Workshop on the Future Power Engineering Workforce. November 14-15, 2007 at The Holiday Inn Arlington, VA.

该项目的目的是组织一个国家论坛，讨论未来电力工程劳动力短缺的关键问题和行动。这个论坛让来自政府、行业、教职员工和学生以及专业协会的领导人协同努力，制定国家行动议程。这种方法解决了一些重要的问题，比如未来劳动力的需求和供应，以及国家在大学里培养电力工程师的能力。为了吸引最优秀的人才进入电力工程领域，必须解决课程创新和多样性问题。智力优势：本项目是通过在涉及重要利益相关者（包括政府、行业、大学和专业协会）的综合框架中研究劳动力问题而实现的。根据适当获得的调查数据，结果将是未来劳动力供需之间的差距分析。对数据和结论进行科学的分析，确保结果的有效性。更广泛的影响：本项目预计意义重大。该研讨会将制定路线图，以加强美国培养未来电力工程师的能力，为确保美国可靠和经济的电力供应提供受过良好教育的电力工程劳动力，并为美国大学电力工程研究和教育基础设施的创新发展新思路。通过协调一致的行动议程，可以加强未来劳动力的多样性。

The objective of this project is to organize a national forum to discuss critical issues and actions in response to the shortage of power engineering workforce in the future. This forum allows leaders from government, industry, faculty and students, and professional societies to work synergistically toward a national action agenda. The approach is address important issues such as the future demand and supply of the workforce and the nation's capacity to educate power engineers at the universities. To attract best talents into power engineering, the curriculum innovation and diversity issues must be addressed. Intellectual merits: This project are achieved by studying the workforce issue in a comprehensive framework involving essential stakeholders, including government, industry, universities and professional societies. Based on properly acquired survey data, the result will be a gap analysis between supply and demand for the future workforce. Scientific analysis will be performed for the data and conclusions to ensure the validity of the results. Broader impacts:This project are expected to be significant. The workshop will lead to a roadmap to strengthen the U.S. capacity to educate future power engineers, to provide a well-educated workforce for power engineering that ensures reliable and economic supply of electric energy in the U.S., and to develop new ideas for innovation of research and educational infrastructure in power engineering at U.S. universities. Diversity of the future workforce can be enhanced with a coordinated action agenda.