When they weren’t connecting with each other to learn about similar power systems research at other schools, GEAREAD students were meeting with and talking to utility professionals at DistribuTECH 2018 about their research and potential employment opportunities.
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Utility Professionals: Meet Your Future Power Systems Workforce!
Say Hello to the New Power Engineering Workforce
The FEEDER 2015 Summer Power Experiences Program at the University of Kentucky hosted 21 graduate and undergraduate engineering students from the FEEDER consortium of universities for five days touring 10 power and energy-oriented facilities across the southeast.
IREC Launches New Website for National Program to Grow Clean Energy Expertise of Electric Utility Workforce
IREC launches a new website to share activities of the GEARED Initiative – Grid Engineering for Accelerated Renewable Energy Deployment. As National Network Administrator of GEARED, IREC is helping facilitate and support efforts of the Distributed Technology Training Consortia (DTTC) created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative. The goal is to build a national framework for power systems training and curriculum that will grow the power engineering workforce.
