Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Peer Observation Project assignment was completed andgraded. In addition the students did a minute-paper in class at mid-semester. This provided theinstructor with an opportunity to address issues and make just in time changes to the course. Theself-efficacy pre-post items can be found in Appendices B and C.The questions on the pre and posttest surveys targeted student’s confidence with the peerobservations. The initial questions were related to gender (male-female), ethnicity (internationalstudent), engineering major, teacher or micro teacher, and prior peer observation experience.Additional questions were Likert type and open-ended. On a scale of 1-5 with 1 being stronglydisagree and 5 strongly agree students were asked to rate 7 items about

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Judy Sheard, Monash University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

˚ ang. Jag anser att det ¨ ar b¨ attre f¨ or mina studenter att de skapar egna anteckningar j¨ amf¨ ort med att ATI15 de bara skriver ner det jag skriver p˚ a tavlan. Jag anser att mycket undervisningstid ska anv¨ andas till att diskutera och utmana studenternas ATI16 egna id´ eer kring ¨ amnet. Subskala: studentcentrerad

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University; Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University; Param C Adhikari, Youngstown State University; Sanket Aryal, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

results with the physical principles of fluid mechanicsStudent outcomes in ABET Criterion 6,7: (a) strongly supported: Upon completion of this course, students will have: an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering [Outcome (a)] an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice [Outcome (k)] (b) supported: Upon completion of this course, students will have: an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data [Outcome (b)] an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams [Outcome (d)] an ability to communicate effectively [Outcome (g)] an ability to

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Huang, University of Texas, San Antonio; Andreas Gampe, University of Texas, San Antonio; Arsen Melkonyan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Murillo Pontual, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

nge thevideo sttreaming anngle), and a dedicated ggeneral disccussion boarrd for all useers.4. Currrent Geneeration of eC ComLab— —Gateway Server S4.1 ArcchitectureThe lateest version of o eComLab b is the com mbination off the centrall server andd server as gateway garchitecctures. The central serv ver can eitheer host expeeriment macchine or connnect experiiment

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles; Wang Wei, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

course contents are available only to internalaudience through courseware such as BlackBoard or Moodle. We do our best to summarize thecollected data into a coherent segment of information. The raw data used in this paper are listedin Appendix A (course websites), Appendix B (textbooks used), and Appendix C (list of courseobjectives and goals by each course when available). Readers can also visit the informationonline at one of authors’ website at http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~xmeng/webir-resources-asee2012.html.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 is a review of other surveys of similarnature and general discussions of teaching and learning on the subject of information retrievaland web search. In Section 3, we present our

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

p1 Truss Truss p2 1 Bending sub-element 3 (b) Nodes Beam elements Figure 3. (a) 3-noded beam element; (b) finite element discretization of a beam using the 3- Page 25.641.6 noded beam element.4. Contact ModelThe penalty technique is used to impose the normal contact constraints between finite elementnodes or points on a rigid body and finite element surfaces or quadrilateral surfaces of rigidbodies10, 15. The first step is to find

Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

nutritional requirements. b. (10 points). Our university keeps an IT phone service line (2002) for use by all students, faculty, and staff. During working hours an operator must be available to answer the phone and schedule the technicians if a service is required. Mr. T, the director of the IT line, oversees the operation. It is now the beginning of the fall semester, and Mr. T is confronted with the problem of assigning different working hours to his operators. Because all the operators are currently enrolled in classes, they are available to work only limited number of hours each day, as shown in the following table. Page 25.159.12

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

community center, a library and a theatre but the city council cannot agree on how to evaluate the submitted proposals. The request for proposal (RFP) specified that respondents had to meet certain basic needs, although optional items could be included. The RFP also asked that each respondent calculate a benefit/cost (B/C) ratio using a discount rate of 12%. What are the options for analyzing and making decisions on this public funding proposal? What are the opportunities for negotiation? How do you arrive at the best combination from submitted proposals?3.2 Case AnalysisThe students were provided with discussion question and hints for analysis. Each case wasinitially discussed in the class to facilitate

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Justin Roark; Scott C. Smith

microprocessors as of flash, cache, RAM, peripherals, etc., which are the same instress is introduced and gradually increased. both DI and synchronous implementations. Therefore, the increased area for the DI implementation of the processor II. PREVIOUS WORK core(s) is less significant, especially considering the increased robustness and numerous other advantages [1].A. Asynchronous Logic For the last three decades the focus of digital design has B. NULL Convention Logicbeen primarily on synchronous, clocked architectures

