Credit: John D’Agostino EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire … Continue Reading
By Pranav Gavali Devastating wildfires, rising temperatures, and warming seas across the world have added renewed vigor to the global quest for carbon emission reductions. And in this hunt for sustainable alternatives to air-polluting energy sources, solar power plants have emerged as shining beacons of hope. In this graphic, Pranav Gavali uses data from Statista to shed light on … Continue Reading
This Webinar is Complete View YouTube Productive education-industry relationships – guided by thoughtful and clearly defined goals – are crucial to the work of graduating right-skilled workers for clean energy jobs. Established industry partnership models – for which resources and best practices are available – provide a terrific framework for 1) refining and deepening our … Continue Reading
THIS WEBINAR IS COMPLETE View YouTube Thanks to decreasing hardware costs, solar power has become one of the largest new energy sources added to the grid in recent years and is expected to lead the next generation of energy. This webinar will provide an overview of the process solar contractors use – from sales to … Continue Reading
THIS WEBINAR IS COMPLETE View YouTube The topic of grid resilience is inherently interdisciplinary and relevant to numerous disciplines. This webinar will provide an overview of a lesson that invites students to learn about grid infrastructure (e.g., power lines), thermal power plants (e.g., coal-fired power plants) and renewable energy systems (e.g., wind farms) through the … Continue Reading
THIS WEBINAR IS COMPLETE View YouTube View Supporting Documents Employer RSVP Presenter Email Employer Outreach by Discipline Student RSVP Student Email Zoom Procedures Updates Assignment In 2021, the Energy and Engineering Department at Delaware Technical Community College launched a virtual Career Connection event to connect students and alumni with local industry and to share success … Continue Reading
THIS WEBINAR IS COMPLETE View YouTube View Document For several years the University of Arizona and Dr. Ed Franklin have challenged students in the annual State FFA Agricultural Mechanics Career Development Event (CDE) Field Day. Students engage in hands-on activities designed to measure knowledge and skills in many areas of agriculture mechanics including construction, electricity, … Continue Reading
Since the Fall of 2021, students and faculty from College of the Canyons have engaged in multidisciplinary design collaborations with students and faculty from other colleges and universities worldwide. Aside from the unique educational experiences these projects have provided Canyons students, faculty have also benefitted through development of new technical skills and enhanced currency in … Continue Reading
This webinar will share and discuss a hands-on STEM outreach project designed to engage and introduce middle school aged students to your college’s Building Automated Systems Technology related degree or certificate program and provide ideas on how you could adapt a similar approach to your program. Presenter: Deb Hall, Energy Management and Controls Technology Program … Continue Reading
Join us to learn about a free new tool that can teach students how to build an energy model and analyze impacts of energy efficiency technologies in buildings. Sketchbox is a cloud-based modeling tool that enables simplified energy analysis of new construction and renovations. The platform, which is based on the U.S. Department of Energy’s … Continue Reading
