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National Workshop on Clean Energy Education October 2011 www.CleanEnergy.Illinois.edu

National Workshop on Clean Energy Education October 2011 www.CleanEnergy.Illinois.edu. Energy Education: It’s a Business Proposition. Customer with a Need Provider Products Business Model Supply Chain Quality and Certification. National Workshop on CEE.

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National Workshop on Clean Energy Education October 2011 www.CleanEnergy.Illinois.edu

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  1. National Workshop on Clean Energy EducationOctober 2011 www.CleanEnergy.Illinois.edu

  2. Energy Education:It’s a Business Proposition • Customer with a Need • Provider • Products • Business Model • Supply Chain • Quality and Certification

  3. National Workshop on CEE • Breakout sessions in six areas: – Energy-literate citizenry– K-12 education– Workforce development – Business & industry– Interdisciplinary & inter-institutional education – International engagement • Identified four crucial issues:– Stakeholder alignment– Systems thinking– Multiple literacies– Need for institutional transformation

  4. Crucial Issues • A systems thinking approach– Demands a skill set that is difficult to teach and learn.Simulations, professional role-playing and mentoring from multiple disciplines are essential.– Crosses between disciplines and vertical strata in organizations. • Active stakeholder networks– Need alignment around both immediate needs (such as job creation) and long term goals (such as energy literacy and public policy).– Need to represent all scales – local, regional, national, international, inter-institutional. – Stakeholder relationships do not just happen by themselves!Incentives must be aligned, appropriate forums and communication mechanisms must be established, and barriers must be overcome.

  5. Crucial Issues, contd. • Define multiple literacies. There are multiple energy literacies that differ in content depending on the needs of the constituency. – Recognize and embrace different knowledge (epistemic) frameworks and sets of values.– Translate the perspectives and understanding from one domain to another (the classroom, the board room, the living room). • Facilitate institutional transformation. – Institutions must establish a long term basis for stakeholder engagement and program development within the fabric of the operation.

  6. Educational Competencies Major Mastery MS Proficiency Certificate Literacy Interdisciplinary Core:Physics - Engineering - Earth - Economics - Policy… Conversancy

  7. Energy & Sustainability Engineering (EaSE) MS or PhD students can earn a certificate. Requires:– EaSE Seminar and Theory and Methods course – 2 courses in a specialization – 1 breadth course The specializations:– Biomass Energy Resources (15 courses)– Geologic Energy Resources (25 courses) – Energy Markets (20 courses)– Energy Conversion & Transmission (31 courses) – Energy Safety & Security (20 courses) – Sustainable Environmental Systems (29 courses) – Energy & Sustainability in the Built Environment (16 courses) http://EaSE.Illinois.edu

  8. Workshop Report: www.CleanEnergy.Illinois.edu

  9. Speakers at CEE Workshop Federal Address Carl Wieman Associate Director for Science, OSTP (by video link) Panel Discussion Theresa Maldonado Director, EEC, NSF Paul Ritter President, Illinois Science Teachers Association & National Environmental Science Teacher of the Year William Goran Director, Center for the Advancement of Sustainability Innovations, US Army CERL Jeff Walk Director of Science, the Nature Conservancy in Illinois David Schejbal Dean of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning, U. Wisconsin-Extension EU Perspectives JürgenScheffran Professor of Climate Change & Security, Institute of Geog. and KlimaCampus, U. Hamburg, Germany DOE Energy Literacy Mathew Inman Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, DOE

  10. CEE Workshop Organizers John Abelson Chair and co-Director of EaSE, U. Illinois Jeff Brawn Head of NRES, U. Illinois Bridget Calendo Director of Operations, ISEN, Northwestern University George Crabtree Senior Scientist, ANL and Energy Council Chair, UIC Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld Dean of LER, U. Illinois Brian Deal Professor of UP, U. Illinois and Director of SEDAC Julie Elzanati Director of IL Green Economy Network Tim Lindsey Business Innovation Services, U. Illinois Liz Moyer Professor of AC&T, U. Chicago Aida Sefic-Williams Business Innovation Services, U. Illinois Tod Treat VP of Academic Services, Richland Community College

  11. Starting Point Strategies ENERGY-LITERATE CITIZENRY • Provide systematic and collaborative education in energy systems and technologies using a clear, common definition of “clean energy.” K-12 EDUCATION • Include CEE in the standards for science education as a core topic in STEM instruction and expand the educational and training opportunities for K-12 teachers in CEE. MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION • Form authentic, creative, and inclusive partnerships among diverse disciplines through integrated and creative pedagogic strategies that identify and assess benchmarks for CEE competency, certification, and desired skill-set outcomes.

