2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Energy Grid Card Game (Resource Exchange)

Presented at PCEE Instructional Showcases

The Energy Grid Card Game was designed for pre-college students to be played in an informal learning environment. The game explores the technical, environmental, and economic choices and challenges of using energy resources throughout our daily lives. Undergraduates at Illinois State University designed the activity as part of the NSF-funded project, "SUPERCHARGE", which seeks to improve access to STEM college and career pathways while making connections to engineering and sustainability-related problems that can be addressed in their communities. A brief overview of the game's design, and a link to instructions and resources needed to produce a free, expandable version of the game are provided.

Authors

Julian Andrew Schmitt
Marlene Urbina [biography]

Marlene Urbina is a undergraduate students at Illinois State University studying Engineering and Technology Education.
Alexander Michael Perhay [biography]

Alexander Perhay is an undergraduate student at Illinois State University studying Engineering and Technology, and Computer Science. He is a student worker with SUPERCHARGE under the NSF grant.
Chance William Tyler Illinois State University [biography]

Chance Tyler is a student at Illinois State University studying Engineering Technology and a student worker for the NSF project SUPERCHARGE.
Jeritt Williams http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-8915 Illinois State University [biography]

Jeritt Williams is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches applied industrial automation and robotics.
Dr. Matt Aldeman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0482-9794 Illinois State University [biography]

Matthew Aldeman is the Founding Associate Dean of the Illinois State University College of Engineering. Prior to joining the College of Engineering, Aldeman served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology, where he taught in the Engineering Technology and Sustainable and Renewable Energy undergraduate programs.
Dr. Jin Ho Jo [biography]

Dr. Jin Ho Jo is a Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, teaching in the Sustainable and Renewable Energy program. Dr. Jo also leads the Sustainable Energy Consortium at the university. Dr. Jo is an honors graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a B.S. in Building Construction Management. He earned his M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University, where he investigated critical environmental justice issues in New York City. His 2010 Ph.D. from Arizona State University was the nation’s first in sustainability. His research, which has been widely published, focuses on renewable energy systems and sustainable building strategies to reduce the negative impacts of urbanization.
Allison Antink-Meyer http://orcid.org/https://0000-0001-8969-1263 Illinois State University [biography]

Allison Antink-Meyer is a pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.

Note

The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 22, 2025, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 25, 2025

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