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Michigann State University; Rachel Mangiavellano, Michigan State University; Evan McCune, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

versus field work) and whattasks they expected (e.g., gathering data, writing reports, working in a team). The pre-experiencesurvey was intended to capture students’ perceptions, skills and knowledge at the beginning ofthe summer in order to provide a baseline for comparison at the end of the 10-week program.In the final week of the program, participants completed a post-experience survey designed toidentify changes in knowledge, abilities, skills or perceptions related to the research experience Page 25.685.7(see Appendix B). The post-survey repeated several questions from the pre-survey, and askedadditional questions about students’ perceptions

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters P.E., LMS International; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

guided by the research question, “Why do professionals choose to return to schoolfor a graduate degree?”B. ParticipantsIn this study, we collected data from ten returners, all from a single, major Midwestern researchuniversity. While our focus was on returners in engineering, we also included participants fromother STEM fields, with the expectation that their motivations and experiences would becomparable to engineering returners. Recruitment was conducted using the researchers’networking channels, and was designed to ensure that a diverse group of returners would beincluded in the study. The participants were split approximately equally between males andfemales and were varied in age, work experience, stage of graduate career, and length of

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Bodenhamer, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Steven Michael Corns; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

iterative loop of divergent-convergent thinking b. Maintain sight of the big picture by including systems thinking and systems design c. Handle uncertainty d. Make decisions e. Think as part of a team in a social process f. Think and communicate in several languages of design.Hence, in an effort to increase the effective teaching of systems engineering and designof complicated systems we sought to increase these efforts by developing a capstonecourse. The capstone course approach to design engineering education has evolved overthe years from “made up” projects devised by faculty to industry-sponsored projectswhere companies provide “real” problems, along with the expertise and financialsupport3. Following this proven and widely

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Mark Embree, Rice University; Maria Oden, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

thepractical engineering design process even as they are immersed in fundamental math and sciencecourses, (b) encourage students to experience how knowledge from these fundamental coursescould be put to practical use, and (c) encourage retention in engineering.In ENGI 120, students learn the engineering design process and use it to solve meaningfulproblems drawn from local hospitals, local community partners, international communities, andaround the Rice University campus. Each freshman design team is coached by an “ApprenticeLeader,” an upper-class student who is taking a course in engineering leadership sponsored byRCEL. Freshman design teams directly interview clients, complete a design context review,develop design criteria, and brainstorm and

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, and programming, (b) stark variations in the core interests of thestudents, and (c) cultural disparities between engineering departments regarding reasonablelevels of assignment difficulty and commensurate time investments. To help address some ofthese issues in a junior-level Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course, the author haschosen (for four recent Spring course offerings) to set aside two to three weeks of each 16-weekcourse for discretionary topics chosen by the students. Each student or student pair then takes onthe role of the instructor and teaches that topic to the rest of the students in the format of a 25-minute seminar. Students must assign homework to their peers and grade the results; thesegrades are then entered into

Conference Session

Projects in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Figure 3. a) b)Figure 2 a) The diagram of measurement process; and b) The general conception of virtualinstrumentFigure 3 The front panel of the temperature experimentDuring this experiment the students are required to perform the following tasks: Page 25.447.71. Run the VI created in previous part of the lab experiment measure the temperature using thethermocouple. Having the temperature sensor connected to a multi-meter allows for directcomparisons, and making it much easier to troubleshooting the circuit and the program.2. Check the calibration of your temperature sensor over a

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scarlett R. Miller, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Brian P. Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alex Kirlik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

describes Figure 1 (m=3): (a) This is an effective example of the visual salience design principle (b) This example is not relevant in reference to the visual salience design principle (c) This example depicts a violation of the visual salience design principleRespondents are asked to provide a personal answer (i.e. a-c) as well as a Page 25.1366.4prediction of the proportion of the sample that will endorse each answer: e.g. Ithink 30% of other respondents will think this it is an effective example, 2% willsay it is not relevant, 68% will think it’s a violation. Once the answers andpredictions are collected, a BTS score can be calculated

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Gulsen Senol, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology; Sevgi Zeynep Dogan, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

