Power and Energy Careers Fuel Our Future
Power and energy engineers work with some of today's most exciting technologies, developing solutions to problems that affect our lives and lifestyles. The PES Scholarship Plus Initiative™ provides scholarships and real world experience to undergraduates who are interested in power and energy engineering careers.
Check out this one of a kind presentation as noted leaders in the field of power and energy, government and academia share their insights on the need for today's talented students to become tomorrow's essential power and energy workforce; meeting the needs of the world's energy future.
Patricia Hoffman, IEEE member and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy is a featured speaker, along with Wanda Reder, IEEE Fellow and Vice President of Power Systems Services at S&C Electric Company; Christopher Root, IEEE Senior Member and Senior Vice President of Network Strategy at National Grid USA; and Dr. Robert Thomas, IEEE Life Fellow and Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University.
This event is also the public kick-off of the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative, a three-year scholarship program attracting top undergraduate engineering candidates to pursue power engineering careers