  12. Starting Point Strategies WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT • Develop and widely disseminate clean energy career pathways using comprehensive, cross-departmental governmental collaborations to identify and educate for different kinds of energy literacies related to workforce development. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY • Educate and engage all members of the business community in clean energy systems and provide significant economic incentives that promote action through public and private partnerships. INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT • Create international partnerships between universities with a focus on regionally-based energy education and establish international energy studies as a new field of academic research and teaching as a mechanism to identify and propagate best practices.

  13. Educational Competencies

  14. Energy & Sustainability Education at Illinois Existing:• Graduate Certificate in Energy & Sustainability Engineering• Professional Science Masters in Bioenergy• Masters in Energy Systems (undergoing approval)• Online Masters in Natural Resources & Environmental Systems• Undergraduate Environmental Minor• Bachelors in Earth, Society & EnvironmentPlanned:• A Campus Center for Sustainable Environment• Undergraduate Minor in Energy & Sustainability• Overlay Masters Degree in Clean Energy

  15. Global Challenges Future Energy Demand George Gross (Electrical) Geologic Sources of Energy Steve Marshak (Geology) Climate Change Don Wuebbles (Atmospheric Science) Energy-Water Nexus Praveen Kumar (Civil & Enviro.) Energy, Security and Nuclear power Rizwan Uddin (Nuclear) Markets, Policies and Systems Economic Markets Hadi Esfahani (Economics / CGS) Legal Perspectives Jody Endres (Law / EBI) System Analyses Luis Rodriguez (Ag. Engr.) Opportunities for Change CO2 Sequestration Rob Finley (Geology) Photovoltaic and Wind Power Angus Rockett (Materials Science) Bioenergy Feedstocks Hans Blaschek (Food Sciences) Biofuels for Transportation Alan Hansen (Ag. Engr.) Energy Use in Buildings Brian Deal (Urban Planning) Electrical Power Conversion Phil Krein (Electrical) The Smart Grid Tom Overbye (Electrical) EaSE Seminar Series

  16. Programs & Centers at Illinois Center for Advanced Bioenergy ResearchEnergy Biosciences InstituteInstitutes of Natural Resource SustainabilitySchool of Earth, Society & EnvironmentSmart Energy Design Assistance Center Student Sustainability CommitteeEntrepreneurial Learning in Science and TechnologyMath, Science, Technology EducationAgricultural Sustainability Agronomy ProgramCenter of Advanced Materials for the Purification of WaterData Center Energy Efficiency ResearchEnvironmental & Resource Economics programSocial Dimensions of Environmental Policy Sustainable Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative

  17. Energy Courses at Illinois NPRE 101 † Introduction to Energy Sources Prof. David RuzicNPRE 201 Energy Systems Prof. Cliff SingerENSU 310 *† Renewable & Alternative Energy Prof. Jon TomkinACES 409 Bioenergy Systems Dr. Eric AndersonABE 436 † Renewable Energy Systems Prof. Xinlei WangUP 446 † Sustainable Planning Seminar Prof. Brian DealMechSE 498 Fund. of Modern Photovoltaics Prof. Elif ErtekinACES 501 Advanced Bioenergy Topics Prof. Hans BlaschekACES 509 Advanced Bioenergy Systems Dr. Eric AndersonENG 471 * Seminar in Energy & Sustain. Engr. Prof. John AbelsonENG 571 Theory of Energy & Sustain. Engr. Prof. John Abelson† = section for non-science majors; * = available onlineATMS 140 Climate & Global Change Prof. Michael SchlesingerPhys 150 Physics of Societal Issues Prof. Scott WillenbrockATMS 447 Climate Change Assessment Prof. Atul JainMSE 489 Materials for Energy Sustainability Prof. John AbelsonNRES 426 Renewable Energy Policy Prof. Jody EndresLAW 798 The Law of Renewable Energy Prof. Jay KesanOLLI Understanding the Energy Challenge Prof. Paul Debevec

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