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NSF和国家工程师学院（NAE）赞助的电气和计算机工程（ECE）部门负责人研讨会，主题是"应对气候变化：它是否也有助于ECE复兴？2019年4月19日至20日在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯举行。拟议的讲习班方案包括专家关于气候变化的演讲，增加幼儿教育课程女性入学率的机会，适合新生和高中生的气候变化和电气工程入门课程，以及编写行动计划的分组会议。 拟议的研讨会是朝着理解气候变化与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，包括妇女和少数民族参加幼儿教育。气候变化正在迅速发生，对人类构成巨大威胁。 应对气候变化的一些解决方案是使用可再生能源发电，简化运输和提高系统效率，这需要电气工程知识。许多年轻人没有看到这些解决方案和ECE之间的关系。该提案旨在促进这种关系，并提供一种途径，利用应对气候变化的手段，增加选择电力/能源以及欧洲经委会其他相关领域的有才华的高中学生的渠道，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估，被认为值得支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.