Abstract
Ivy Tech and Purdue University is combining education and industry to form the Crossroads SmartGrid Training Program to develop education courses to minimize the education-workforce gap in the electric energy sector. Educational areas include systems management and security, information technology and power systems engineering, and training of line workers, technicians, and mechanics. The curriculum will train operators, technicians, engineers, and research scientists in college degree and certificate programs. Crossroads will use HUB technology developed at Purdue as a training module.Contact Information
Deborah Buterbaugh
Project Manager
National Energy Technology Laboratory
3610 Collins Ferry Road
Morgantown, WV 26507-0880
304-285-4164
Deborah.Buterbaugh@netl.doe.gov
Thomas Snyder
Principal Investigator
Ivy Tech
50 West Fall Creek Parkway North Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46208-5752
317-916-7897
tsnyder@ivytech.edu
- Workforce Training
- 330 jobs filled
- Highly skilled, electric power workforce trained in cutting-edge Smart Grid technologies
- Industrial participation in power energy education