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Center For ENERGY Workforce Development. Nuclear Power Generation Engineering Curriculum Development Program. SPSU GEOGRAPHY. 4,500 students (on campus and commuters) Southeast is where most new generation nuclear power plants will be built
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Center For ENERGYWorkforce Development Nuclear Power Generation Engineering Curriculum Development Program
SPSUGEOGRAPHY • 4,500 students (on campus and commuters) • Southeast is where most new generation nuclear power plants will be built • Next door to TVA, Southern Co., Georgia Power, Carolina Power, Florida Power • Next door to INPO, NRC Region II, DOE Oak Ridge and Savannah River
SPSU ACCREDITATIONS • Commission of Southern Association of Colleges Schools (SACS) • Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (TAC / ABET) • National Accreditation Board, Inc. (NAB) • American Counsel for Construction Education (ACCE) • Association of College Business Schools and Program (ACBSP)
SPSU’S NATIONAL RANKINGS • Number ONE in the US in the number of BS degrees in engineering technology awarded to African American students • Number FOUR in the number of students enrolled in engineering technology programs • Number FIVE in the number of engineering technology degrees awarded to women • Number SIX in the number of engineering technology degrees awarded • Number FOUR in SAT scores in the University System of Georgia
STEERING COMMITTEE • Over eighteen seasoned engineers with an average of forty years of experience covering all aspects of nuclear generation • A ready pool of subject matter experts • Willingness to devote and volunteer time and get paid little to make the program succeed
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • Provide avenues for nuclear careers that at present do not exist in universities • Accessibility of the program by all type of professionals and two year college graduates • Pre and post employment certification on five major nuclear technical and management areas • Indoctrination on the high nuclear standard work culture (H&S, EP, NS, Security, GWP’s) • Development of labor pools through training and co-op programs for all industry members
ENGINEERING DEGREES AT PRESENT • CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING (BS) • MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING (BS) • SOFTWARE ENGINEEIRNG (BS & MS) • SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (BS & MS) NEXT YEAR • MECHANICAL (BS, Fall 2008) • ELECTRICAL (BS, 2009) • CIVIL (BS, 2009) • INDUSTRIAL (BS, 2009)
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVEFOUR YEAR DEGREES • Construction Management (BS & MS) • Quality Assurance • Applied Science • Architecture • Biology • Mathematics • Physics • Surveying and Mapping • Technical & Professional Communication
NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION COURSES • Fundamentals in Nuclear Power Plant Systems and Components • Personnel Safety, Health Physics and Radiation Protection • Quality Assurance, Quality Control • Management Systems in Support of Licensing • Construction and Preoperational Startup
SPSUOFFICE OF DISTANCE LEARNING • Degree Programs • eCore Courses • Certificate Programs • Department Courses • Continuing Education Courses • FUTURE HOME OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION ENGINEERING
SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, Georgia 30060 www.spsu.edu/sparc/nuclear