Wind Energy Workforce Development: Engineering, Science, & Technology

Lesieutre, George A. ; Stewart, Susan W. ; Bridgen, Marc

关键词: wind energy;    workforce development;    engineering;    education;    online;    graduate courses;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1072049
RP-ID  :  DOE/EE0000540/PSU/AERSP-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1072049

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Broadly, this project involved the development and delivery of a new curriculum in wind energy engineering at the Pennsylvania State University; this includes enhancement of the Renewable Energy program at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. The new curricula at Penn State includes addition of wind energy-focused material in more than five existing courses in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering science and mechanics and energy engineering, as well as three new online graduate courses. The online graduate courses represent a stand-alone Graduate Certificate in Wind Energy, and provide the core of a Wind Energy Option in an online intercollege professional Masters degree in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems. The Pennsylvania College of Technology erected a 10 kilowatt Xzeres wind turbine that is dedicated to educating the renewable energy workforce. The entire construction process was incorporated into the Renewable Energy A.A.S. degree program, the Building Science and Sustainable Design B.S. program, and other construction-related coursework throughout the School of Construction and Design Technologies. Follow-on outcomes include additional non-credit opportunities as well as secondary school career readiness events, community outreach activities, and public awareness postings.