TY - GEN
T1 - A partnership between the electrical power industry and academia to address the technical talent gap
AU - Fiume, Leonard J.
AU - Grinberg, Ilya
AU - Safiuddin, Mohammed
AU - Zahm, Robert F.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - National Grid partnered with the University at Buffalo to develop a Master of Engineering Degree program to provide a professional degree education tailored to the needs of employees working full time. The target audience for the program was new engineers just hired into the company that needed a background in electric power, as well as existing engineers that wanted to earn an advanced degree, obtain PDH credits and/or increase their knowledge of electric power. The program was offered via distance learning to reach a larger audience and the program had participation from utility engineers from National Grid, Energy East, New York Power Authority, and Ontario Hydro. The distance learning using webcasting tools had the additional benefit of allowing guest speakers and instructors from anywhere with Internet access to do a presentation for one of the classes.
AB - National Grid partnered with the University at Buffalo to develop a Master of Engineering Degree program to provide a professional degree education tailored to the needs of employees working full time. The target audience for the program was new engineers just hired into the company that needed a background in electric power, as well as existing engineers that wanted to earn an advanced degree, obtain PDH credits and/or increase their knowledge of electric power. The program was offered via distance learning to reach a larger audience and the program had participation from utility engineers from National Grid, Energy East, New York Power Authority, and Ontario Hydro. The distance learning using webcasting tools had the additional benefit of allowing guest speakers and instructors from anywhere with Internet access to do a presentation for one of the classes.
KW - Education
KW - Educational technology
KW - Engineering education
KW - Power engineering education
KW - Training
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/81755163098
U2 - 10.1109/PSCE.2006.296396
DO - 10.1109/PSCE.2006.296396
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81755163098
SN - 142440178X
SN - 9781424401789
T3 - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006 - Proceedings
SP - 655
EP - 659
BT - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006 - Proceedings
T2 - 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, PSCE 2006
Y2 - 29 October 2006 through 1 November 2006
ER -