DocumentCode :
3310581
Title :
Socially-Relevant Capstone Design Projects in Power Engineering
Author :
Neill-Carrillo, O. ; Irizarry-Rivera, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Mayaguez, PR
fYear :
2006
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Firstpage :
671
Lastpage :
676
Abstract :
Senior design projects can be a way to bring the university closer to societal needs. This paper describes how the senior capstone design courses in power engineering developed at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagiiez (UPRM) strive to provide a service to society. These projects deal with societal needs, and are part of design courses that culminate the major design experience as specified by ABET. Teams of students identify a society-based problem, propose a design solution, perform measurements/simulations and present the final analysis and design to an industry or community partner. An important aspect of the projects is the inclusion of both technical and social constraints such as safety and environmental issues. These design experiences are an ideal way to understanding the new challenges in power systems planning, policy, analysis and design
Keywords :
educational courses; educational institutions; power engineering education; socio-economic effects; UPRM; University of Puerto Rico-Mayagiiez; engineering economics; power engineering; power systems planning; senior capstone design course; society-based problem; student team; Analytical models; Collaboration; Design engineering; Industrial training; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Power engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power system economics; Power system planning;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0177-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0178-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PSCE.2006.296399
Filename :
4075838
Link To Document :
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