes, laboratory exercises, and social events. 1Seminars: The primary course schedule for the ETW contains 13 Seminars which vary incontent and were designed to provide theoretical

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Paul Racette, NASA; Scott Askew, NASA; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Belay Demoz; Paul Mogan, NASA

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-504: NASA OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY AT MINORITYINSTITUTIONS: REFLECTIONS OF NASA ADMINISTRATOR FELLOWSLouis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso Louis J. Everett is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and has research interests in the use of technology in the classroom. His technical research interests include robotics, machine design, dynamics and control systems. He began his NAFP tenure in 2006 and is presently with the Mobility and Manipulation group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. leverett@utep.edu http://research.utep.edu/pacelabPaul Racette, NASA

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

of Plant Biologists http://www.aspb.org/ASPP American Society of Plant Physiologists http://www.aspp.org/ASQ American Society for Quality http://www.asq.org/ASTC Association of Science Technology Centers http://www.astc.orgAVMA American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/AWAA American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/Biophysical Society http://www.biophysics.org/BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory http://www.bfrl.nist.orgESA Ecological Society of America

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brant Miller, University Of Minnesota; Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program is “tobring knowledge of engineering and technological innovations to the pre-college classroom”10.Rather than attempt to fund programs that directly impact students, the NSF is supportingprograms that impact teachers through their participation in authentic research experiences. Byimpacting teachers, the NSF’s original investment goes much further considering the number ofstudents each participating teacher will interact with each school year. Page 13.699.3To provide this impact upon teachers, the RET model is set up so that each participating teacherspends a minimum of six weeks within an engineering research laboratory. As could be

Conference Session

ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Derek Meyers-Graham, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

implementation of an assessment plan toevaluate the effectiveness of this tool in promoting higher order thinking skills. The NorthwestRegional Educational Laboratory is providing support for the project evaluation and assessment.A five-member advisory committee consists of engineers and statisticians from academia(Oregon State University, University of Oregon) and industry (LSI Logic, Intel, WaferTech).The VirtualCVD Learning Platform is available now for use in approved courses. Instructorswho are interested in adopting this software into their curriculum can go to the following webpage for information: http://che.oregonstate.edu/research/VirtualCVDMotivationProficiency with statistical methodologies such as Design of Experiments (DOE) is

Conference Session

High-Impact Teaching and Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Williams, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Mark William Wright LEED Green Associate, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael James Deigert, California Polytechnic State University; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

to augment physical models, as well as laboratory and in-field experimentation. Thisoverview provides context for the pedagogical approach discussed in this paper which combinesproject-based learning and large-scale laboratory experimentation. Based upon a review ofpublished research related to structural steel design instruction, there have been no similar steeldesign courses which use this teaching approach to expose students to the lateral load resistingframe systems common in seismic areas.Project-based LearningPast engineering pedagogy research has shown that incorporating a project-based approach in astructural steel course, that reflects a task similar to that in industry, is more effective than thetraditional lecture approach [2-3

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory A. Cooper, United States Air Force; Michael Lawrence Anderson, United States Air Force; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph M. Fulton, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2011. He has worked as an F-16 flight control actuation systems engineer, researched design and control of quadruped robots, led research and development of advanced Air Force munitions, and led research in GPS-denied navigation for multi-agent autonomous systems for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Lt Col Anderson has been researching innovative design methodologies and autonomous systems for 12 years, authoring several papers relevant to the field, in- cluding award-winning research into the design and control of flapping wing Micro Air Vehicles. Lt Col Anderson is a registered Professional Engineer and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute for

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Steven Michael Ansorge, Madison Area Technical College; Adam Gusse, Sunvest Solar, Inc; Nicholas J. Hylla, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #30133Enlightened Education: Solar Engineering Design to Energize SchoolFacilitiesDr. Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College Dr. Walz completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, while conducting electrochemical research on lithium-ion batteries with Argonne National Laboratory and Rayovac. His studies also included re- search with the University of Rochester Center for Photo-Induced Charge Transfer. Since 2003, Dr. Walz has taught science and engineering at Madison Area Technical College, where he serves as the director of the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE