Title :
Education of the engineering workforce for smart grid technologies
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
There are numerous activities being undertaken to train and educate the workforce for the adoption of new smart grid technologies. This paper describes several of these activities involving the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) as well as the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA).
Keywords :
power engineering education; power grids; ECEDHA; Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association; IEEE PES; IEEE Power and Energy Society; engineering education workforce; smart grid technology; Collaboration; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Smart grids; Web sites; Power Engineering Education; continuing education; workforce training;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia (ISGT), 2011 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0873-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0874-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2011.6167116