  10. Dumbrava, G., Koronka, A. (2009). “Actions Speak Louder Than Words-Body language in Business Communication.” Annual of University of Petroşani, Economics, no.9(3), 249-254.11. Zhou, H., Tingpin, Z. (2008). “Body Language in Business Negotiation.” International Journal of Business and Management, Vol.3 no.2, 90-96.12. Fennis, M. B., Stel, M. (2011). “The Pantomime of Persuasion: Fit Between Nonverbal Communication and Influence Strategies.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, no.47, 806–810.13. Wikforss, Ö., Alexander, L. (2007). “Rethinking Communication in Construction.” The Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Vol.12, 337-34614. Loosemore, M., Patrick, L. (2002) “Communication Problems with Ethnic

Conference Session

International Research Experience, Quality Improvement, and Programs/Curriculum Around the Globe

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Jennifer O. Burrell, Howard University; Wayne Patterson, Howard University; Afiya C. Fredericks, Howard University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

International

increased global perspective.  ASEE: International Exchange Programs in Engineering  References 1. Andallaza, T. C. S., Jimenez, J. M., & Knox, Q. L. (2011). The design and analysis of an affective agent for Aplusix. Unpublished manuscript. 2. Association for International Educators (NAFSA, 2011). Research on Underrepresentation. Retrieved from: http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/default.aspx?id=18255 3. Awoke, M. Carter, C. D., Gibbs, B. A., Abatneh, Y., & Piggott, P. I. (2011). Off-Grid 10kW Solar panel and 1kW Wind Turbine Hybrid Power System for a Small Rural Ethiopian Village. Unpublished manuscript. 4. Banks, K. B., Blackstone, J. M., Gonzalez del

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Georgia Institute as Technology; Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

[15-22]. This strategy aims to increase student engagement, provide opportunities for peer-to-peer (P2P) learning, stimulate creativity, and improve student-faculty interaction, communication skills, and critical thinking4) An interactive and web-based software tool (AGORA- net) that (a) challenges students to develop the rational reconstruction of an argument that stakeholders might provide to justify their position, which offers the students a means through which they can Page 25.300.5 understand the stakeholders‘ needs, interests, beliefs, and values, and (b) provides system-generated step-by-step guidance to create those

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

of thecompleted product and [b] are measurable during manufacturing. ‘Product engineering’ alsoincludes make-versus-buy decision-making, detailed specification of dimensional requirementsfor all manufactured parts (including fits, tolerances and surface finish) and explicit specificationof raw materials (e.g., for metals, alloy, condition and mill form). ‘Process engineering’ includes the traditional manufacturing engineering activities of toolspecification, fixture selection or design, machine tool specification and selection, processplanning and machine-tool-level performance prediction (cycle time, tool consumption, rawmaterial utilization). Particular emphasis is placed on [a] analytical modeling of the applicablemanufacturing process

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

AC 2012-3758: SMALL-SCALE SMART GRID CONSTRUCTION ANDANALYSISMr. Nick J. Surface, University of Kansas Nick Surface is a British student studying in Kansas for a master;s degree in mechanical engineering. In 2007, he received his bachelor’s degree at City University London, followed by six months interning at BMW in Munich, Germany. His specific area of interest is automotive technology. The focus of his thesis is developing energy infrastructure for the purpose of charging electric vehicles and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.Mr. Bryan Anthony Strecker, University of Kansas Bryan Anthony Strecker has a B.S. in mechanical engineering, University of Kansas, and will have a M.S. in mechanical engineering

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: Seconds 00 : 00 The program should be designed to end after 1 hour. b). (9 points) AFTER completing problem a), write a python script based on the flow-diagram you constructed for part (a). Points will not be given for this problem unless an attempt to plan an algorithmic solution as described above. Once you begin coding you may correct your flow-diagram as necessary. When you are finished, save your file as exam2_q12_login.py. Submit your file, exam2_q12_login.py, along with all other required exam files, to the appropriate location on Blackboard-Vista at the end of the exam period.One week after the exam, an exam review session was administrated to students. Before thereview session

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston; Barbara L. Stewart, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

elements or structures are valuable to students in enhancingtheir time management for the enrolled course. A limitation of the reported results is that actualimprovement in time management skill was not measured; rather, the students’ perception ofimprovement was measured. Further study with measures of actual time management skills iswarranted. Further, longitudinal study regarding the persistence of time management skillacquired could elucidate important relationships about transfer of this necessary life skill to othercontexts. Page 25.911.12References1. C.E. Goodson, Miertschin S., Stewart B. “On-line Delivery of Courses: What Components

