Kerzmann, T. L., & Walker, J. H., & Sanchez, D. V. (2016, June), Evaluation of an Energy and Engineering Outreach Program for High School and Middle School Students  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26775

\bibitem{asee_peer_26775}
  Kerzmann, T. L., \& Walker, J. H., \& Sanchez, D. V. (2016, June), \emph{Evaluation of an Energy and Engineering Outreach Program for High School and Middle School Students}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26775

Tony Lee Kerzmann, John Howard Walker, and David V.P. Sanchez.  "Evaluation of an Energy and Engineering Outreach Program for High School and Middle School Students".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26775 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_26775}
  Tony Lee Kerzmann, John Howard Walker, and David V.P. Sanchez.
  "Evaluation of an Energy and Engineering Outreach Program for High School and Middle School Students".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26775 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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AB  - The education and influence of students in the STEM fields has great importance in modern society, especially with our ever-increasing reliance on new technologies. A collaboration between two universities engaged over 700 students and teachers. The authors designed engineering-based curriculum, hands-on lessons, and demonstrations that were focused on energy. The curriculum exposed students and teachers to fundamental science and engineering concepts. Many of the activities for these outreach activities engaged participants in a 3-tiered energy challenge by designing and fabricating prototypes that demonstrate: (1) Energy generation and conversion, (2) Increased energy efficiency, and (3) Energy use monitoring and control.

The design and physical modeling that was employed in the outreach events using energy technologies requires students and teachers to practice high-level thinking (e.g. analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in teams while building a culture geared toward energy technology innovation. The participants were introduced to concepts from traditional engineering curricula such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and dynamics, while working with principles of renewable and non-renewable energy technologies used in industry, such as the photovoltaic effect. Some of the participants were given pre-tests and post-tests to evaluate the success of the outreach events in developing their awareness and understanding of energy and engineering, measure their level of engagement with the activities, and evaluate their attitudes towards team work. This paper will present the energy curriculum, hands-on energy laboratories, design and fabrication challenge and the results from the pre- and post-tests.

AU  - Tony Lee Kerzmann
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