Educating The Next Generation Of Energy-Savvy Workforce
Author(s) -
Bin Wu,
Jorge D. Abad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of engineering education (ajee)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2153-2516
pISSN - 2157-9644
DOI - 10.19030/ajee.v5i1.8607
Subject(s) - workforce , context (archaeology) , efficient energy use , energy (signal processing) , engineering management , business , engineering , public relations , political science , economic growth , economics , geography , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , electrical engineering
This paper reports a problem-based learning model for the training of university students in the area of industrial energy efficiency, and discusses its context, contents, and the results from its implementation. The impact has been significant, with hundreds of university graduates trained and many of them now working in industry, leading their organization’s energy efficiency initiatives.
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