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gerard Spillane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

heuristics has been highlighted as an areaof concern by researchers with a view to developing school practice [12]. For the purpose of thispaper problem-solving will be based on Schoenfeld’s definition of a problem, that the individualattempting a problem doesn’t know how to solve it with familiarity or by comfortable routine.Sternberg [13] promoted the problem-solving cycle which included (a) Problem Identification, (b)Definition of a problem, (c) Constructing a strategy for problem-solving, (d) Organisinginformation about the problem, (e) Allocation of resources, (f) Monitoring problem-solving and(g) Evaluating the problem. Sternberg also stressed the need to be flexible in undertaking problem-solving task. As inventive as we can be in solving

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Education For The New Millennium ", Proceedings of ASEE AC 2005-504.9. Bransford, J. D., Donovan, M. S., Pellegrino, J. W., (Eds.), How People Learn, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.10. Keeton, M. T., Sheckley, B. G., & Griggs, J. K.," Effectiveness and Efficiency in Higher Education for Adults", The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Chicago, 2002.11. Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 223-231, July 2004.12. Van Eynde, D.F., & Spencer, R. W., “Lecture versus experiential learning: Their differential effects on long term memory”, Journal of Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 12, 4, pp. 52-58, 198813. Hake, R

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran, North Carolina State University; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

detailed information that can be used by the author. For example,they might point out problems in the author’s work or provide suggestions to improve the work,similar to that in the last two comments in Table 1, below.Reviewer feedback can be evaluated by a process referred to as metareviewing. Metareviewing isdefined as the process of reviewing reviews, i.e., the process of identifying the quality ofreviews. Metareviewing is a manual process and just as with any process that is manual;metareviewing is (a) slow, (b) prone to errors and is (c) likely to be inconsistent. An automatedreview process ensures consistent (bias-free) reviews to all reviewers. It also provides immediatefeedback to reviewers, which is likely to motivate reviewers to improve

Conference Session

Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Mara London, Gonzaga University; Spencer Joseph Fry; Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University; Melanie Ruth Walter

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to operate the gasifier system is estimated torange between $1,090 and $2,515 USD per year. Machine maintenance is estimated to be 15%of the machine cost each year for a 5-year life.The total estimated annual costs for the processing equipment, including stover material,operation and maintenance, plus purchase amortization range from $6,060 to $10,590 USD(503,000 – 879,000 KSh). In the Net Annual Benefit table, Table 1 below, this cost is comparedto (a) the avoided cost of diesel fuel and (b) the avoided cost of grid electrical power.The total cost to purchase and fabricate this demonstration processing machine is estimated as$3,800 USD. The estimated machinery costs for adding a gasifier and genset to produceelectrical energy in

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

three simple functions:(i) find questions, (ii) view a list of questions, and (iii) select questions for use. A storyboard wascreated in Microsoft PowerPoint which was intended to be familiar to a typical user andincorporate the ability to carry out the specified functions through various user input options(e.g., buttons, links, checkboxes, text input fields). In some cases, storyboards also incorporatedfeatures and functions that weren’t originally included in the function list.The question search section storyboard, shown in Figure 4, was created in November 2010. Toaccomplish the first specified function, find questions, two aspects were incorporated (a) filteringoptions and (b) a keyword search, labeled accordingly with yellow shaded

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Pennsylvania State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Pennsylvania StateUniversity. The project involves the College of Engineering and 14 geographically-dispersedcampuses in the Penn State system. These campuses serve as both feeder schools for the maincampus and also offer baccalaureate and associate degrees in a number of STEM majors.Considering the number and geographic diversity of the campuses involved and the number ofdifferent STEM fields served, this effort is significant.The project is based on three intervention strategies and an assessment strategy. The threeintervention strategies include: (a) enhanced tutoring programs for foundational mathematicscourses in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus, (b) a freshman toy-based design course (calledToy FUN-damentals) in which dissection and re-design

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald G. Colliver P.E., University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

graduatelevel class was developed in which students would be able to have a field experience where theywould be able to see a number of energy generation, distribution and use facilities as well asassociated pollution reduction and control facilities and various energy equipment manufacturingfacilities. The course objective was that at successful completion of the course the student shouldbe able to understand and describe: a) conventional and renewable electrical generation sources,b) electrical distribution systems, c) methods of controlling electrical power generation,distribution, and storage, and d) several methods commonly used to increase the efficiency ofelectrical energy use.The IAB was initially given a list of various categories of types of