Workshop of ECE Department Heads "Combating Climate Change: Can it also help the ECE Renaissance?". To be held at the University of Minnesota. April 19-20, 2019.

欧洲经委会部门负责人研讨会“应对气候变化：它也能帮助欧洲经委会复兴吗？”。

• 批准号: 1915952
• 负责人: Ned Mohan
• 金额: $ 5万
• 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: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1915952&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; ECE; Department; Heads; Combating

The goal of this project is to conduct a workshop of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department Heads sponsored by NSF and National Academy of Engineers (NAE) on the topic of "Combating Climate Change: Can it also help the ECE Renaissance?" on April 19-20, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN. The proposed workshop program includes presentations by experts on climate change, opportunities to increase female enrollments in ECE courses, an introductory course on climate change and electrical engineering suitable for freshmen as well as high school students, and breakout sessions to prepare an action plan. The proposed workshop is a positive step towards understanding the linkages between climate change and electrical engineering. Follow on actions could lead to attracting larger number of high school students including women and minorities towards ECE.Climate change is happening rapidly, and it poses a great threat to the humanity. Some of the solutions to combat climate change are using renewable energy to generate electricity, electrifying transportation and increasing system efficiencies, which require the knowledge of electrical engineering. Many young people don't see the relationship between these solutions and ECE. This proposal addresses promoting this relationship and provides an avenue to leverage combating climate change for increasing the pipeline of talented high school students opting for power/energy as well as other related fields within ECE, which could reverse the trend of declining enrollments in ECE programs nationwide.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.

该项目的目标是举办由 NSF 和美国国家工程院 (NAE) 赞助的电气与计算机工程 (ECE) 系主任研讨会，主题为“应对气候变化：它也能帮助 ECE 复兴吗？” 2019 年 4 月 19 日至 20 日在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯举行。拟议的研讨会计划包括气候变化专家的演讲、增加儿童早教课程女性入学人数的机会、适合新生和高中生的气候变化和电气工程入门课程，以及准备行动计划的分组会议。 拟议的研讨会是了解气候变化与电气工程之间联系的积极一步。 后续行动可能会吸引更多包括女性和少数族裔在内的高中生参加幼儿教育。气候变化正在迅速发生，对人类构成了巨大威胁。 应对气候变化的一些解决方案包括使用可再生能源发电、交通电气化和提高系统效率，这些都需要电气工程知识。许多年轻人看不到这些解决方案与 ECE 之间的关系。该提案致力于促进这种关系，并提供了一个利用应对气候变化的途径，以增加有才华的高中生选择电力/能源以及 ECE 内其他相关领域的渠道，这可能扭转全国 ECE 项目入学人数下降的趋势该奖项反映了 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。