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Energy Grid Card Game (Resource Exchange)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Publication Date

June 22, 2025

Start Date

June 22, 2025

End Date

August 15, 2025

Conference Session

PCEE Instructional Showcases

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

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3

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https://peer.asee.org/56346

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Julian Andrew Schmitt

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Marlene Urbina

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Marlene Urbina is a undergraduate students at Illinois State University studying Engineering and Technology Education.

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Alexander Michael Perhay

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Alexander Perhay is an undergraduate student at Illinois State University studying Engineering and Technology, and Computer Science. He is a student worker with SUPERCHARGE under the NSF grant.

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Chance William Tyler Illinois State University

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Chance Tyler is a student at Illinois State University studying Engineering Technology and a student worker for the NSF project SUPERCHARGE.

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Jeritt Williams Illinois State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-8915

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Jeritt Williams is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches applied industrial automation and robotics.

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Matt Aldeman Illinois State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-0482-9794

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Matthew Aldeman is the Founding Associate Dean of the Illinois State University College of Engineering. Prior to joining the College of Engineering, Aldeman served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology, where he taught in the Engineering Technology and Sustainable and Renewable Energy undergraduate programs.

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Jin Ho Jo

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Dr. Jin Ho Jo is a Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, teaching in the Sustainable and Renewable Energy program. Dr. Jo also leads the Sustainable Energy Consortium at the university. Dr. Jo is an honors graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a B.S. in Building Construction Management. He earned his M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University, where he investigated critical environmental justice issues in New York City. His 2010 Ph.D. from Arizona State University was the nation’s first in sustainability. His research, which has been widely published, focuses on renewable energy systems and sustainable building strategies to reduce the negative impacts of urbanization.

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Allison Antink-Meyer Illinois State University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-1263

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Allison Antink-Meyer is a pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.

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Abstract

The Energy Grid Card Game was designed for pre-college students to be played in an informal learning environment. The game explores the technical, environmental, and economic choices and challenges of using energy resources throughout our daily lives. Undergraduates at Illinois State University designed the activity as part of the NSF-funded project, "SUPERCHARGE", which seeks to improve access to STEM college and career pathways while making connections to engineering and sustainability-related problems that can be addressed in their communities. A brief overview of the game's design, and a link to instructions and resources needed to produce a free, expandable version of the game are provided.

Schmitt, J. A., & Urbina, M., & Perhay, A. M., & Tyler, C. W., & Williams, J., & Aldeman, M., & Jo, J. H., & Antink-Meyer, A. (2025, June), Energy Grid Card Game (Resource Exchange) Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . https://peer.asee.org/56346

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