I-Corps-L project for the Commercialization of the Solar Energy Education Buddy (SEEB)

北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)将探索扩大现代太阳能和风能教学工具的规模，以便将其商业化。教育工具(ET)包含了一门现代而独特的课程。ET包括太阳能和风能(SWE)的教学材料和实验设备。学生深入学习如何设计、调整、安装和维护SWE系统的基础知识和实用方法。ET利用计算机技术进行交付，并利用现代电子平台进行数据采集和测量自动化。此外，为了补充指令，使用大数据分析、数据聚合和使用主信息集进行数据标记的新方法来检索信息。ET的另一个重要特征是它的设计，这是考虑到数千年来的学习者，他们正在转向自我教育，一种新的学习文化。ET分为三个模型，每个模型专门针对一个最终用户类别，以供在客户发现过程中考虑。第一个是教育部门，包括工程和物理项目、大学和技术学校、中学和科学俱乐部的学生。第二个领域来自商业，例如，负担不起多年学习周期的可再生能源(RE)公司的员工、工程师、商人、经理、建筑公司从业者和RE设备安装工。公众组成第三部门，包括私人太阳能用户、青年俱乐部成员和业余爱好者。ET将通过提供有关新兴技术和服务的知识，显著加强STEM教育。有了这个工具，学生可以购买自己的实验室来执行部分或全部研究项目，因此太阳能和风能的研究将受到积极影响。ET将为全国和世界的可再生能源劳动力做好准备。

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will explore scaling-up a modern tool for teaching solar and wind energy in order to commercialize it. The Educational Tool (ET) encompasses a modern and unique curriculum. The ET comprises instruction materials on solar and wind energy (SWE) and experimental equipment. Students learn in-depth the basics, as well as practical methods of how to design, size, install, and maintain SWE systems. The ET utilizes computer technologies for the delivery, and modern electronic platforms for data acquisition and automation of measurements. Also, to complement the instructions, information is retrieved using big data analysis, data aggregation, and a novel approach for data tagging using a master information set. Another important feature of the ET is its design, which was done with in mind the millennia learner, who is turning towards self-education, a new learning culture. The ET has been categorized in three models, each dedicated to an end-user category for consideration during the customer discovery process. The first is the Education Sector, which includes students in engineering and physics programs, colleges and technical schools, secondary schools, and science clubs. A second sector is from Business, for example, employees of Renewable Energy (RE) companies that cannot afford multi-year learning cycles, engineers, businessmen, managers, building company practitioners, and RE equipment installers. The General Public comprises the third sector and includes private solar energy users, members of youth clubs, and amateur hobbyists. The ET will significantly enhance STEM education by delivering knowledge on emerging technologies and services. With the tool, students can procure their own lab to perform parts of or entire research projects, therefore research on solar and wind energy will be positively affected. The ET will prepare the renewable energy workforce in the Nation and the world.