Power Engineering Education for the Next-Generation Smart Grid Workforce

下一代智能电网劳动力的电力工程教育

• 批准号: 2121242
• 负责人: Jie Li
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Rowan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2121242&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Power; Engineering; Education; Next; Generation

This project aims to serve the national interests by enhancing power engineering education to meet the nation’s needs for a highly qualified next-generation Smart Grid workforce. As one of the nation’s most critical infrastructures, the electric power grid is undergoing a fundamental revolution in its physical structure, management policy, and business operation, ultimately leading towards a Smart Grid ─ an enabling engine for the nation’s economy, environment, and future. However, achieving the Smart Grid mission is hampered by a growing shortage of qualified power and energy engineers, as well as the lack of a comprehensive education system to support workforce training. The model approach developed by this project will help provide effective power engineering education to qualified graduates.The objective of this project is to explore a viable and sustainable approach to enhance power engineering education to meet the needs of the power industry. This objective will be achieved via a suite of research and development activities which will retool the Electrical and Computer Engineering curricula, and will create a pathway for students interested in careers working on Smart Grids. Recent advances in relevant disciplines serving the Smart Grid mission will be investigated and new course modules will be developed, continuously updated, and integrated into existing program curricula. Furthermore, to close the loop, a multi-entry point pathway towards power engineering will be established which will offer students in different years of the program clearly defined course sequences. An advisory committee powered by collaborators from key sectors of the power and energy industry will oversee the proposed research. The research and development activities conducted, the lessons learned, the challenges addressed, and the knowledge generated from this project will be disseminated via multiple channels to peer institutions with similar strong interests in educating the next-generation Smart Grid workforce, as well as to educators of other disciplines facing similar education challenges. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过加强电力工程教育来满足国家对高素质下一代智能电网劳动力的需求，从而为国家利益服务。作为国家最重要的基础设施之一，电网正在经历其物理结构、管理政策和业务运营的根本性革命，最终导致智能电网-国家经济、环境和未来的引擎。然而，由于合格的电力和能源工程师日益短缺，以及缺乏支持劳动力培训的综合教育体系，智能电网使命的实现受到阻碍。本计划所发展的模式有助为合资格的毕业生提供有效的电力工程教育。本计划的目的是探讨一个可行及可持续的方法，以加强电力工程教育，以满足电力行业的需要。这一目标将通过一系列研发活动来实现，这些活动将重新调整电气和计算机工程课程，并为对智能电网工作感兴趣的学生创造一条途径。服务于智能电网使命的相关学科的最新进展将被调查，新的课程模块将被开发，不断更新，并整合到现有的计划课程。此外，为了关闭循环，将建立一个通往电力工程的多入口点途径，这将为不同年份的学生提供明确定义的课程序列。一个由电力和能源行业关键部门合作者组成的咨询委员会将监督拟议的研究。开展的研究和开发活动，吸取的经验教训，解决的挑战，以及从这个项目中产生的知识将通过多种渠道传播到同行机构在教育下一代智能电网劳动力，以及面临类似的教育挑战的其他学科的教育工作者有着类似的强烈兴趣。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识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

Developing Power Engineering Education and Learning for Next-generation Smart Grid Workforce

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--42280
• 期刊: 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings
• 作者: Nourhan Elatky;Jenny Hoang;Mason Elwell;Ronan Harkins;Juan Cruz;Jie Li