industry as project manager, senior engineer and consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and applied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or Co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting, renewable energy, microgrids, wave and turbulence, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education.
Enhancement of Green Energy Manufacturing Engineering Education through Project Based Learning and Leadership WorkshopsABSTRACT This paper describes enhancement of green energy and manufacturing subjects using a project based learning and leadership workshops as an educational strategy in a new manufacturing engineering program. There are a number of challenges facing green energy manufacturing from industrial perspective. For example, green energy manufacturing is a complex and technology-concentrated set of processes; therefore, it requires a very specialized and experienced workforce. In this paper, a LEGO® based project and various "Green Energy Manufacturing (GEM)" leadership workshops, which are used to enhance student's professional success, are introduced. Basically, a semester long GEM project using LEGO® and a few general and technical leadership workshops were arranged and delivered during the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Day. The paper is aimed at integrating green energy into the manufacturing engineering curriculum and to cultivate leaders in the field among minority and female engineering students. Successful completion of the course will lead to excellence in green energy and advanced engineering education.
