Engineering the Future

Reder, Wanda; Bose, Anjan; Flueck, Alex; Lauby, M. G.; Niebur, D.; Randazzo, Ann; Ray, Debraj; Reed, Gregory F.; Sauer, Peter W.; Wayno, Frank

doi:10.1109/mpe.2010.937125

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“…The field of power engineering is facing similar shortages of human capital in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and other countries [4]. Efforts are underway to address this workforce pipeline issue [5], [6]. Concurrently, human resources in underrepresented minority (URM) groups are not being adequately tapped for STEM careers.…”

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FREEDM ERC precollege programs: Motivating careers in the electric power industry

Holbert

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Overbay

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE Power &Amp; Energy Society General Meeting

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Declining interest and enrollments in STEM related fields are an impetus to engage precollege students and teachers in science and engineering activities. Concerns about climate change and green energy sources provide platforms to connect today's students to tomorrow's careers in the electric power industry. Three facets of the NSF-supported FREEDM ERC precollege programs are described: (1) a Research Experience for Teachers, (2) a Young Scholars commuter program for high school students, and (3) summer science camps for middle school students. Assessment results for the fourth year of the effort at four different university campuses are presented.Index Terms-power engineering education, STEM.

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FREEDM ERC precollege programs: Motivating careers in the electric power industry

Holbert

Grable

Overbay

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE Power &Amp; Energy Society General Meeting

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“…Meanwhile, with the looming retirement of baby boomers, roughly half of power and energy engineers are going to retire over the next five to ten years. This could leave more than 7,000 power engineer vacancies in electric utility companies only 11 .…”

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“…If not managed properly, the loss of experience and expertise will affect reliability, safety, productivity, and the ability to solve the pressing issue of grid modernization 11 .…”

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Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology

Zhang¹

2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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The existing centralized, producer controlled generation, and uni-directional transmission and distribution network has been gradually shifting to distributed generation with significant integration of renewable energy and bi-directional power flow, leading to the so called "smart grid". The power grid evolvement is boosting related industries and provides a great opportunity for United States to secure its leadership for future economic growth. However, the education of engineers, technicians, and educators themselves has not kept pace with the rising demand for both grid modernization and workforce replacement. To address both technical and educational challenges, an NSF proposal was successfully proposed to develop a smart grid platform for multidisciplinary teaching and research activities. Obviously the revival of power engineering education cannot be the simple duplication of the previous curriculum. Traditional core courses in power engineering technology, such as power system, power electronics, electric machines, etc, need to be revamped to deliver relevant information in light of current industrial practices. Complementary knowledge and skills including control theory, embedded system, communications, digital signal processing, etc, are needed to strengthen student knowledge and skills in communication and information technologies. The project investigator team is composed of three faculties in two departments, and this presentation focuses on the teaching and research initiatives in Engineering Technology (ET). Background

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“…New challenges associated with power and energy and a rapidly retiring workforce have created a great demand for power and energy engineers from across engineering disciplines [1]- [4] . In 2010, the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) was established with funding from the Department of Energy to respond to these challenges [5] .…”

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Electric Power Systems Education for Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

Cramer¹,

Holloway²

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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New challenges associated with power and energy and a rapidly retiring workforce have created a great demand for power and energy engineers from across engineering disciplines. Within this context, the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky, a multidisciplinary engineering institute offering certificates in power and energy at the University of Kentucky has been created. A motivating observation guiding this educational program is that exposure to multidisciplinary ideas within the power and energy field will better prepare engineers from all disciplines for the types of multidisciplinary problems that they will encounter in their careers. As part of this program, a senior-/graduate-level course in electric power system fundamentals was created. This course is a core course within the power and energy program and is an option for undergraduate students and a requirement for graduate students studying within the program, including those who are not electrical engineers. Therefore, this course is intended for engineering students studying electrical engineering as well as those studying in other engineering disciplines. The fundamental challenge associated with this course is how to achieve the correct balance between sufficient technical rigor for an upper-level electrical engineering student and appropriate level for students with little electrical engineering coursework, a challenge that is significantly different than those experienced in teaching lower-level engineering courses to students in different disciplines. The ways in which this challenge has shaped course outcomes, prerequisites, textbook selection, and course structure are presented. Course assessment data (including exam-based assessment of outcomes and student selfassessment) as well as anecdotal evidence of how well this challenge is being met are discussed and analyzed. In particular, the performance of electrical engineering students and students from other engineering disciplines is compared for the various course outcomes. Lessons learned from offering this course are presented. I.

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Engineering the Future

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FREEDM ERC precollege programs: Motivating careers in the electric power industry

FREEDM ERC precollege programs: Motivating careers in the electric power industry

Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology

Electric Power Systems Education for Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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