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

This workshop discusses a three-prong approach:

1. Create a pipeline of high school graduates into ECE programs by discussing two courses that can be taught by ECE departments and promoted in high schools to build awareness of the climate emergency and ECE-oriented solutions.
2. Facilitate teaching of senior/graduate-level power courses (power systems, power electronics, electric machines/drives) by enabling faculty to freely download course materials from the CUSP website and adopt them for their own students.
3. Provide hands-on education using extremely low-cost ONR-funded hardware laboratories, including options for remote access and low-cost lab deployment.

All times are in CDT.

• 8:00 am – 9:00 am — Welcome Session and the Importance of EE and STEM
  • Prof. Randy Victora — ECE Dept Head, University of Minnesota
  • Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty — Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • CAPT Lynn J. Petersen, USN (Ret) — Program Officer, Office of Naval Research (ONR): Reinventing Power Programs Through Sustainability-Focused Curriculum; an Update
• 9:00 am – 9:30 am — Pipeline Courses
  • Outline of two pipeline courses (including EE1701) promoted for high school delivery
• 9:30 am – 10:30 am — Demonstration of ONR-funded Hardware Laboratories
• 10:30 am – 12:30 pm — Discussion of Senior/Graduate-Level Courses in Power