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Tech Directions, 2012
This year's "Tech Directions" Inventors Competition asked students to come up with ways to provide electricity to remote villages that traditional electrical utilities have not yet reached. This article presents the results of the judging by inventor/electrical engineer Harry T. Roman. The winners are: (1) First Place--Scott Hulver,…
Descriptors: Competition, Awards, Energy, Innovation
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Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2012
Wind energy is an exciting and clean energy option often described as the fastest-growing energy system on the planet. With some simple materials, teachers can easily demonstrate its key principles in their classroom. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Energy, Scientific Principles, Energy Education, Power Technology
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Karns, Robert J. – Tech Directions, 2012
Starting a renewable energy technology (RET) program can be as simple as shifting the teaching and learning focus of a traditional electricity program toward energy production and energy control systems. Redirecting curriculum content and delivery to address photovoltaic solar (PV solar) technology and small wind generation systems is a natural…
Descriptors: Energy, Power Technology, Electronics, Energy Education
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Rusk, Bryan; Mahfouz, Tarek; Jones, James – Tech Directions, 2011
Energy exists in many forms and can be converted from one form to another. However, this conversion is not 100% efficient, and energy is lost in the form of heat during conversion. In addition, approximately 6% of the monthly consumption of the average American household's electricity is neither lost nor used by its residents. These losses are…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Energy, Heat, Power Technology
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Swapp, Andy; Schreuders, Paul; Reeve, Edward – Tech Directions, 2011
As a renewable source of energy, wind energy will play a significant role in the future. Public, commercial, and privately owned organizations are increasingly finding the value and profits in wind power. Including wind power in a technology and engineering education curriculum teaches students about an important technology that may effect their…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Engineering Education, Energy, Power Technology
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Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2005
A photovoltaic panel can convert sunlight directly into electricity. If one connects enough of them in a series-parallel arrangement called a solar array, they can provide about half of a home's annual electricity needs. The panels comprise specially treated electronic materials that when exposed to sunlight will give up electrons freely, and…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Power Technology, Light
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Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2004
Over the past 25 years, the author has had the opportunity to study the subject of solar energy and to get involved with the installation, operation, and testing of solar energy systems. His work has taken him all over the United States and put him in contact with solar experts from around the world. He has also had the good fortune of seeing some…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Power Technology, Hands on Science