Conference Session

Principal Skinner's Secrets: Cultivating STEM in Remote Locations, Steamed Hams!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Claudia J. Morrell, STEM Equity Initiative, LLC; Sandra Staklis, RTI International; Kevin A Jordan, RTI International

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Conference Session

Principal Skinner's Secrets: Cultivating STEM in Remote Locations, Steamed Hams!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

the World Bank (2019) [1], the number of people without access to electricity suppliesdecreased from 1.2 billion in 2010 to 759 million in 2019. Electrification through decentralized solutionsbased on renewable Energy gained momentum. According to the same report, the number of peopleconnected to isolated mini electrical grids (called microgrids) doubled between 2010 and 2019, goingfrom 5 to 11 million people. However, there is still much to do. Through her presentation in TED talks,engineer Rose Mutiso (2019) [2] presents the problem and describes alternative solutions with theintroduction of sustainable electricity production (wind and solar) in the same communities.In Mexico, according to Energía Hoy (Servin, 2021) [3], there are more than