Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Mary M McCall M.A., University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

ofteamwork and embrace its lessons despite personal preferences for working alone.Current practice: Program outcomes, course syllabi and textbooksProgram outcomes: A quick sampling of Engineering program and course outcomes show thatschools promise students expertise in teamwork upon graduation. Stanford University’sMechanical Engineering learning outcomes, follow the ABET learning outcomes, lists sevenlearning outcomes that graduating students are expected to demonstrate. Number 5 is listed as:“an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.” [1]Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s BSME Course Objectives

Collection

2024 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Ean H. Ng; Sage Kittelman; Ganapathy Natarajan; Javier Calvo-Amodio

indicator of the effectiveness of the tool overall.Future WorkTo parse out if this change in performance is due to Hawthorne effect, a further study is plannedthat will require the course instructor to explicitly address the check-in results in class (1) forseveral sprints as treatment for some courses to assess the within class difference, and (2) for theentire course as treatment, and another course with check-in but without addressing the check-inresults for control.For the questions, “How are you doing today?” and “Is this school or life-related”, a futurecollaboration is planned with a researcher from counseling to assess if the questions asked and thelanguage used is the most appropriate to capture the general feeling of stress among the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M. Conroy, The Ohio State University; Patrick Sours, The Ohio State University; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Rachel Marie Tuttle

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

at the university.Planned Next StepsContinuing to work with academic advisors across the college of engineering on approvingcommunity-engaged courses as technical electives and capstone design courses is important forimproving access to the HE program. Using the IDI as an assessment tool may help to provideinsight into the impacts of the program related to intercultural competency growth. Furtherqualitative assessment metrics are in development and planned for implementation.References[1] Jacoby, B. 2014. Service-Learning Essential: Questions, Answers and Lessons Learned,Edition 1. Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education, A Wiley Brand.[2] Greene, H. L., & Eldridge, K., & Sours, P. J. (2019, June), Engagement in Practice

Conference Session

Renewable Energy Topics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler Dr., Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

environment inthe unit. The simulation is a thermal analysis using the finite element method. There is nostructural analysis. The components are oriented out of plan with each other, not because ofstructural deformation, but because the hot and cold lines in the condenser unit were not parallelto each other and we wanted to avoid putting a mechanical load on the thermoelectric unit. Aflexible component was later added to the system to prevent mechanical loading of thethermoelectric module due to either thermal stress/strain or vibration. Here are the steps arefollowed:  Students studied the overall HVAC unit to determine potential sources of waste energy and devised methods for energy harvesting  Predesign measurements were made to

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California; Jaebong Yoo, Samsung Electronics

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

general chair of the IUI (Intelligent User Interfaces) conference 2013 and the poster co-chair of the AI in Education conference 2013. She was the publicity chair for the AI in Education conference in 2007. She served as the workshop and tutorial chair of the IUI 2005 conference and as the publicity chair of the IUI Conference in 2003 and 2004. She has been the program committee member of AAAI, AIEd, EDM, IUI, WWW, K-CAP, SocialCom, Social Informatics, CADUI conferences, and refereed papers for various AI and user interfaces journals and conferences.Dr. Jaebong Yoo, Samsung Electronics Jaebong Yoo is a senior research engineer at Samsung Electronics for mobile service planning. He re- ceived a Ph.D. from Hallym

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

activities.8 Participants were asked to rank top 6 most important and bottom 6 least important activities. Abstracting Identifying constraints Seeking information Brainstorming Imaging Sketching Building Iterating Synthesizing Communicating Making decisions Testing Decomposing Making trade-offs Understanding the problem Evaluating Modeling Using creativity Generating alternatives Planning Visualizing Goal setting

Conference Session

Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gili Rusak, Siena College

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Computers in Education

like those run by the CSC, they willdevelop and acquire knowledge for more complicated problems connected to computer science ingeneral. We plan on running additional outreach programs under the CSC in more schools and youthorganizations in the near future. Page 24.950.117. REFERENCES[1] Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2012). New Frameworks for Studying and Assessing the Development of ComputationalThinking. Proceedings of the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.[2] Cuny, J., Snyder, L., & Wing, J.M. Demystifying computational thinking for non-computer scientists

