since 2005, in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research activities are directed towards the integration of renewable energy sources to the electric grid. Dr Ramos is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas, and the Chair of the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of IEEE Power & Energy Society. Before coming to Texas, he accumulated significant experience in manufacturing, consulting, and teaching Electrical Engineering. He obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1976 from Stanford University.

since 2005, in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research activities are directed towards the integration of renewable energy sources to the electric grid. He is the Principal Investigator for UTPA's three main solar facilities: the ENGR PV Fixed Array, the TXU Sun Tracking Arrays, and the Solar Observatory. Ramos is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas and Chair of the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of IEEE Power & Energy Society. Before coming to Texas, he accumulated significant experience in manufacturing, consulting, and teaching electrical engineering courses. He obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1976 from Stanford University. Ramos has been an educator since 1977 of national and international universities including the

As new energy technologies arise, they are being implemented in the Power Grid nationwide services. We believe that it is very important to create an efficient way to manage the energy resources in our facilities.We have designed a system using the Graphical User Interface of LabVIEW to gather Solar Power Data using a Measurement and Computing minilab 1008 interface.This system gathers Solar Power Information from a 5 kW Fixed Photovoltaic Array. It has the capability to retrieve real time prices of electricity for the southern region of Texas according to The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and generate a report on the actual energy production revenue.In this paper we introduce a set of experimental laboratory exercises for undergraduate students to become familiar with these practices of Renewable Solar Energy.