I-Corps-L project for the Commercialization of the Solar Energy Education Buddy (SEEB)

I-Corps-L 太阳能教育伙伴 (SEEB) 商业化项目

• 批准号: 1644478
• 负责人: Branislav Vlahovic
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Central University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644478&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; project; Commercialization; Solar; Energy

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will explore scaling-up a modern tool for teaching solar and wind energy in order to commercialize it. The Educational Tool (ET) encompasses a modern and unique curriculum. The ET comprises instruction materials on solar and wind energy (SWE) and experimental equipment. Students learn in-depth the basics, as well as practical methods of how to design, size, install, and maintain SWE systems. The ET utilizes computer technologies for the delivery, and modern electronic platforms for data acquisition and automation of measurements. Also, to complement the instructions, information is retrieved using big data analysis, data aggregation, and a novel approach for data tagging using a master information set. Another important feature of the ET is its design, which was done with in mind the millennia learner, who is turning towards self-education, a new learning culture. The ET has been categorized in three models, each dedicated to an end-user category for consideration during the customer discovery process. The first is the Education Sector, which includes students in engineering and physics programs, colleges and technical schools, secondary schools, and science clubs. A second sector is from Business, for example, employees of Renewable Energy (RE) companies that cannot afford multi-year learning cycles, engineers, businessmen, managers, building company practitioners, and RE equipment installers. The General Public comprises the third sector and includes private solar energy users, members of youth clubs, and amateur hobbyists. The ET will significantly enhance STEM education by delivering knowledge on emerging technologies and services. With the tool, students can procure their own lab to perform parts of or entire research projects, therefore research on solar and wind energy will be positively affected. The ET will prepare the renewable energy workforce in the Nation and the world.

北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU）将探索扩大现代工具，用于教授太阳能和风能，以便将其商业化。 教育工具（ET）涵盖了现代而独特的课程。 ET包括有关太阳能和风能（SWE）和实验设备的指导材料。学生深入了解基础知识以及如何设计，尺寸，安装和维护SWE系统的实用方法。 ET利用计算机技术进行交付，现代电子平台用于数据获取和测量自动化。此外，为了补充指令，使用大数据分析，数据聚合以及使用主信息集进行数据标记的新方法来检索信息。 ET的另一个重要特征是其设计，它是在千年的学习者中牢记的，他正在转向自我教育，一种新的学习文化。 ET已分为三种模型，每个模型都专门针对客户发现过程中的最终用户类别。第一个是教育领域，其中包括工程和物理课程，大学和技术学校，中学和科学俱乐部的学生。第二个部门来自业务，例如，可再生能源（RE）公司的员工负担不起多年学习周期，工程师，商人，经理，建筑公司从业人员和RE设备安装人员。公众由第三部门组成，包括私人太阳能用户，青年俱乐部成员和业余爱好者。 ET将通过提供有关新兴技术和服务的知识来大大增强STEM教育。使用该工具，学生可以采购自己的实验室来执行部分或整个研究项目的一部分，因此对太阳能和风能的研究将受到积极影响。 ET将为全国和世界的可再生能源劳动力做好准备。