ONR/NSF-Sponsored Workshop: Reforming Electric Energy Systems Curriculum : 3 Workshops; 1st to be held in Wash, DC Feb 12-15 2009

ONR/NSF 赞助的研讨会：改革电能系统课程：3 个研讨会；

• 批准号: 0831058
• 负责人: Ned Mohan
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0831058&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ONR; NSF; Sponsored; Workshop; Reforming

Various governmental agencies such the Department of Energy, Edison Electric Institute (an association of shareholder-owned companies) and various utilities are concerned about the aging workforce and are predicting sever shortages of qualified electrical engineers. At the same, there is a crisis in the undergraduate education where the courses have not changed for decades while the industrial and utility practices have changed, in some cases dramatically. Most Electric Power Programs nationwide are stagnating, downsizing or disappearing. This is a trend that must be reversed, given the aging workforce in most utilities and many industries. The objective of this proposal is to obtain NSF collaboration and funding to continue the dissemination of the educational material and approaches developed at the University of Minnesota. The development of these educational materials was previously supported by NSF and is currently supported by ONR. NSF support is request for partial participant travel funding to attend three annual workshops organized for carrying out the above dissemination effort. ONR will be cosponsoring the workshop.Intellectual Merits: The attempt of this curricular reform is to excite our students so more of them, compared to the present rate, pursue graduate education and PhD research. By creating a Community of Teaching Scholars, all instructors will have an opportunity to bring the enthusiasm of research in their classroom and possibly carry out research themselves, for example, by approaching their local utilities. All schools, regardless of their size and research-versus-teaching orientation, will be approached, thereby creating a much larger pool for creativity and innovation. Broader Impacts: The objective of the curriculum reform being promoted through the workshops is to provide first-rate education to undergraduates in the Electrical Energy Systems nationwide. This curriculum has been developed to be effective, regardless of the severity of the workforce shortages that cannot be predicted accurately, to train undergraduates broadly so they can be flexible in their employment choices. This broad impact on well-educated pool of graduates nationwide is made possible by this curriculum by using the faculty and teaching assistant resources very effectively. Therefore, this curriculum can be adopted by the entire spectrum of schools spanning from four-year colleges that primarily focus on teaching to large research universities. A special attempt will be made to encourage minority-serving institutions to participate in the workshops organized under this project.

能源部、爱迪生电气研究所（股东所有公司协会）和各公用事业公司等多个政府机构都对劳动力老龄化表示担忧，并预测合格的电气工程师将严重短缺。与此同时，本科教育也存在危机，课程数十年没有改变，而工业和公用事业实践却发生了变化，在某些情况下发生了巨大变化。全国大多数电力项目都处于停滞状态、规模缩小或消失。鉴于大多数公用事业和许多行业的劳动力老龄化，这一趋势必须扭转。该提案的目的是获得 NSF 的合作和资助，以继续传播明尼苏达大学开发的教育材料和方法。这些教育材料的开发之前得到了 NSF 的支持，目前得到了 ONR 的支持。 NSF 支持请求部分参与者提供旅费，以参加为开展上述传播工作而组织的三个年度研讨会。 ONR 将共同主办该研讨会。 智力优势：这次课程改革的尝试是为了激发我们的学生的兴趣，以便与目前的学生相比，更多的学生能够追求研究生教育和博士研究。通过创建教学学者社区，所有教师将有机会将研究热情带入课堂，并可能自己开展研究，例如，通过联系当地的公用事业公司。所有学校，无论其规模和研究与教学方向如何，都将被接触，从而为创造力和创新创造一个更大的池。更广泛的影响：通过研讨会推动的课程改革的目标是为全国电能系统本科生提供一流的教育。无论劳动力短缺的严重程度如何无法准确预测，该课程的开发都是为了有效地广泛培训本科生，使他们能够灵活地选择就业。该课程通过非常有效地利用教师和助教资源，对全国受过良好教育的毕业生产生了广泛的影响。因此，该课程可以被所有学校采用，从主要专注于教学的四年制学院到大型研究型大学。将特别尝试鼓励少数群体服务机构参加该项目下组织的讲习班。