CREATE is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. In addition to the National Center, we have received project and supplemental grants to support our work in the energy education sector.
With funding from the National Science Foundation, CREATE is planning a new international program with Iceland and Norway to examine the clean energy and electric transportation sectors in each of these nations. The goal is to compare and contrast the experiences of Norway and Iceland, to look at their lessons learned and best practices, and then to apply some of that to technician education programming in the U.S. The CREATE team is interested in various types of electric transport and vehicles. But more important is how each nation has developed their charging infrastructure, and how the new load has been supported by the electrical grid. CREATE seeks to examine the role that national policy, municipal government initiatives, and emerging technology demonstration projects have played in the development of the electric transportation ecosystem in each of these nations, and to understand how educational institutions have adapted to embrace these new technologies.
View the Iceland brochure here.
The CREATE Energy Storage Project (CREATE-ESP) builds on several years of United States and international cooperation to improve the quality of community college energy education. The project employs a proven, evidence-based, international collaboration model, which gathers global knowledge and expertise to produce an energy storage job task analysis, industry validated curriculum, and instructional materials. The project will equip a model teaching laboratory, integrating energy storage technology with solar photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations. This lab will serve as a platform for testing new curriculum with college students, and will also be used to educate faculty from across the country through professional development workshops to increase the impact of the project and strengthen energy education across the nation.
Award #1800893
For more information about the program and participant bios, view the CREATE Energy Storage Project brochure or the ESP Job Task Analysis.
This project will bring together industry and academic partners to advance the integration of Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology for the renewable energy sector. The project will result in the creation of an open source SCADA system that will be deployed and shared amongst participating colleges and universities nationwide. SCADA technology will be advanced through a series of professional development workshops for college and university faculty, and SCADA instructional activities will be integrated into existing courses and curricula for undergraduate energy technician education programs.
Award # 1901852
For more information about the program and participant bios, view the CREATE SCADA brochure or the SCADA Job Task Analysis.
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