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BLACKOUT: Teaching Students about the Power Grid through Experiential Workshops and Video Gaming
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Nease, Jake; Adams, Thomas A., II – Chemical Engineering Education, 2019
BLACKOUT! is a turn-based video game that introduces undergraduate and high school students to the types of power generation available in most electricity markets. The workshop portion of BLACKOUT! introduces students to the advantages and disadvantages of power generation by coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind and solar. The students then take the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Video Games, Workshops, Power Technology
Teaching the Concept of Gibbs Energy Minimization through Its Application to Phase-Equilibrium Calculation
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Privat, Romain; Jaubert, Jean-Noe¨l; Berger, Etienne; Coniglio, Lucie; Lemaitre, Ce´cile; Meimaroglou, Dimitrios; Warth, Vale´rie – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Robust and fast methods for chemical or multiphase equilibrium calculation are routinely needed by chemical-process engineers working on sizing or simulation aspects. Yet, while industrial applications essentially require calculation tools capable of discriminating between stable and nonstable states and converging to nontrivial solutions,…
Descriptors: Energy Education, Power Technology, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles
Colleges Drive Research on Electric Cars
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Basken, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
As the General Motors Corporation shuts assembly plants and veers toward bankruptcy, the lonely remnants of one of its top technological achievements--the first modern mass-produced electric car--lie scattered across a few dozen American college campuses. GM produced and leased to customers more than 1,000 "EV1" automobiles beginning in 1996. In…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Auto Mechanics, Power Technology, Manufacturing Industry
Design Course for Micropower Generation Devices
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Mitsos, Alexander – Chemical Engineering Education, 2009
A project-based design course is developed for man-portable power generation via microfabricated fuel cell systems. Targeted audience are undergraduate chemical/process engineering students in their final year. The course covers 6 weeks, with three hours of lectures per week. Two alternative projects are developed, one focusing on selection of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Instructional Design, Science Course Improvement Projects
Use of Engineering Design Competitions for Undergraduate and Capstone Projects
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Kundu, Sumit; Fowler, Michael W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2009
There are many professional benefits to pursuing undergraduate design opportunities and capstone projects to both students and faculty advisors. Using a case study on a group of graduates and undergraduates who took part in the Hydrogen Ambassador Competition in 2005 this study will examine the benefits and challenges from the point of view of all…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Competition, Case Studies, Educational Practices
Biomass as a Sustainable Energy Source: An Illustration of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamic Concepts
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Mohan, Marguerite A.; May, Nicole; Assaf-Anid, Nada M.; Castaldi, Marco J. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2006
The ever-increasing global demand for energy has sparked renewed interest within the engineering community in the study of sustainable alternative energy sources. This paper discusses a power generation system which uses biomass as "fuel" to illustrate the concepts taught to students taking a graduate level chemical engineering process…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamics, Scientific Concepts, Energy Conservation