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Increasing Student Curiosity with Cooling Systems

Author(s) -

Jordan Farina,

Heather Dillon,

Rebecca Levison,

Nicole C. Ralston

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

2020 asee virtual annual conference content access proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--34820

Subject(s) - curiosity , process (computing) , course (navigation) , mathematics education , computer science , perception , unit (ring theory) , energy (signal processing) , psychology , engineering , mathematics , social psychology , neuroscience , aerospace engineering , operating system , statistics

The purpose of this research was to develop a classroom project module that increased student curiosity about cooling systems. The module was designed to help students connect with psychrometrics near the end of an applied thermodynamics course. Traditionally, many students struggle with the concepts covered in this unit of the course. The module was designed to lead the students to the working principles behind a swamp cooler by using the biological process of sweating as an example of a way to remove energy due to mass transfer. A student survey was developed and measured student perceptions about the new classroom module. Students reported they found the activities most helpful for helping them connect knowledge in the course with real world systems.

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