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Training/Outcome Summary of MNREM-WIRED Projects Funded First Round 2009
by Carol Dombek.
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Anticipated number to be trained |
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Project | Youth | Adults | Teachers | Annual teacher impact
| Products to be Developed | Plans for sharing products |
Outland Energy, Granite Falls Energy, Fagen Engineering, and others/ MN West CTC
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| 25 | 250 | Model to integrate new emerging renewable energy curriculum into existing science, math, and agriculture high school classes
| The SMSU teacher education department is helping with the integration of standards. We would plan for them to continue to share this model with future teachers in training. We are also sharing the model with the participants in the Minnesota Energy Roundtables so they could duplicate the training in their areas of the state. |
SMI & Hydraulics, Solar Skies, Empire Plumbing and Heating, and others/SWIF
| 220 |
| 31 | 5,000 | Model program to inspire youth to think of the renewable energy sector as a major driver for the region's future - and their own future | Products will be shared through community involvement, business participation, team/teacher student interaction. |
Solar Skies Mfg, ATC
| 0 | 30 | 10 | 0 | Solar thermal training modules (3)
| Products will be shared through training sessions
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Xcel Energy, BH Electronics, and others/ SW MN FIRST | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Energy Careers Website/Electronic magazine focused on renewable energy careers
Career Pathway - Wind Energy Industry | The Energy Careers website will be on www.iseek.org, which is viewed by 100,000 unique visitors per month.
The wind career pathways will be printed and distributed to WorkForce Centers in our WSAs for use in career counseling and industry information for the universal customer and employment and training clients. The print version will also be distributed to high school counselors via our Youth Programs and distributed to employers in the wind industry for their use in employee recruiting and retention efforts via business services outreach and the WIBs. It will also be posted on CARE partners’ websites and available to DEED, ISEEK , the Energy Career Website and E-Magazine, and industry associations. |
SMI & Hydraulics, Global Wind Harvest, and others/MN West CTC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Global directory of wind industry companies
Plan for development of a national wind training and education center, including print and video promotional materials | The products will be shared through business and school visits and well as campus meetings. In addition, through publications such as news releases, advertisements and mailings.
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StoneL Corporation, Better Through Design, 3M/Tri-State Mfg | 0 | 0 | 120 | 1,000 | Interactive website specific to west central Minnesota, linking from the Dream It. Do It. Website Brochures, flyers, career guides, catch and referral network/system, manufacturing technology curriculum to go with the Dream It. Do It. kits
| Products will be shared via the regional dream it. do it. website http://www.dreamit-doit.com/minnesotawww.dreamit-doit.com/minnesota, which will contain all products in downloadable files. |
Alliant Energy, Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services/ WDI
| 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Model for Pre-employment Energy Academy
High school Renewable Energy curriculum units (2)
| Products will be shared through the web, MnRem portal, high school teacher channels, Riverland Marketing resources, and anything else we can use. |
Heron Lake BioEnergy and others/MN West CTC | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | Training manual for NovaTech ethanol training simulator
A model for incorporating student trainees, community members and incumbent workers to advance their biofuels knowledge in a shared learning environment | The training manual for the NovaTech ethanol training simulator will be available for public dissemination. The manuals will introduce trainees to human machine interface of process control using a D3 Distributive Control System (DCS). After the DCS introduction the manual will walk trainees through startup, steady state and shut down procedures for safe ethanol facility operation. The manual will also introduce trainees to standard operating Clean-In-Place (CIP) procedures.
The shared learning environment model will be available for public dissemination and can be replicated across the state or across the nation.
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BTD, Inc. and others/MSCTC | 40 | 20 | 25 | 250 | Twelve (12) Alternative energy learning units | We will hold a training day in August where faculty from HS and colleges will be invited to come and learn how to use the units in their programs and courses
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Lake Region Electric Cooperative, Ottertail Power Corporation/ LCSC
| 0 | 0 | 35 | 350 | A series of lesson plans and units to bring STEM awareness and relevance to the classroom | Content from the STEM academy, Minnesota academic standards, and industry tours, mentorships, and internship experiences will be used to create lesson plans using the Japanese Lesson Study model. The goal is to bring STEM awareness and relevance to the classroom through planning classroom units and lessons. The lesson plans and units will ultimately be the product that is shared.
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Wilcon Construction, Schwickert’s, and others/ MSU-Mkto | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | Technician Curriculum addressing design and implementation of energy-efficiency measures in mechanical systems and building operations (7 CEU modules leading to certificate)
Engineering Curriculum addressing design and implementation of energy-efficiency measures in mechanical systems and building operations (20-30 undergraduate credits)
| The CEU modules are developed to be sustainable and will be offered regularly for individuals and industry.
The credit components will become part of the undergraduate curriculum.
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Epitopix, Nova-Tech Engineering/ MinnWest Technology Campus | 29 | 0 | 18 | 250 | Curriculum development for applied learning using genomics
Peer mentor model – undergraduate research internship program
Six professional development bioscience workshops
| Curriculum model will be developed, implemented and refined with WIRED funds, then will be used in several other applied STEM disciplines.
Classroom/multi-purpose meeting room will be available to the public
Peer mentor model will be shared with other companies and schools
Workshops will be replicated throughout the state
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Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company/ Benson High School
| 25 | 0 | 2 | 20 | Renewable energy curriculum | We will host an in-service for teachers from other schools and train them on the equipment and curriculum. |
Easy Energy Systems, Inc./ Martin County West Schools
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Curriculum – biofuels/value-added agriculture
Model – business/high school renewable fuels internship partnership
| We will produce a booklet outlining the entire project that can be made available electronically to other companies or work force centers with master copies printed and sent to the state and DOL for further duplication however they desire. The goal is that this booklet can then become the blueprint for others to follow. It will list in detail what we did, how we did it, and problems we encountered or avoided. The end goal to provide both a plan and also enthusiasm that by companies, school systems, and work force centers working together- we can successfully introduce, attract, and bring the best and brightest back to our rural communities.
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V-Tek, Cambria, Dotson Iron Castings, and others/South Central College
| 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Four core curriculum courses in mechatronics
Shared work pilot program model | Products will be shared through the Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, MnCEME. We will also have the ability to share these products with our partner schools through MnSCU. In addition, South Central College’s Center for Business and Industry, CBI will be able to the take the model we develop and apply it to other “courses” besides just mechatronics. CBI will become a primary player in distributing the model through different training initiatives.
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Nova-Tech Engineering; Hammel, Green and Abrahamson/University of Minnesota, Morris
| 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3-credit undergraduate course titled Environmental Science 1131: Renewable Energy with Biomass Gasification | Delivered to students during 3-week on campus May term. Future plans include online curriculum components, UMM Extension workshops, conferences. |
Total | 460 | 267 | 266 | 7,120 |
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