Title :
Recent Undergraduate Power Engineering Projects at Western Kentucky University
Author :
Collett, Walter ; Cambron, Mark ; Wilson, Stacy
Author_Institution :
Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green
fDate :
Sept. 30 2007-Oct. 2 2007
Abstract :
The electric power courses at Western Kentucky University are part of a project-based engineering curriculum, in which classroom instruction is heavily augmented by real-world projects. This paper discusses three recent projects assigned as part of junior and senior design. Two of the three were senior projects that began in the junior year, and involved external support from industry and government partners. Integration of large-scale, multidisciplinary, multi-year projects into an undergraduate project-based curriculum will also be presented.
Keywords :
educational courses; power engineering education; Western Kentucky University; classroom instruction; electric power courses; government partners; industry; large-scale integration; multi-year projects; multidisciplinary; power engineering projects; project-based engineering curriculum; Electrical equipment industry; Government; Large scale integration; Materials testing; Power engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Transformers; engineering education; generators; materials testing; mercury; transformers;
Conference_Titel :
Power Symposium, 2007. NAPS '07. 39th North American
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1726-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1726-1
DOI :
10.1109/NAPS.2007.4402349