The Mechanical Engineering faculty at the Cooper Union is leveraging a new high performance academic building as a learning resource for students to connect undergraduate theory to professional practice. The new teaching strategy utilizes an energy efficient building to provide students with direct, practical exposure to modern heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and Building Management Systems. Students are taken on tours of the building’s HVAC mechanical rooms and partake in laboratory experiments that illustrate the principles of operation and control of these building systems. Furthermore, the student activities are supplemented with new undergraduate curriculum material that introduces basic thermodynamic principles of HVAC operation and provides an overview of the control systems theory involved. This paper will present the pedagogical motivation and goals of the new teaching methods, an overview of the building systems under study, and the development of corresponding curriculum materials and assessment methods.
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ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 9–15, 2012
Houston, Texas, USA
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978-0-7918-4521-9
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Developing Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Material Using the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Building Management Systems of a High Performance Academic Building
Melody Baglione,
Melody Baglione
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
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Julien J. Caubel
Julien J. Caubel
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
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Melody Baglione
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
Julien J. Caubel
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
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IMECE2012-86967, pp. 219-228; 10 pages
Published Online:
October 8, 2013
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Baglione, M, & Caubel, JJ. "Developing Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Material Using the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Building Management Systems of a High Performance Academic Building." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 5: Education and Globalization; General Topics. Houston, Texas, USA. November 9–15, 2012. pp. 219-228. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2012-86967
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