The DOE-Sponsored Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories
Overview:
This consortium of 82 U.S. universities is led by University of Minnesota (UMN) and is supported by the Dept. of Energy with ARRA funding. The principal investigator is Ned Mohan of the UMN Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering who is supported by three co-principal investigators including Bruce Wollenberg, William Robbins, and Paul Imbertson, all of the ECE Dept. The project is for three years and commenced on July 30, 2010. Total funding for the project is approximately $4.2 million with DOE providing $2.5 million and the rest from cost-sharing by the University of Minnesota and the other participating institutions.
Project objectives:
The objective is to revitalize U.S. power engineering education programs in institutions of higher education to meet immediate and near-future needs. Each of the 82 U.S. universities will implement the state-of-the-art laboratories in power engineering which are a part of an overall new electrical energy systems curriculum (details at www.ece.umn.edu/groups/power and www.cusp.umn.edu) developed at the University of Minnesota. In addition to these laboratories, which will be new at most of the participating universities, this project will also result in much needed faculty development and new classroom materials in support of the power engineering curriculum. This new educational framework will quickly start producing a large number of graduates with a fundamentals-based education who can meet the multi-disciplinary challenges inherent to our nation's efforts to make the nation's grid cleaner, smarter, and more reliable. It will also be a foundation for graduate education and research in the areas of renewable energy such as wind, solar, storage, and energy conservation.
Members:
- Baylor University
- Binghamton University - SUNY
- Boise State University
- California State University - Chico
- California State University - Northridge
- California State University - Sacramento
- Clarkson University
- Cleveland State University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- Colorado State University
- Gannon University
- George Washington University
- Hampton University
- Howard University
- Lafayette College
- Marquette University
- Miami University
- Michigan State University
- Montana State University
- New Jersey Institute of Tech
- North Carolina State University
- North Dakota State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Oakland University
- Ohio Northern University
- Ohio State University
- Old Dominion University
- Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania State Univ - Harrisburg
- Polytechnic Institute of NYU
- Prairie View A&M University
- Purdue University Calumet
- San Diego State University
- San José State University
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- South Dakota State University
- Southern Polytechnic State University
- Southern University and A&M College
- SUNY Maritime College
- Temple University
- Tennessee State University
- Texas A&M University - Kingsville
- Texas Tech University
- Tuskegee University
- University of Alaska
- University of Arkansas
- University of Bridgeport
- University of California - Santa Cruz
- University of Colorado - Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Evansville
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Louisiana - Lafayette
- University of Maine-Orono
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- University of MN-Duluth
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas
- University of North Dakota
- University of Northern Iowa
- University of the Pacific
- University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
- University of South Florida
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Texas - San Antonio
- University of Utah
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- University of Wisconsin - Platteville
- University of Wyoming
- Villanova University
- Washington State University
- West Virginia University
- Western Michigan University
- Western Kentucky University
- Wilkes University
- York College - Pennsylvania
- Youngstown State University