Pennsylvania State University
GridSTAR Center: Smart Grid Training and Application Resource Center
Abstract
The GridSTAR Center will provide education and training of a workforce needed to design, construct, and operate a reliable, secure, economical, energy efficient, and safe Smart Grid. Operations will begin at University Park and will include two satellite locations: the Philadelphia Navy Yard and the Pittsburgh Green Innovators facility at the former Pittsburgh Public Vocational-Technical High School. The GridSTAR Center is coordinating with a diverse team of utility, energy management, manufacturing, and training partners to provide systems-based continuing education and train-the-trainer programs in advanced power systems design, energy economics, cyber security, distributed energy generation, and building-vehicle-grid systems.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
David Riley
Principal Investigator
Pennsylvania State University
104 Engineering Unit A
University Park, PA 16802-1505
814-865-3369
cmusser@engr.psu.edu
- Workforce Training
- Job retention and employee growth
- Workforce trained in technical and professional skills that can provide leadership in transforming existing power systems to a Smart Grid
- Active industrial participation in energy systems education
- Highly skilled, electric power workforce trained in cutting-edge Smart Grid technologies