The Galvin Center is home to the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center - a $12.6 million project, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and the State of Illinois, to educate and train the nation's workforce to meet the global challenges and opportunities of the Smart Grid. This initiative will work to educate and train more than 49,000 people on Smart Grid and new energy topics over the course of three years, developing new curriculum through a network of partners, from K-12 programs to community colleges, university degree programs, and industry professional development short courses. A schedule of short courses is available at www.iit.edu/galvin_center/.
In June 2011, the Galvin Center released a report outlining the skill deficiencies of the existing workforce to meet the demands and needs of the Smart Grid economy of the future. The technologies and systems introduced through Smart Grid initiatives will require a new, highly-trained and flexible workforce to fully realize the smart grid promise. The future workforce will be vital to deploying and maintaining this national clean-energy smart grid infrastructure. Growing and training the smart grid workforce will only be possible if the industry commits to intensive, sophisticated, and integrated workforce-development initiatives.
Events Sponsored By the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center at IIT
2016 IIT Keating Hall Nano Grid Project Ribbon Cutting
Illinois Tech's Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation unveiled the Keating Sports Center's new lighting system. The system features brand-new LED lighting powered off solar panels and Illinois Tech's first hybrid AC-DC nanogrid.
WHEN Thursday, Aug. 17, 2016 WHERE 3040 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616.
2016 IEEE Region 4 Workshop on Smart Grid and Microgrid Technologies
This workshop is structured to consider microgrid solutions within the framework of the smart grid. A panel will explore smart grid solutions that bring these technologies and solutions together.
The focus will be on applications of the Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM), a tool for the optimization of microgrid assets.
The program will conclude with a tour of the IIT Microgrid, one of the first and most successful deployments of microgrid and distributed energy resources in the U.S.
WHEN Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 WHERE 10 W 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616.
2016 DOE Microgrid and Resilient Electric Distribution Grid R&D Peer Review at IIT
You are invited to register for and attend the biennial Peer Review meeting conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Microgrid Program and Resilient Electric Distribution R&D Program. This Peer Review meeting serves as the forum for researchers, developers, implementers, and users of smart grid technologies to learn the latest advances in DOE-supported projects. The event is open to the public; all participants except Peer Reviewers are required to register.
WHEN Tuesday, Aug. 16 - Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 WHERE 10 W 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616.
2014 Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy at IIT
The Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation hosted the fourth annual Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy, September 22-25, 2014 on the Illinois Institute of Technology's campus in Chicago. The Symposium features keynote and plenary sessions, technical presentations, and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. The Symposium was a one-of-a-kind event that breaks new ground in smart grid design and development and showcases smart grid best practices from around the country along with new technologies and ideas that are spurring innovation, growing state economies, reducing emissions and empowering consumers to conserve and save. Participants had the opportunity to engage thought leaders on key policy questions, identify investment and job creation opportunities, and learn about projects already underway.
WHEN Monday, Sept. 22 - Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 WHERE Illinois Institute of Technology Campus, Chicago, Illinois. WHO Smart grid and microgrid developers, academics, vendors and suppliers, investors, utilities, consultants, technology providers, consumer advocates, and policymakers are encouraged to attend.
Illinois Smart Grid Policy Forum: Measuring Progress and Charting Directions
The Center for Business and Regulation, University of Illinois Springfield, along with the Galvin Center For Electricity Innovation, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Center for Neighborhood Technology are co-sponsoring the initial meeting of the Illinois Smart Grid Policy Forum which will bring together local, state, and national experts and stakeholders to discuss directions for smart grid development in Illinois.
WHEN Monday November 4, 2013 8AM-4PM WHERE Hermann Hall Ballroom, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL
Brookens Library Room 141A, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL.
2013 Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy at IIT
The Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation hosted the third annual Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy, September 23-25, 2013 on the Illinois Institute of Technology's campus in Chicago. The Symposium featured keynote and plenary sessions, technical presentations, and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. The Symposium was a one-of-a-kind event that breaks new ground in smart grid design and development and showcases smart grid best practices from around the country along with new technologies and ideas that are spurring innovation, growing state economies, reducing emissions and empowering consumers to conserve and save. Participants had the opportunity to engage thought leaders on key policy questions, identify investment and job creation opportunities, and learn about projects already underway.
WHEN Monday, Sept. 23 - Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 WHERE Illinois Institute of Technology Campus, Chicago, Illinois. WHO Smart grid and microgrid developers, academics, vendors and suppliers, investors, utilities, consultants, technology providers, consumer advocates, and policymakers are encouraged to attend.
2013 Electrical Energy Storage Technologies and Applications Workshop
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $120 million to establish a Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne. The Joint Center will bring together multidisciplinary researchers from the government, academia, and industry to overcome critical scientific and technical barriers and create new breakthrough energy storage technology. The Workshop which is sponsored by the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Institute of Technology will provide a timely introduction to these exciting market developments.
Dates: March 20-21, 2013 9:00-5:00pm Deadline for registration: March 8. Fees: $195 (includes CD of workshop materials, refreshments, and lunch) Location: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL
2012 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2012)
In 2012, the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center at IIT) sponsored the third IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) in Washington D.C. The conference attracted thousands of attendees from throughout the world and served as a premier forum for discussion of state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies.
2012 Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy at IIT
The Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center at IIT) hosted the second annual Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy, September 24-26, 2012 at IIT. The Symposium featured keynote and plenary sessions, technical presentations, and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. The Symposium is a one-of-a-kind event that breaks new ground in smart grid design and development and showcases smart grid best practices from around the country along with new technologies and ideas that are spurring innovation, growing state economies, reducing emissions and empowering consumers to conserve and save.
2011 Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy at IIT
In 2011, the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center) sponsored the first annual Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy. This one-of-a-kind event broke new ground in Smart Grid design and development, attracting more than 400 attendees to IIT's campus for the two-day conference.
2012 DOE Microgrid Workshop at IIT
In 2012, the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center) hosted the Microgrid Workshop on July 30-31, 2012. The event which attracted scientists from all over the world was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE).
2011 Workshop on Wind Energy Research at IIT
In 2011, the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center) hosted the second meeting of the University-Industry Consortium for Wind Energy Research, Education, and Workforce Development at IIT. This meeting concluded with a reception and ribbon-cutting of the IIT's 1.5 MW GE Wind Turbine and the two 8kW Wind Turbines at IIT.
2010 Workshop on Wind Energy Research at IIT
In 2010, the Smart Grid Workforce Education and Training Center (affiliated with the Galvin Center) hosted the first meeting of the University-Industry Consortium for Wind Energy Research, Education, and Workforce Development at IIT. The meeting included a very lively panel session on wind energy education which was attended by 200 individuals from the Consortium and other researchers and educators involved with wind energy integration issues.
Advancing Wind Power in Illinois (Fifth Annual Conference) in 2011
This conference covered many aspects of wind energy including small wind, community wind and large wind farms. The two-day event was co-hosted by the Center for Renewable Energy at Illinois State University and the Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and included plenary sessions, breakout seminars, breakout panel sessions, and exhibitors.
