BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Montreal
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20190310T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20191103T010000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:EST
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20190625T222807Z
UID:D512C505-E0A1-472F-84F0-46D1A7ADC450
DTSTART;TZID=America/Montreal:20190621T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Montreal:20190621T130000
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will discuss the educational needs of electri
 c power systems today. With climate change upon us\, of our own making\, h
 ow we produce\, transmit\, and consume electricity must undergo a radical 
 change. This presentation will contend that this climate-crisis is a great
  opportunity for us\, leading to the renaissance of electric power enginee
 ring.\n\nIn doing so\, we need to take a holistic connotation of “power 
 systems” that recognizes that power electronics\, electric drives\, econ
 omics\, public policy\, etc. will all play crucial roles in the next-gener
 ation power systems. In addition to relevant research\, therefore\, a larg
 e number of courses\, that are synergistic\, are needed.\n\nThis presentat
 ion will argue the following:\n\n1) We should teach a university-wide clim
 ate-change related course on power/energy to the freshman that we could al
 so teach to high school students\,\n\n2) To juniors and seniors\, we shoul
 d offer only a very few carefully-designed courses to train them broadly\,
  and\n\n3) At the graduate level\, we should be open to allow our graduate
 s to take a few online courses for credits from outside of their home inst
 itutions because no university has neither the required faculty nor the cr
 itical mass of students to teach certain courses.\n\nBesides\, this presen
 tation will highlight some of the research being conducted at the Universi
 ty of Minnesota and its practical relevance.\n\nRoom: A-1160\, Bldg: Build
 ing A\, 1100 rue Notre-Dame O\,\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3C 1K3
LOCATION:Room: A-1160\, Bldg: Building A\, 1100 rue Notre-Dame O\,\, Montre
 al\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3C 1K3
ORGANIZER:Ambrish.Chandra@etsmtl.ca
SEQUENCE:9
SUMMARY:Can Combating Climate Change Result in Renaissance of Electric Powe
 r Engineering?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/200279
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>This presentation will discuss the educati
 onal needs of electric power systems today. With climate change upon us\, 
 of our own making\, how we produce\, transmit\, and consume electricity mu
 st undergo a radical change.&nbsp\; This presentation will contend that th
 is climate-crisis is a great opportunity for us\, leading to the renaissan
 ce of electric power engineering.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In doing so\, we need to 
 take a holistic connotation of &ldquo\;power systems&rdquo\; that recogniz
 es that power electronics\, electric drives\, economics\, public policy\, 
 etc. will all play crucial roles in the next-generation power systems. In 
 addition to relevant research\, therefore\, a large number of courses\, th
 at are synergistic\, are needed.</p>\n<p>This presentation will argue the 
 following:</p>\n<p>1) We should teach a university-wide climate-change rel
 ated course on power/energy to the freshman that we could also teach to hi
 gh school students\,</p>\n<p>2) To juniors and seniors\, we should offer o
 nly a very few carefully-designed courses to train them broadly\, and</p>\
 n<p>3) At the graduate level\, we should be open to allow our graduates to
  take a few online courses for credits from outside of their home institut
 ions because no university has neither the required faculty nor the critic
 al mass of students to teach certain courses.</p>\n<p>Besides\, this prese
 ntation will highlight some of the research being conducted at the Univers
 ity of Minnesota and its practical relevance.</p>
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR