Development of Novel Learning Materials for Green Energy Education Centered Around a Photovoltaic (PV) Test Station

该项目建立了一个2.5千瓦的光伏测试站和相关的仪器，这些仪器被整合到小石城阿肯色大学本科电气工程课程的几门课程中。利用试验站进行的实验室实验和相应的可再生能源、可持续发展、智能电网等课程模块，将被纳入大一的项目化工程课程和大三的电力系统工程课程。一门新的高级可再生能源课程也正在开发中。高级课程是多学科的，主要面向电气工程、系统工程、工程技术和物理等专业的学生。该项目包括严格的形成性和总结性评估计划，包括由独立评估人员协调的定性和定量组成部分。评估计划旨在确定材料的质量并确保项目目标的实现。该项目的成果正在通过会议和期刊出版物以及与专业协会协调的讲习班传播。光伏测试站还被用作小石城地区高中推广工作的一部分，目的是让高中生，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的高中生，对科学和工程感兴趣。

This project establishes a 2.5 kilowatt photovoltaic test station with associated instrumentation that is integrated into several courses in the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Laboratory experiments using the test station and corresponding course modules covering renewable energy, sustainability, and the smart grid are to be inserted into a project based freshmen engineering course and a junior level course on power systems engineering. A new senior level course in renewable energy is also being developed. The senior level course is multidisciplinary and is being offered to students in electrical engineering, systems engineering, engineering technology and physics. The project includes rigorous formative and summative evaluation plans with both qualitative and quantitative components coordinated by an independent evaluator. The evaluation plan is designed to establish the quality of the materials and to ensure the project goals are met. The project's results are being disseminated through conferences and journal publications and through workshops coordinated with professional societies. The photovoltaic test station is also being used as part of an outreach effort to high schools in the Little Rock area with the goal of getting high school students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, interested in science and engineering.