CAPT. Lynn J. (LJ) Petersen

Providing Hands-on Experience in Electric Power Engineering Education

This online workshop demonstrated hands-on laboratories for electric-power education at undergraduate and graduate levels. Faculty presented laboratory platforms for advanced power electronics, electric drives and control, power systems using PSS®E and Python, climate-crisis solutions, and sustainable electricity, followed by discussion of community- and technical-college certificate pathways.

Remotely Accessible Hardware Labs for Education and Research in Power Electronics, Power Systems, and Electric Drives

This virtual workshop presented compact, safe-voltage, remotely accessible laboratories developed for education and research in electric drives, power electronics, and power systems. Sessions connected the laboratory platforms to CUSP courses and demonstrated undergraduate, graduate, and pipeline-level experiments using Sciamble Workbench.

Crisis in Power Engineering Education: A National Security Concern

This two-day NSF–NAE workshop convened leaders from government, academia, industry, K–12 education, and community and technical colleges to address the national shortage of power-engineering talent. Participants examined multiple pathways into the field, rewarding careers across the power sector, and freely available CUSP courses and laboratories for workforce development.

Teaching Electric Energy Courses to Rejuvenate Electric Power Curriculum

Join faculty nationwide for a focused workshop showcasing ONR-funded, CUSP-hosted courses in power electronics, machines & drives, and power systems. Explore ultra-low-cost, digitally controlled online laboratories with remote access for teaching and research, plus options for online MS delivery. Hear from leaders at NSF, ONR, IEEE PES, NAE, and partner universities—and leave with ready-to-adopt curricula and lab resources.

Building a Robust Workforce in Electric Power Engineering

This two-day NSF–NAE workshop brought together educators, government laboratories, industry, and workforce-development partners to advance electric-power engineering education by democratizing access to technical learning. Co-located with the ECE Department Heads Association conference and co-sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories and ECEDHA, it addressed pipeline programs, community-college pathways, scholarship programs, international perspectives, interactive textbooks, and CUSP courses and laboratories.

NSF-Sponsored ECE Department Heads and Faculty Online Workshop: Dissemination of Electric Power Courses/Laboratories Developed through ONR Funding

This NSF-sponsored online workshop for ECE department heads and faculty shares a three-prong approach to strengthening electric power engineering education: (1) creating a pipeline of high school graduates into ECE programs through two pipeline courses focused on climate solutions, (2) facilitating teaching of senior/graduate-level courses in power systems, power electronics, and electric machines/drives using freely downloadable course materials hosted by CUSP, and (3) providing hands-on education using extremely low-cost ONR-funded hardware laboratories that can also be accessed remotely.