Center For ENERGY Workforce Development

1. Center For ENERGYWorkforce Development Nuclear Power Generation Engineering Curriculum Development Program

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVEFOUR YEAR DEGREES • Construction Management (BS & MS) • Quality Assurance • Applied Science • Architecture • Biology • Mathematics • Physics • Surveying and Mapping • Technical & Professional Communication

9. 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

10. SPSUOFFICE OF DISTANCE LEARNING • Degree Programs • eCore Courses • Certificate Programs • Department Courses • Continuing Education Courses • FUTURE HOME OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION ENGINEERING

11. SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, Georgia 30060 www.spsu.edu/sparc/nuclear