CUSP : The Consortium of U s for Sustainable Power

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1 CUSP : The Consortium of U s for Sustainable Power Ned Mohan, Douglas Ernie, Ron Fitch University of Minnesota ASEE CIEC Savannah, Georgia February 5-7,

2 Sustainability wherever Electric Power is used Electricity Generation, Transmission and End-Use: Renewables/storage Conservation Transportation Trains Planes Hybrids/EVs Defense Navy Air Force Army Industrial Competitiveness Automation/Robotics/Advanced Manufacturing 2

3 Renewable Energy 56/ID/9776/NYT-Up-to-34-of-Installed-Solar-Panels- Defective.aspx 3

4 Case for Storage 4

5 Sodium Sulfur Battery Storage to Enable Further Integration of Wind (Xcel Energy Project Cost: 5 M$) 5

6 Conservation Efficiency Improvement: Lighting 19% IT 14% HVAC 16% Motors 51% Outlet Constant frequency AC Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) Adjustable frequency electric converter Adjustable speed Pump Inlet 6

7 WBG Revolution in Power Electronics: 7

8 History of Electric Energy Curriculum and Interest Nationwide EE curriculum started with power engineering in the 1880 s Interest in power engineering declined after mid-1900 s Courses did not change Students were not excited Instructional capacity declined Power engineering is now seen as critical to growth and sustainability Requires rethinking the curriculum 8

9 Our Approach Fewer Courses Carefully designed Shared with colleagues across the country Received Grants from NSF ONR grant no. N Center for Reforming Undergraduate Education in Electric Energy Systems A Critical Infrastructure for National security 06/01/ /30/

10 Grants Objective: Develop A Comprehensive Electric Energy Education Curriculum Enable all universities to - Provide a first-rate education and - Graduate students in large numbers 10

11 Example Harnessing Wind Energy V 161kV 0 Time Low-Voltage Ride-Through Hz V Generator 690V 34.5kV Power Electronics Converters 60 Hz 11

12 Undergraduate Curriculum - Only 3 Core Senior Electives Power Electronics Core Courses Electric Drives Complementary Course Power Systems 12

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14 Power Electronics: - An Enabling Technology Power Electronics Interface Converter Source Load Controller 14

15 Power Systems: Software-based Lab 15

16 Electric Machines and Drives: 16

17 Content of Each Course: 1. Video clips for each lecture 2. Textbook 3. In-class discussion problems 4.Labs 5.Homework Problems 17

18 Labs Adopted at over 100 U.S. Universities Automotive-Video

19 DOE Consortium of 80 Universities to use State-of-the-Art Laboratories These schools represented about 25% of all the graduates in electrical engineering in William P. Robbins 19

20 CUSP (Consortium of Universities for Sustainable Power) Content is totally free to download 173 U.S. Universities have become members 20

21 Uniqueness of Our Approach Force Multiplier: Aimed at faculty to provide all the resources that are needed Teaching the Teachers! Archiving Institutional Knowledge: Reaching out to best experts in the world Evolving to keep them Current: Consortium of 173 Universities 21

22 Flipped-Classroom Pedagogy Procedure: Pre-class: watch a 15-minute module and answer a brief online concept quiz (5%) During-class: discuss and solve realworld, design-oriented problems in small groups; Clickers (15%) Post-class: homework problems on individual basis (15%) 22

23 Active Learning Classroom at UMN 23

24 ONR Grant for Graduate Curriculum: ONR grant no. N "Center for Developing and Disseminating a Graduate/Undergraduate Curriculum in Electric Energy Systems, 6/1/2011-5/30/

25 Electric Energy Courses Power Systems Power Electronics Electric Machines and Drives Renewable Energy and the Environment 25

26 Electric Energy Courses (13 + 4) Power Systems (6 + 1) Power Electronics (3 + 1) Electric Machines and Drives (3 + 1) Renewable Energy and the Environment (1 + 2) Black: Developed by Summer 2014 Red: Planned in 2-3 years 26

27 Courses in Power Systems 1.Power Systems + Software Lab (core course) 2.Advanced Power Systems I 3.Advanced Power Systems II 4.Power Generation, Operation and Control 5.Power System Protection + Lab 6.Electricity Markets 7.Synchrophasors, wide area protection 27

28 Courses in Power Electronics 1. Power Electronics + Lab (core course) 2. Advanced Power Electronics I 3. Advanced Power Electronics II 4. HVDC Transmission and Power Electronics in Power Systems 28

29 Courses in Electric Machines and Drives 1. Electric Drives + Lab (core course) 2. Advanced Electric Drives: Modeling and Control 3. Electric Machine Design 4. Finite Element Analysis for Designing Electrical Apparatus 29

30 Courses in Renewable Energy and the Environment 1. Wind Energy Essentials 2. Solar Electric Systems, Fuel Cells, Storage 3. Energy, Environmental Policies, Regulatory Issues 30

31 Textbooks underlying these courses: - Translated into 7 Languages - Plans for Edited Books 31

32 Nationwide Dissemination through ONR/NSF Funding 32

33 Issues Limiting Wider Utilization: - Lack of appropriate faculty in many EE departments - Lack of a critical number of students at many colleges/universities Proposed Solution: - Online courses - Online terminal master s degree 33

34 Rationale for Offering Online Courses and an Online Terminal Master s Degree 1.Educated Workforce to meet increasing demands related to electric energy 2.Make a large selection of courses available to students nationwide 3.Keep certain power-related courses, critical to national infrastructure, from disappearing 4.Keep evolving these courses 34

35 Proposal for Online Education Quality Education First-rate content developed by experts (3 NAE members, over 10 IEEE Fellows) from academia and industry Unlike MOOCs: Limited class sizes (75 or so) Rigorous: Quizzes, HW, class projects, Proctored Exams Convenient Availability As a course to utilize within a degree program anywhere As a terminal master s degree from the UofMN Highly Affordable! 35

36 Nationwide Beneficiaries Graduate students at universities nationwide Practicing Engineers Companies requiring expertise in electric energy 36

37 Uniqueness of Proposed Program No university has such a large selection of courses Developed by experts from academia and industry Taught online with synchronous and asynchronous components Flexible scheduling in evenings or on weekends to accommodate practicing engineers Overcomes shortages of qualified faculty Overcomes the challenge of critical number of students to make the course offering viable Our course content is completely transparent can be downloaded ahead of time by anyone totally free-ofcharge 37

38 Online Pedagogy Instructor + TA do the following each week using Moodle: Video Clips are assigned Online Concept Quizzes on these video clips Instructor holds an online 2-hour class where students can ask questions in real-time Class session is recorded for later viewing HW: online + hand-graded by the TA TA has online office hours to answer questions Proctored Exams Flexible scheduling in evenings or on weekends Limited Enrollment Online: students 38

39 Summary CUSP is resulting in large enrollments and quality education Possibility of offering a highly affordable online graduate courses and Master s degree in electric energy 39

40 Thank You! 40