Faculty Workshop 2010

Date

Time

Activity

Thursday, February 4

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Reception and Display of University of Minnesota-Developed Laboratories

Friday, February 5

8:00-9:45 a.m.

Welcome Remarks - David Lilja, Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota

Importance of Reform in Electric Energy Systems Education

• Terry Ericsen, ONR (Office of Naval Research)
• Clark Gellings, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)
• Jim Soeder, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• Lance Pérez, NSF (National Science Foundation)

10:15-12:00 p.m.

Details of the Proposed Curriculum and University of Minnesota-Developed Laboratories

• Overview: Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota
• Power Electronics: Bill Robbins, University of Minnesota
• Power Systems: Bruce Wollenberg, University of Minnesota
• Electric Drives: Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota

1:30-2:15

Pedagogy and Online Courses for Universities and Practicing Engineers

• Active Student Learning: Allison Kipple, Northern Arizona University, Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota
• Online Courses: Heather Dorr, University of Minnesota Pedagogy and Online Courses for Universities and Practicing Engineers

2:15-3:30

Open Discussion of UMN-Proposed Curriculum

6:00-7:00

Working Group Meetings

• Curriculum Advisory Board: Nari Hingorani, Chair, Allison Kipple, Vice Chair, Northern Arizona University
• ECE Dept Heads/Engineering Deans Working Group: Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida

7:00-8:30

Banquet

• Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University: Candace Thille, Director OLI, Carnegie Mellon

Saturday, February 6

8:00-9:45 a.m.

Need for Educational Reform and Discussion

• Innovating Engineering Education: Leah Jamieson, Purdue University, and Past-President of IEEE (Presented by Moshe Kam of Drexel University and Michael Lightner of UC-Boulder)
• A Perspective from the Power Industry: Dejan Sobajic, New York Independent System Operator, (NY ISO)
• A View from Europe: Terje Gjengedal, Vice President, Statnett

10:15-12:00 p.m.

Reports of the Working Groups and Discussion

• Curriculum Advisory Board: Nari Hingorani, Vice Chair
• ECE Dept Heads/Engineering Deans Working Group: Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida - Results of Question - Answer Session

1:30-3:30

Designing 2nd Courses (Entry-Level Graduate Courses) in Power Systems, Power Electronics and Electric Drives, based on the UMN-Developed Undergraduate Curriculum

• Power Systems: Bruce Wollenberg, UMN
• Electric Drives: Ted Brekken, Oregon State
• Power Electronics: Hari Krishnaswami, University of Texas at San Antonio

3:30-5:00

Summation and Action Plan to reach the ONR-Grant Goal of at least 175 Schools