Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

sense because of the geographic spread of the Rocky Mountain region,which stretches from Kansas to Washington state. The Southern Mid-Atlantic region may electmore traditional training formats because it only encompasses a geographically compact are inVirginia and the Carolinas. The remainder of this paper documents early efforts to develop, deliver, and evaluatesolar training programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.This Midwestern solar instructor training effort is being led by the Midwest Renewable EnergyAssociation (MREA) of Custer, WI. A diverse coalition has been formed so that each state inthe region has representation. It is a unique strength of the Midwest region that communitycolleges, non