Title :
Educational needs for the “Smart Grid” workforce
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
Advances in technology and major programs to enhance the electric power system throughout the world have led to the concept of the “Smart Grid”. This concept has been formally defined in various places and is driving many of the current changes in educational curricula at all levels. This paper provides a brief summary of the known definitions and the resulting educational needs for the technical workforce of the future.
Keywords :
educational courses; power engineering education; smart power grids; educational curricula; educational needs; electric power system; smart grid workforce; Smart grid; power engineering curriculum; power engineering education; power engineering resources; workforce training;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6549-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2010.5589593
