The Importance of Modern Teaching Labs

Engineers in Large Numbers are Needed to Realize the promises of renewable power generation, energy storage, reliable delivery, efficient end use, and the smart grid. However, many professional, trade, and research organizations including IEEE, Edison Electric Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are predicting massive workforce shortages in the electric energy area. Just when inevitable large-scale retirements loom in the power industries and an effective power education system is most needed, power programs at many universities have stagnated and are in need of major reform, and power faculty members are nearing retirement age.