Ferdjallah, M., & Salem, A., & Sardahi, Y. (2024, March), Curriculum Design for Wind and Solar Energy Education  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10.18260/1-2--45603

\bibitem{asee_peer_45603}
  Ferdjallah, M., \& Salem, A., \& Sardahi, Y. (2024, March), \emph{Curriculum Design for Wind and Solar Energy Education}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  10.18260/1-2--45603

Mohammed Ferdjallah, Asad Salem, and Yousef Sardahi.  "Curriculum Design for Wind and Solar Energy Education".  2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45603 Internet.  15 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45603}
  Mohammed Ferdjallah, Asad Salem, and Yousef Sardahi.
  "Curriculum Design for Wind and Solar Energy Education".
  \emph{2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45603 Internet.  15 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In this paper, we propose an interdisciplinary curriculum on wind and solar energy that offers an educational opportunity to both undergraduate and graduate students in electric power engineering, allowing them to acquire essential skills in renewable energy and engineering design. The primary objective of this curriculum is to expose and engage undergraduate students in interdisciplinary learning related to renewable energy. It provides them with a unique opportunity to expand their educational experiences and fosters a commitment to renewable energy. The long-term goal of this curriculum is to stimulate interest in learning and developing hands-on skills in renewable energy in West Virginia, where the electric power is mostly generated from coal burning.

In this paper, we outline a curriculum that includes various interdisciplinary courses in renewable energy. We have designed the necessary infrastructure and instrumentation to facilitate measurements that aid in understanding the generation and delivery of energy from environmentally friendly sources such as wind and solar power. This infrastructure includes custom designed wind turbines, wind tunnels, solar panels, LabView control instrumentation, power converters, and a workbench for turbine blade design and construction. Utilizing this infrastructure, we propose a framework for developing an undergraduate curriculum that incorporates project-based concepts in power courses. This curriculum will create new learning materials and teaching strategies, with a particular focus on introducing renewable energy concepts in the early phases of power engineering courses. It will integrate wind and solar energy considerations, challenges, and concepts into all aspects of power engineering. The unique goal of this paper is to raise awareness of renewable energy in power systems and provide hands-on skills and a practical training for the much-needed industry sector.
AU  - Mohammed Ferdjallah
AU  - Asad Salem
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CY  - Kalamazoo, Michigan
DA  - 2024/03/22
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