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

otherpurposes (e.g. online summer courses and flipped courses). Because the preparation of thesemodules will take time, it is best if they are used for mulitple purposes. This Spring ourdepartment plans to continue this process in the Structures and Water Resources Capstone.Acknowledgements: To be added later Page 24.953.9Bibliography 1. The 21st-Century Engineer: A proposal for Engineering Education Reform. ASCE Press Patricia D. Galloway 2008. pg 2. 2. Ericsson, K. A. (2010). Enhancing the development of professional performance: Implications from the study of deliberate practice. In K. Anders Ericsson, (Ed.), Development of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara T. Scharf, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster P.Eng., University of Toronto; Kamran Behdinan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

improvement in student experience, but also to cultural enrichment at this criticalpoint in students’ lives [9].Making friends with and developing trust in students fromother cultures is important for students who plan on spending the rest of theirundergraduate years in Canada – being able to bridge cultural divides will help studentscope with culture shock and get them accustomed to dealing with people different fromthemselves, both in terms of their experiences at university and, we hope, in their lives asautonomous adults [10].MethodsAn online language proficiency survey developed by S. Scharf for this study (seeAppendix) was administered to the 259 students in the Fall term prerequisite course to theWinter term engineering design course being

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mafruhatul Jannat, Oregon State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

key points summarize the overall workshop activity.  During the workshop, nationally recognized experts presented mini-lectures to Page 24.1022.3 participants to provide evidence of the efficacy of active and conceptual learning. 2  Those mini-lectures were interspersed between working sessions in which participants formed small teams to develop ranking tasks and learning activities. Teams focused on the content areas of transportation planning, design, operations, and safety. The purpose of those working session was to provide participants with the opportunity

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

or audits at work etc. So, to make it easier on their part,the class website for the entire semester with the reading and assignments was setup on the first day of classes. When the students knew what they had to do fortheir entire semester, they were able to plan better around their other activities.This led to lower number of student asking for extensions on due dates anddeadlines. Also, the students loved that the course was very organized, structuredand made available to them early.III. Feedback from StudentsTable 2 shows the feedback from the students about the redesigned class in Fall2013. 14 students completed the feedback in 2012 and 29 students providedfeedback on 2013. The scores are almost similar to 2012 and are very high

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ruhul H. Kuddus, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Computing & Information Technology

work atthe conference and get their registration fee waved. Sometimes, the students are willingto pay for a big part of the travel expenses because this trip becomes a vacation for themand also get a publication for their resume.In order to enrich the content of this data mining course, the plan is that two weeks ofteaching sequence mining to be added to the content of this course. This gives the studenta considerable experience with mining such a complex data type that has applications inalmost any field.ConclusionSequence data mining has multitude of potential applications in diverse disciplines, fromaviation safety to health care and from student management to consumer behaviormanagement. Careful observation and deductive reasoning may

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University; Ashraf Yaseen

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

papers at the 2010 ASEE conference[15][16]. 4. Development of Evolvable SDR based Communication & Networking Laboratory PlatformBased on our successful experiences and lessons learned in the type I project, we plan to extendand expand our CCLI type I project to create an affordable and evolvable SDR-basedCommunication & Networking Laboratory Platform which will serve a large number of coursesranging from freshman year to senior year and will be portable and transferable to otherinstitutions. Some courses may not require a full-scale laboratory, but a few SDR-based projectswill benefit the students tremendously. The software nature of the SDR-based laboratoryplatform makes it possible to build the laboratories in modules, and

Conference Session

Simulations and Project Based Learning I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy L. Denton PE, CVA3, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

used. For the initial implementation,it was not possible to reuse the caps, an unfortunate fact to discover when multiple consecutivelaboratory sessions were underway. With more sturdy (and expensive) water bottles, thisproblem was alleviated. Implementation cost is primarily the water bottles: this could benegligible if the instructor plans ahead and saves bottles from a single manufacturer. Otherwise, Page 24.1107.8cost should be on the order of five dollars, depending on class size. If this activity were done in alarge lecture setting, having students bring in their own water bottles and simply pre-measuringand checking material

Conference Session

Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela D Hutson-Stone, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Julie M. Little-Wiles, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, students who visited the LMS site less frequentlyearned lower grades than other students who visited more often.The lack of gender differences in course grades and LMS usage is consistent with Beer, Clarkand Jones’4 work, but contradicts McSporran and Young’s3 results which indicated womenearned higher grades in an online course. Based on our conflicting results, and our small femalesample size (n=12), we conclude there was not enough data collected to appropriately drawmeaningful conclusions for this engineering and technology course. Collecting larger samplesmay provide different results than the analysis of this pilot study found. Planned next steps tothis research include the continuation of this study for the IRB approved two-year period

