The Ohio State University I-SMART: Integrated Curriculum for Smart Power Engineering
Nov. 30, 2010
U.S. Department of Energy
The Ohio State University (OSU) is developing courses and web-enabled distance learning systems to educate next-generation engineering students and electric power engineers from power companies and manufacturers. The I-SMART curriculum will bridge the gap between basic education for the electric power sector and the needs of the Smart Grid, such as power electronics, distributed control, networks and communications, sustainable energy, clean coal technology, high voltage engineering, and game theory-based policy and pricing. OSU will use its novel Hardware-in-the-Loop- based Virtual Smart Grid Test Platform as a training tool to simulate SmartGrid sub-systems. As a partner, American Electric Power will use their gridSMARTSM facilities for demonstrations and tours, and will provide expertise in course development.