Title : 
Integration of renewable energy in electrical engineering curriculum
         
        
            Author : 
El-Sharkawi, Mohamed A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
With the rapidly growing interests in renewable energies and smart grids, universities need to integrate these areas in their curricula. The University of Washington has established a sustainable energy track that allows the students to study renewable systems in addition to relevant topic such as power electronics and grid operation. This paper summarizes this track and highlights the main topics in renewable energy.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electrical engineering education; power grids; renewable energy sources; Washington University; electrical engineering curriculum; renewable energy; smart grids; Electrical engineering; Renewable energy resources;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009. PES '09. IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Calgary, AB
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4241-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PES.2009.5275944