The Importance of Modern Teaching Labs

Author

Wollenberg, Bruce ; Mohan, Ned

Author_Institution

Univ. of Minnesota, MN, USA

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

2010

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

52

Abstract

Engineers in Large Numbers are Needed to Realize the promises of renewable power generation, energy storage, reliable delivery, efficient end use, and the smart grid. However, many professional, trade, and research organizations including IEEE, Edison Electric Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are predicting massive workforce shortages in the electric energy area. Just when inevitable large-scale retirements loom in the power industries and an effective power education system is most needed, power programs at many universities have stagnated and are in need of major reform, and power faculty members are nearing retirement age.

Keywords

educational institutions; electric power generation; energy storage; power engineering education; teaching; Edison Electric Institute; Electric Power Research Institute; IEEE; energy storage; power education system; reliable delivery; renewable power generation; research organizations; smart grid; teaching labs; universities; Education; Energy storage; Large-scale systems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power industry; Power systems; Reliability engineering; Retirement; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1540-7977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPE.2010.937133

Filename

5496822