Zhang, Y. (2015, June), Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology   Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24804

\bibitem{asee_peer_24804}
  Zhang, Y. (2015, June), \emph{Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology }
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24804

Yongpeng Zhang.  "Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology ".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://strategy.asee.org/24804 Internet.  03 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24804}
  Yongpeng Zhang.
  "Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology ".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://strategy.asee.org/24804 Internet.  03 Jul, 2024

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month = "June"
address = "Seattle, Washington"
publisher = "ASEE Conferences"
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AB  -             Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering Technology    The existing centralized, producer controlled generation and uni-directional transmission anddistribution network has been gradually shift to distributed generation with significantintegration of renewable energy and bi-directional power flow, leading to the so called "smartgrid". The power grid evolvement is boosting related industries, and provides a great opportunityfor United States to secure its leadership for future economic growth. However, the education ofengineers, technicians, and educators themselves has not kept pace with the rising demand forboth grid modernization and workforce replacement. To address both technical and educationalchallenges, the NSF project is proposed to develop a smart grid platform for multidisciplinaryteaching and research activities. The investigator team is composed of three faculties in twodepartment, and this presentation focuses on the teaching and research initiatives in EngineeringTechnology (ET). Obviously the revival of power engineering education cannot be the simpleduplication of the previous curriculum. Traditional core courses in power engineering technology,such as power system, power electronics, electric machines, etc, need to be revamped to deliverrelevant information in light of current industrial practices. And complementary knowledge andskills including control theory, embedded system, communications, digital signal processing, etc,are needed to strengthen student knowledge and skills in communication and informationtechnologies.    As the new concentration on top of the existing degree plan, most power courses are selectedas the technical electives instead of required courses. Besides, supplementary courses incommunication and information technologies may not be required courses either. It means thestudents may not be able to receive the complete training in this field. Therefore, each powercourse needs to be independently established to ensure the knowledge delivery of the concepts ofemerging smart grid. One possible solution to integrate power topics with communication andinformation technologies is the senior design. Leveraged on the previous NSF projects, onlineteaching platform has been available. The courseware developed in three new courses have beenor will be uploaded to the online server. Through senior design projects, students gained valuableexperience in both power software development and online server management. Anotherimportant component is graduate student involvement. Graduate students are critical to ensureproject progress, and assist laboratory instructions. In addition, their research projects paved theway for the establishment of new platform and function as a pilot investigation for futureteaching innovations.                                                 1
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PB  - ASEE Conferences
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DO  - 10.18260/p.24804
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