Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center

可再生能源中心先进技术教育资源中心

• 批准号: 2000714
• 负责人: Kenneth Walz
• 金额: $ 105.53万
• 依托单位: Madison Area Technical College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000714&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Renewable; Energy; Advanced; Technological

Over the past decade, renewable energy has grown at a much faster pace than many other industry sectors. This growth results from recent technological advances, government policy and regulatory reforms, and tremendous reductions in the cost of solar and wind equipment. As a result, the electricity sector is now engaged in a dramatic shift from energy obtained from fossil fuels to energy obtained from renewable resources. STEM careers in renewable energy provide technicians with well-paying jobs that can support families, that cannot be easily exported, and that benefit the local community. The Resource Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE) aims to support preparation of a new generation of renewable energy educators and skilled technical professionals. The expected outcomes include greater use of renewable energy, an improved power infrastructure, greater resilience of US energy systems, and a larger role for the United States as a global industry leader in renewable energy technology. CREATE will support two-year institutions to develop, promote, grow, and advance robust academic programs to provide the renewable energy industry with a skilled technical workforce. This goal will be accomplished through six key objectives: 1) provide support, mentoring, and professional development for faculty and prospective NSF principal investigators in renewable energy technology; 2) coordinate and support additional renewable energy industry, business, and academic partnerships; 3) educate the public about renewable energy and renewable energy technician careers; 4) develop, screen, validate, update, and distribute renewable energy teaching materials, curricula, and pedagogical practices; 5) connect and support existing and new ATE project Principal Investigators in renewable energy and related fields; and 6) develop a plan for achieving sustainability and institutionalization of key center functions. Additional plans include serving high school educators to create bridges to higher education. The Center will also reach out to faculty at Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Historically Black Colleges to encourage them to apply to the ATE program. Increasing the number of women in the renewable energy fields will continue to be a focus of CREATE. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

在过去十年中，可再生能源的增长速度远远快于许多其他行业。这一增长得益于最近的技术进步、政府政策和监管改革，以及太阳能和风能设备成本的大幅降低。因此，电力部门目前正在从化石燃料获得的能源向可再生资源获得的能源进行巨大转变。可再生能源领域的STEM职业为技术人员提供了高薪工作，这些工作可以支持家庭，不能轻易出口，并有利于当地社区。可再生能源先进技术教育资源中心（CREATE）旨在支持新一代可再生能源教育工作者和熟练技术专业人员的准备。预期成果包括更多地使用可再生能源，改善电力基础设施，提高美国能源系统的弹性，以及美国作为可再生能源技术全球行业领导者的更大作用。CREATE将支持两年制机构开发，推广，发展和推进强大的学术课程，为可再生能源行业提供熟练的技术劳动力。这一目标将通过六个关键目标来实现：1）为教师和未来的NSF可再生能源技术主要研究者提供支持，指导和专业发展; 2）协调和支持其他可再生能源行业，商业和学术伙伴关系; 3）教育公众可再生能源和可再生能源技术人员的职业生涯; 4）开发、筛选、验证、更新和分发可再生能源教材、课程和教学实践; 5）连接和支持可再生能源及相关领域现有和新的ATE项目首席研究员;以及6）制定计划，实现关键中心职能的可持续性和制度化。其他计划包括为高中教育工作者提供服务，以建立通往高等教育的桥梁。该中心还将接触到教师在西班牙裔服务机构，部落学院和历史上的黑人学院，以鼓励他们申请到ATE计划。增加妇女在可再生能源领域的人数将继续是该组织的一个重点。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。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和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Enlightened Education: Solar Engineering Design to Energize School Facilities

开明教育：太阳能工程设计为学校设施注入活力

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--34580
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 127th Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceeding
• 作者: Walz, Kenneth;Shoemaker, Joel;Ansorge, Steven;Gusse, Adam;Hylla, Nicholas
• 通讯作者: Hylla, Nicholas

Results of 2021 Energy Education Stakeholder Survey

2021 年能源教育利益相关者调查结果

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings
• 作者: Walz, K;McMahan, A;Temple, G;Alfano, K
• 通讯作者: Alfano, K

Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition Instructional Materials and Resources for Energy Education Programs

能源教育计划的监督控制和数据采集教学材料和资源

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings
• 作者: Walz, K;Cooper, K;Reid, B;Baechle, C;Akelian, C;Alfano, K
• 通讯作者: Alfano, K

Delivery and Impact of Virtual Teacher Professional Development Workshops.

虚拟教师专业发展研讨会的举办和影响。

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings
• 作者: Walz, K;Arquin, M;Shoemaker, J.;Liddicoat, S.;Temple, G.;Alfano, K.
• 通讯作者: Alfano, K.

Field tests of a self-sintering, anti-soiling, self-cleaning, nanoporous metal oxide, transparent thin film coating for solar photovoltaic modules

• DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112560
• 发表时间: 2023-09-22
• 期刊: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
• 影响因子: 6.9
• 作者: Walz，Kenneth A.;Hoege，Timothy D.;Anderson，Marc A.
• 通讯作者: Anderson，Marc A.