Issues confronting power engineering education today

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6736621

Lamont, J W ^[1]; Alvarado, F L ^[2]; Heydt, G T ^[3]; Saver, P W ^[4]

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1. Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (USA)
2. Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)
3. Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA)
4. Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (USA)

This paper summarizes and publicizes some of the issues currently confronting power engineering education today. The issues are grouped into four general topics. The first topic has the same name as the title of this paper and includes a variety of general issues. The second topic involves the impact of emerging technologies on power engineering education. The third topic involves university research and its funding. The final topic involves philosophical differences about power engineering education from the viewpoint of industry and the university.

• OSTI ID: 6736621
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA), Vol. 51; Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL (USA), 24-26 Apr 1989; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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