Workshop of ECE Department Heads "Combating Climate Change: Can it also help the ECE Renaissance?". To be held at the University of Minnesota. April 19-20, 2019.

该项目的目标是举办一次由国家科学基金会和美国国家工程师学会(NAE)赞助的电气和计算机工程(欧洲经委会)系主任讲习班，主题为“抗击气候变化：它是否也有助于欧洲经委会的复兴？”2019年4月19日至20日，明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯。拟议的讲习班方案包括由专家介绍气候变化、增加女性参加欧洲经委会课程的机会、适合新生和高中生的关于气候变化和电气工程的入门课程，以及为制定行动计划而举行的分组讨论会。拟议的研讨会是朝着了解气候变化和电气工程之间的联系迈出的积极一步。后续行动可能会吸引更多的高中生，包括女性和少数族裔。气候变化正在迅速发生，它对人类构成了巨大的威胁。应对气候变化的一些解决方案是使用可再生能源发电、使交通通电和提高系统效率，这些都需要电气工程知识。许多年轻人看不到这些解决方案与幼儿教育之间的关系。这项建议旨在促进这种关系，并提供了一条利用应对气候变化的途径，以增加选择电力/能源以及欧洲经委会内部其他相关领域的有才华的高中生的渠道，这可能会扭转全国范围内欧洲经委会项目入学人数下降的趋势。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The goal of this project is to conduct a workshop of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department Heads sponsored by NSF and National Academy of Engineers (NAE) on the topic of "Combating Climate Change: Can it also help the ECE Renaissance?" on April 19-20, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN. The proposed workshop program includes presentations by experts on climate change, opportunities to increase female enrollments in ECE courses, an introductory course on climate change and electrical engineering suitable for freshmen as well as high school students, and breakout sessions to prepare an action plan. The proposed workshop is a positive step towards understanding the linkages between climate change and electrical engineering. Follow on actions could lead to attracting larger number of high school students including women and minorities towards ECE.Climate change is happening rapidly, and it poses a great threat to the humanity. Some of the solutions to combat climate change are using renewable energy to generate electricity, electrifying transportation and increasing system efficiencies, which require the knowledge of electrical engineering. Many young people don't see the relationship between these solutions and ECE. This proposal addresses promoting this relationship and provides an avenue to leverage combating climate change for increasing the pipeline of talented high school students opting for power/energy as well as other related fields within ECE, which could reverse the trend of declining enrollments in ECE programs nationwide.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.