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DOE OSTI2017

2016 End of the year South Carolina PV soft cost and workforce development

A solar industry survey was given to professional installers who serve the South Carolina market in order to determine trends in costing, work force needs, and business demographics at the end of 2016. It was found that 70% of the respondents serve the residential sector, while only 7% of the total exclusively serves the residential market. The average size of residential installations remain near 9 kW-DC, while the average size of commercial and utility scale installations continue to grow to 378 kW-DC and 14.8 MW-DC, respectively. The total cost of these residential systems has hovered around $3.50/W-DC since the end of 2015, while commercial installations have dropped to $2.45/W-DC and utility scale installations have dropped to $1.49/W-DC. It is expected that the cost of utility scale installations will continue to drop as there are publically reported utility scale installations with contracted PPAs for less than 4¢/kWh. 52-60% of the cost is associated with hardware only depending upon sector.

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DOE OSTI2017

Coding a Weather Model: DOE-FIU Science & Technology Workforce Development Program.

DOE Fellow, Andres Cremisini, completed a 10-week internship with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Under the management of Kristopher Klingler and the mentorship of Jon Bradley, he was tasked with conceiving and coding a realistic weather model for use in physical security applications. The objective was to make a weather model that could use real data to accurately predict wind and precipitation conditions at any location of interest on the globe at any user-determined time. The intern received guidance on software design, the C++ programming language and clear communication of project goals and ongoing progress. In addition, Mr. Cremisini was given license to structure the program however he best saw fit, an experience that will benefit ongoing research endeavors.

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DOE OSTI2018

2017 Alabama PV Soft Cost and Workforce Development

In 2016, the first comprehensive analysis of the solar market in Alabama was conducted. The market was found to be immature, but price competitive with other parts of the Southeast and the nation. A second survey was completed one year later in 2017 to help understand the changes in trends and changes in the solar market in AL over the calendar. AL is one of three states without comprehensive net metering legislation, yet remains cost competitive with other states around the US and the Southeast. Residential systems average 2.4/W DC, which is considerably lower than the nationwide median of 4/W. Commercial systems cost an average of 2.15/W-DC, which is also below the national median of 2.30/W for nonresidential systems over 500 kW.

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DOE OSTI2021

Quantum Workforce Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The students applying to LLNL that are interested in quantum computing are being brought up with a universal quantum algorithm experience. The candidates we see have played with Qiskit or the IBM experience, they understand spin dynamics, and a few of them have attended hackathons by Rigetti or another company. These students have all been exposed to universal quantum computing, but not quantum engineering, quantum hardware, or even descriptions of noise. This is in a large part due to the simplified interface in current commercial quantum systems. To broaden the applicant pool, we have begun collaborating with several institutions to train quantum scientists and engineers. We are using the LLNL whitebox approach to testbed access in order to give students a look under the hood of quantum computing operations because that is what we desire in research scientists.

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DOE OSTI2022

Public – Private Partnership to Promote Efficient Manufacturing and Workforce Development (IAC Final Technical Report)

Through delivering ninety (90) energy assessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities in and around Tennessee, significant understandings were gained through providing detailed energy assessment reports to manufacturers and training seventy-seven (77) engineering students in which thirty-five (35) certified IAC students were recognized by DOE. The robust involvement of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), local utility and Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Outreach Center (CEROC) in majority of assessments made the technical operation very effective where leaded to 40.5% implementation rate of energy recommendations. Other benefits of the award to the public are a dynamic modeling tool capable of analyzing existing cooling towers for energy use optimization was developed and presented to DOE IAC, providing technical assistance to non-participating manufacturers in the form of workshop and training, publishing fifteen (15) peer-reviewed conference and journal papers as well as a book chapter in the area of industrial energy efficiency field, assisting the TVA Magnolia Combined Cycle Power Plant to become the First 50001 Ready Certified Power Plant in the U.S. through briefing them on ISO 50001 and 50001 Ready as well as providing an energy assessment to the plant, assisted the new IAC center at Clemson University with on-site and remote support, and provided assessment and training in unique areas of water, waste water, cyber security and smart manufacturing to our clients, students and community.

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DOE OSTI2023

Workforce Development Programs [Slides]

As educational institutions of New Mexico, develop educational, training, and research programs in support of the pit manufacturing related STEM fields, which directly benefit LANL with critical hires.

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NASA NTRS2023

AI Ethics Appendix: A Novel Approach to AI Ethics Workforce Development

The "AI Ethics Appendix" is a game-based design fiction for the deliberation of uncertain artificial intelligence (AI) ethical scenarios. The game is intended to be used as a tool for AI practitioners and industry professionals to grow responsible and ethical AI knowledge as they integrate this technology into their development. As AI/ML ethical considerations and governmental compliance develop, it is important to encourage teams to encourage teams to incorporate diverse thinking early in the development cycle and consider how different stakeholders may be affected by the technology. This game accomplishes these goals through storytelling and meaningful game interaction based on methods from game design as well as speculative and design fiction in the field of Human-Centered Design. The game mechanics were informed by the NASA Framework for the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence, Executive Order 13960, examples of AI use cases, and colleagues' work experiences with AI/ML.

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NASA NTRS2008

Development of a NASA Integrated Technical Workforce Career Development Model Entitled Requisite Occupation Competencies and Knowledge -- the ROCK

This paper shares the findings of NASA's Integrated Learning and Development Program (ILDP) in its effort to reinvigorate the HANDS-ON practice of space systems engineering and project/program management through focused coursework, training opportunities, on-the job learning and special assignments. Prior to March 2005, NASA responsibility for technical workforce development (the program/project manager, systems engineering, discipline engineering, discipline engineering and associated communities) was executed by two parallel organizations. In March 2005 these organizations merged. The resulting program-ILDP-was chartered to implement an integrated competency-based development model capable of enhancing NASA's technical workforce performance as they face the complex challenges of Earth science, space science, aeronautics and human spaceflight missions. Results developed in collaboration with NASA Field Centers are reported on. This work led to definition of the agency's first integrated technical workforce development model known as the Requisite Occupation Competence and Knowledge (the ROCK). Critical processes and products are presented including: 'validation' techniques to guide model development, the Design-A-CUrriculuM (DACUM) process, and creation of the agency's first systems engineering body-of-knowledge. Findings were validated via nine focus groups from industry and government, validated with over 17 space-related organizations, at an estimated cost exceeding $300,000 (US). Masters-level programs and training programs have evolved to address the needs of these practitioner communities based upon these results. The ROCK reintroduced rigor and depth to the practitioner's development in these critical disciplines enabling their ability to take mission concepts from imagination to reality.

Menrad, Robert J.↗
DOE OSTI2020

Session 097A - Panel: Accomplishments and Update of the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge, TN (1/4) (R1.16a)

This panel was deferred until 2021. The session was designed to highlight and celebrate the accomplishment of Vision 2020 at US DoE's East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Vision 2020 is the overarching strategy and guidance that have formed the foundation of success in closing one of the largest cleanup site in the DOE Complex. The session was supposed to feature representatives from the DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor, UCOR, in exploring the partnerships and performance excellence that have made the difference in achieving success. OREM's Vision 2020 is a collaboration with entities that have made a difference in its success: economic developers, workforce developers, the University of Tennessee, and community partners. The vigorous Oak Ridge small business contracting community has also been instrumental in helping achieve success. This session plans to celebrate the entire process, its numerous players, and the spirit of accomplishment as the Oak Ridge community comes to realize the promise of 30 years of continuous cleanup excellence. This session integrated with panel sessions 97B, 97C and 97D. Panelists with presentations: Beyond Cleanup: Achieving Risk Reduction through Partnerships and Performance Excellence (Kenneth Rueter); Strategic Approach to Achieve End States at the East Tennessee Technology Park (Jay Mullis)

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