Title :
Design and development of a new smart grid course at Washington State University
Author :
Srivastava, A.K. ; Hauser, C. ; Bakken, D. ; Kim, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
This paper overviews our experience with design and development of a new smart grid course focused on cyber-security. The course is team-taught by power and computer science faculty members and intended for seniors and graduate students from computer science and engineering. Key areas of focus, covered in this paper are the need for a new course and the course description along with our experience in locating and creating course materials.
Keywords :
educational courses; educational institutions; power engineering education; power system security; smart power grids; Washington State University; computer science faculty member; course material; cybersecurity; graduate student; power engineering faculty member; smart grid course; Computer science; Computer security; Educational institutions; IEEE Power & Energy Society; Smart grids; Workforce development; course development; smart grid education;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2727-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345246