Building a Bright Future. The Hydro Research Foundation's Fellowship Program

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DOI	10.2172/1233412
报告编号	EE0002668
来源ID	OSTI ID: 1233412
	Building a Bright Future. The Hydro Research Foundation's Fellowship Program
	Vaughn, Brenna; Linke, Deborah M.
	2015-12-29
出版年	2015
页数	63
语种	英语
国家	美国
领域	地球科学
英文摘要	The Hydro Fellowship Program (program) began as an experiment to discover whether the hydropower industry could find mechanisms to attract new entrants through conducting relevant research to benefit the industry. This nationwide, new-to-the-world program was started through funding from the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office of the Department of Energy (DOE). Between 2010-2015, the Hydro Research Foundation (HRF) designed and implemented a program to conduct valuable research and attract new entrants to the hydro workforce. This historic grant has empowered and engaged industry members from 25 organizations by working with 91 students and advisors at 24 universities in 19 states. The work funded answered pressing research needs in the fields of civil, mechanical, environmental, and electrical engineering, as well as law, energy engineering and materials innovation. In terms of number of individuals touched through funding, 148 individuals were supported by this work through direct research, mentorship, oversight of the work, partnerships and the day-to-day program administration. Based on the program results, it is clear that the funding achieved the hoped-for outcomes and has the capacity to draw universities into the orbit of hydropower and continue the conversation about industry research and development needs. The Foundation has fostered unique partnerships at the host universities and has continued to thrive with the support of the universities, advisors, industry and the DOE. The Foundation has demonstrated industry support through mentorships, partnerships, underwriting the costs and articulating the universitiesâ support through in-kind cost sharing. The Foundation recommends that future work be continued to nurture these graduate level programs using the initial work and improvements in the successor program, the Research Awards Program, while stimulating engagement of academia at the community college level for operations and maintenance workforce development.
英文关键词	Hydropower conventional hydropower pumped storage graduate research Hydro Research Foundation
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来源平台	US Department of Energy (DOE)
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/6813
专题	地球科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vaughn, Brenna,Linke, Deborah M.. Building a Bright Future. The Hydro Research Foundation's Fellowship Program,2015.