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

ProjectsThe projects can be divided into three groups: introductory, software, and software/hardware.Introductory projects are given to familiarize students with the programming environment andthe language. They also give students a good idea of what is expected and allow them to plan forlater projects. Software projects are mostly centered on electrical engineering concepts such asthe fast Fourier transform, convolution, digital filters, or the statistical processing of largeamounts of data. The projects which involve both software and hardware make use of theWindows phone programming interface, internally constructed hardware, or the FEZ boards5which provide a C# interface to a high speed ARM processor. The FEZ boards are low costopen source boards

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

Behaviors. J Manag Mark Res. 2010;3:1–6.7. Martin JL, Murphy E, Crowe J a, Norris BJ. Capturing user requirements in medical device development: the role of ergonomics. Physiol Meas. 2006;27(8):R49–62..8. Privitera MB, Design M, Murray DL. Applied ergonomics: Determining user needs in medical device design. In: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE; 2009:5606–5608.9. Rosenthal SR, Capper M. Ethnographies in the Front End: Designing for Enhanced Customer Experiences*. J Prod Innov Manag. 2006;23:215 – 237.10. Suchman L. Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine Communication. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1987.11. Sugar WA. What is so good about user-centered design

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

mentoring program, we plan to keep running it for years to come, increasingthe number of mentees and mentors as well as deepening our surveys and assessment analysis.References:[1] National Science Foundation (NSF): National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), Science and Engineering Indicators 2012—Chapter 2, Arlington, VA (2012). Available online: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/c2/c2s2.htm[2] B. L. Yoder, Databytes: Women in Engineering, ASEE Prism November (2013) 17-18. Available online: http://www.asee-prism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Databytes-NOV2.pdf[3] L. Reha, M. Lufkin, L.Harrison, Nontraditional career preparation: root causes and strategies, National Alliance for Partnership in Equity

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and very general objectives such as improvingstudents’ understanding of “their place in the world”’ (p. 10). Parkinson explains, “Specificobjectives can help drive preparation beforehand and the planned experience during the stay[abroad]. They can also be a useful vehicle to promote student reflection during the experience”(p. 10) The design and assessment of “Jefferson in France 1787” responded to these criticisms.Course OverviewThe course replicated portions of Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 journey through the south of France.It began just after final exams and concluded in mid-June, so that students could participatewithout foregoing the opportunity for a summer internship or other employment. Using theInstitute of Political Studies (Sciences Po

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Chrysanthos Andreas Panayiotou, Indian River State College

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Two Year College Division

introducing opticsand laser phenomena for students in elementary and secondary grades,8 and 4) plans, curriculum,materials and activities for high school student and teacher workshops and summer camps.9, 10 Page 24.1151.7ConclusionLaser devices are the core technology in instruments performing vital functions in systems andapplications that enable major sectors of the US economy including transportation, healthcare,and telecommunications. According to a recent National Academy of Sciences report, $4.9billion worth of laser sales enabled $7.5 trillion of the U.S. gross domestic product in these threesectors in 2010.11 Laser and optical devices are

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

have enough time. When asked “what do you think you gained fromwriting journals?”, majority of the students expressed that they have gained in several differentways, especially a. understand better; b. be able to point out what they did not understand before;c. writing in their own words helps to retain the knowledge; d. good review tool; e. better writingskills; f. have questions answered; g. look for examples related to the concepts learned in class;h. better note takers, etc. Based on our preliminary data, we have found the following benefitsfrom reflection through journal writing in physics. We are planning to conduct a finer-grainedanalysis of students’ responses to investigate the impact of the intervention on students’conceptual

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Hasker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Yan Shi, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

that the Intermediate Software Engineeringstudents did so poorly on the snow plow example (the example that motivated this work) suggeststhat traditional methods were not working well, at least at UW-Platteville. An obvious futurestudy would be to evaluate performance on similar problems in introductory courses which do notuse UMLGrader. It would also be useful to re-evaluate students in upper-divisional courses nowthat students are using the tool in the introductory course on a regular basis.Additional work is being done on the tool. It currently supports diagrams created in IBM RationalRose and IBM Rhapsody. Work is underway to provide support for Enterprise Architect. Inaddition, we plan to add support for comparing state diagrams and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Page 24.1166.2IntroductionGroup cell technology is a popular practice in industry. This technology utilizes group of specificmachines to fabricate family of parts that have common features. Manufacturing using groupcells, or cellular manufacturing, would reduce setup time, engineering cost, inventory, productdevelopment time, and purchasing time while simplifying process planning and procurement 1,2.A typical manufacturing laboratory is equipped with rows of identical machines, where studentslearn in sequence from one type of machine to another. Although students would repeat ademonstration and interact with their instructor, they rarely interact among themselves and oftenmiss the link among different processes. The concept of group cell and

