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About PowerAmerica & the NIST RACER Project
About PowerAmerica & the NIST RACER Project
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Rapid Assistance for Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER) Program awarded a grant to PowerAmerica in March of 2022 for a program entitled “Building Pandemic Resilience in Native American Communities”.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Rapid Assistance for Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER) Program awarded a grant to PowerAmerica in March of 2022 for a program entitled “Building Pandemic Resilience in Native American Communities”.
Through this program, the PowerAmerica team developed several innovative power electronic based solutions that address the disparate health impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic in Native American communities. PowerAmerica teamed with the University of Colorado, Navajo Technical University, Utah State University, Sandia National Lab, and the NC Clean Energy Technology Center to carry out the technology development and energy education tasks in the three-year program program.
Through this program, the PowerAmerica team developed several innovative power electronic based solutions that address the disparate health impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic in Native American communities. PowerAmerica teamed with the University of Colorado, Navajo Technical University, Utah State University, Sandia National Lab, and the NC Clean Energy Technology Center to carry out the technology development and energy education tasks in the three-year program program.
The energy technology videos and training materials on this site were created to summarize the activities carried out in the PowerAmerica NIST RACER Program. They also serve as educational training resources for educators and students wishing to learn about the potential use of power electronics and semiconductor technology to solve some of society’s most vexing energy problems. Topics such as solar energy, energy storage, wireless charging, microgrid power distribution, indoor air quality, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for medical supply delivery are addressed.
The energy technology videos and training materials on this site were created to summarize the activities carried out in the PowerAmerica NIST RACER Program. They also serve as educational training resources for educators and students wishing to learn about the potential use of power electronics and semiconductor technology to solve some of society’s most vexing energy problems. Topics such as solar energy, energy storage, wireless charging, microgrid power distribution, indoor air quality, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for medical supply delivery are addressed.
We hope you will find the materials herein both enlightening and of practical value.
We hope you will find the materials herein both enlightening and of practical value.
Course Presenters
Course Presenters
Project Partners
Project Partners
About the Power America Institute at NC State University
About the Power America Institute at NC State University
PowerAmerica is a member-driven consortium of industry, academia, and national labs — managed by North Carolina State University and headquartered on its Centennial Campus — accelerating the commercialization of energy-efficient silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductor chips and electronics.
U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Manufacturing USA initiative, PowerAmerica’s membership includes forward-thinking entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, and small businesses, as well as industry associations, federal partners, and leading colleges, universities, and research institutes.
About the NC Clean Energy Technology Center
About the NC Clean Energy Technology Center
For more than 30 years, the NC Clean Energy Technology Center has worked closely with partners in government, industry, academia, and the non-profit community while evolving to include a greater geographic scope and array of clean energy technologies. The Center provides services to the businesses and citizens of North Carolina and beyond relating to the development and adoption of clean energy technologies.
About NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM)
About NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM)
The NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) manages NIST outreach in the area of advanced manufacturing, including providing federal financial assistance in programs such as AMTech and open-topic competition Manufacturing USA institutes. The OAM also serves as the headquarters for the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO).
The national program office is staffed by representatives from federal agencies with manufacturing-related missions as well as fellows from manufacturing companies and universities, and works in close partnership with advanced manufacturing offices in the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture.
About Navajo Technical University
About Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University, like all tribal colleges and universities, grew out of a prayer in the 1960s that envisioned all tribes moving toward self-determination by expressing their sovereignty and establishing their own institutions of higher education. It was as a result of this movement that NTU began as the Navajo Skill Center in 1979 to meet the immediate needs of an unemployed population on the Navajo Nation. Navajo Technical University honors Diné culture and language, while educating for the future.
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) program is framed according to Indigenous worldview and application aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of electrical engineering while incorporating Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing.
The program covers the fundamentals of electrical engineering, including Sustainable & Renewable Energy, power systems, nuclear engineering, and control systems, but will also emphasize the application of this knowledge to Indigenous communities.
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