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UPDATE TO TODAY'S POST!

We are LOVING all the pictures that our followers are posting of their air engines from their time here at . Let's see if we can't take that up a level...

Here's the challenge: Post a picture of your air engine in the comments of either this post or the one from earlier today and include your graduation year. Oldest air engine wins their choice of or tickets!

Power grid resiliency has long been an issue for coastal communities. If a significant storm hits, they can often be without power for days, and in some cases, weeks.

That’s something we would like to change.

We have joined forces with the Coastal Studies Institute to be a regional partner for the U.S. Department of Energy’s ETIPP program. This program gives remote, island, or islanded communities the resources to look at ways to improve their energy infrastructure, and as a result, increase their resiliency.

Several projects are already underway with the communities from Cohort 1, ranging from microgrid development to electrification of ferry transportation systems, and we are excited about what we are seeing.

If you live in, or know of a community in the southeastern U.S. that would potentially benefit from this program, the applications for Cohort 2 are now open. For more information on this amazing opportunity, click on the link!

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As technology has changes, so too must the topics we teach our of tomorrow.

Dr. Valentina Cecchi was one of the first faculty to join EPIC almost 10 years ago. In addition to teaching, Dr. Cecchi is also part of our research team, and her current research project is focused on enhancing the curriculum that we are delivering to our students each day.

Watch this feed in the weeks ahead as Dr. Cecchi reviews her current research, and how it could have an impact on not just our students, but those around the world.

What happens when the program you need doesn’t exist? If you’re an engineer, the answer is simple:

You BUILD it!

Over 10 years ago, Drs. Elliot and Wilson built our Mechanical Engineering Energy Concentration, and we have been adding to it ever since!

Keep an eye on this feed in the weeks ahead, as we feature a more in-depth look at the origins of the Energy Concentration.

Our friends at the Joules Accelerator are hosting their “Making Change For Climate” webinar NEXT WEDNESDAY (11-17-21).

Click ⬇️ to register today!

https://tinyurl.com/JoulesClimate

“Work the problem.”

It’s one of the most repeated phrases by our instructors, and for good reason: It’s part of the job description of being an engineer! This phrase applies even more to the 1st pillar of : Universal Energy Access.

It’s a challenge where one size does NOT fit all, where the constraints on the ground in one location are completely different from those in another. So how do you solve a problem like this?

You don’t just build engineers. You create next-gen problem solvers.

In MEGR 3261, one of the ways we do this is a final project where the students are asked to design a system based on what they have learned over the semester. Utilizing cutting-edge technology developed here at , the students can build and test their systems to see how they would stack up against real world demand.

Check back here near the end of the semester, and we’ll have an update on how they did!

A 2-year-old’s favorite question is the same one that is uttered by scientists & engineers: WHY?

This week, we’ll focus on why the first pillar of , UNIVERSAL ENERGY ACCESS, matters, & what researchers & engineers are doing to make it a reality.

Part of building the of tomorrow means that it must be sustainable given a wide variety of factors. But what does “sustainable energy” really mean?

This month, we are going to take you behind the curtain to one of our Energy Concentration courses, MEGR 3261. In this course, we teach our of tomorrow not only what is, but how to build an energy generation & delivery system based on the concept.