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

members then each chosepositions for their crew. The positions included a helmsman to record and plan movement, atactical officer to record and track enemy movements as well as missile fire, and a captain whowas responsible for declaring actions as well as keeping the team on a time schedule.Experimental ProceduresLab tables were arranged so that a game board consisting of two tables would be flanked by twowork areas of one table each, prior to students arriving in lab. Once present, students assembledtheir teams and took position on opposite ends of the game board in the work areas, and obtaineda small plastic ship attached to a small circular (360°) protractor. Students then agreed on acoordinate system which was then drawn onto the table with

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Joshua M. Pearce, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Gerald Anzalone, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

for K-12 science education arepresent at all grade levels at varying degrees. Implementation of these guidelines are present inthe Museum of Science in Boston’s Engineering is Elementary where engineering design isembedded in materials that can be used for both science and language arts for the elementarygrades.1The NGSS guidelines include a framework with eight practices including number six,“constructing explanations and designing solutions”, which is where one major distinction ismade between science and engineering practice. The goal of science is to construct theoriesabout the natural world where the goal of engineering design is to find solutions to problems thatcan be manifested in a physical product, plan, or mechanical device. K-12

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jorge L Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the course and students then “apply” to work on aproject. The instructor then selects the teams to work on the various projects. Throughout thecourse of the semester, student must prepare a project proposal, and submit weekly progressmemos, a mid-term report, and a final report. There are also design reviews prior to both themid-term and final reports.Many of the capstone course projects cannot be completed in one semester due to thecomplexities and requirements set by the industry sponsor. Therefore, each phase of the projectshould be scoped and planned precisely so the next design team can complete the projectsatisfactorily in a timely manner. Furthermore, to ensure a seamless project progress over aperiod of two semesters or more, adequate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington ; Kirk A. Reinkens, Washington State University; Scott Winter, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

universities to advance STARS students’ academic preparation, primarily in mathematics; develop their learning skills; and help them complete some required coursework. The specific curriculum for each university is described separately below. • Academic Advising: Each STARS student is required to meet with an academic adviser at least six times per year for academic planning and to address any academic or personal challenges the student may be facing. Each university has a team of culturally competent advisers with extensive experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and socio-economic levels. • Residential Living-Learning Community: Research at WSU shows that living in a Living

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rabiul Islam, Oregon State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

)will provide explicit evidence of what is important for students to know, how much they knowabout these important concepts, and how and where to focus transportation engineering designcourses.The specific aims of the research include the following elements: 1. To determine engineering student and practicing engineer misconceptions related to traffic signal operation and design, 2. To explain patterns in misconceptions across novice student, expert student, and practicing engineer categories, and 3. To demonstrate data driven curriculum design through the application of misconceptions to conceptual exercises.Project Activities and OutcomesThe planned activities for this study were focused around achieving the specific

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Julia Ziyatdinova; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University ; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

societies. Themultidisciplinary activities of the Center became a good foundation to develop a professionaldevelopment system in the region and a unique regional model of continuing professionaleducation.It is well known that the majority of the industrial trainers at enterprises are highly skilled intheir technical fields. However their skills in teaching are low and they cannot plan classes Page 24.1272.3and organize a good interaction when teaching the young employees. They do not know well 2the peculiarities of the adult psychology without a special

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Jesus Alejandro Valladares, The University of Texas Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

imprecise models will give an over-estimate of the clear sky irradiance.The most advanced models that take the atmospheric absorption into consideration give an underestimate with a high degree of accuracy. Given this fact, we would expect that the CI might reach values that exceed unity. Cloudfocus which might cause the measure to pike well over the clear sky model will also contributefor these values to reach higher values than unity.VI- How are we going to teach this? Our objective is to add new instructional strategies and content to the ELEE 4373 courseabout Renewable Energy. The textbook for this course [11] includes a Chapter about the SolarResource. It is in this context that we plan to add homework set to calculate the