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College of Engineering Activities for REU Students in Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy James McCalley ([email protected]) June 4, 2013 Discovery with Purpose www.engineering.iastate.edu College of Engineering Overview • Need for scientific, engineering, and technological leadership in wind energy for US future • Overview of REU program schedule 2 College of Engineering The need….& the problem… • More than 50% of the people entering the wind workforce do not have the technical skills to perform the job they were hired for • 46% of all engineering jobs in the utility sector could become vacant by 2012. • Leveling of college-age population to 2025. • Explosive growth in need for science/engr skills in other sectors require energy field to compete for limited talent pool. • Today’s US electric gen capacity: 1100GW • Today’s US wind: 50GW • Emissions, cost, resilience “…the level of US graduate programs is well requires 300-600GW of below similar graduate programs in Europe (Denmark, Germany, etc). At this rate, the United wind by 2050. States will be unable to provide the necessary - http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/47972.pdf Many jobs! Jobs Trained people trained talent and manufacturing expertise. Unless this trend is reversed, even with major new wind installations in the United States, most of the technology will be imported, and a significant portion of the economic gains will be foreign rather than domestic.” - DOE, “20% by 2020”, 2008. Few trained people! 3 College of Engineering Activities • • • • • Short course Lunch & learn Individual research projects Archived presentations and other materials Field trips First one is June 14 to MidAmerican • Social events First one is Picnic on Sunday, June 9, 2013, 4:00-6:30, Hickory Shelter, Brookside Park. • Final week activities 4 College of Engineering Some websites Your REU website for materials: http://home.engineering.iastate.edu/~jdm/wind/#REU ISU IGERT WESEP Program: http://www.igert.windenergy.iastate.edu/ 5