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EPIC's primary initial charge
from university and from our
industry partners and from the
state legislature - the general
assembly was to help with
workforce development.
All of the undergraduate degree
programs in engineering at UNC Charlotte
offer energy related
concentrations.
One thing that stood out for me
at UNC Charlotte was the
emphasis by EPIC on the power
systems research and also seeing
that the Charlotte area had a
lot of power and energy companies.
There's going to be a huge grid
modernization where electrical
engineers are going to play the
vast majority of the role in
new technologies that will be
implemented new systems that'll
be used to monitor the grid.
Mechanical engineers span across
almost every industry there is
because it is a fundamental
type
of engineering so the things
that are learned or the
expertise gained while in school
has a direct application across
a lot of industries pretty much
everything that there is in the
energy field.
There's a need for mechanical
engineers.
I think systems engineering is
very important in the energy
industry because they they help
the system operators figure out
so many things about their job.
It started in 1981 and I really
enjoyed working for the energy
industry and so I've been doing
it for 40 years.
So I think they'll always be
civil engineers associated with
the energy industry. We'll always
need structural engineers and
geotechnical engineers designing
the infrastructure as well as
environmental engineers doing
the permitting and surveys.
If you're interested in
engineering and you're
interested in energy industry
there are lots of companies that
you can go to work for including
and in addition to the
utilities. It's probably one of the
biggest growing industries there are.
Lots of job
opportunities.
Exciting jobs, fun jobs.
This is the time to be in power
and energy.
There's a lot of changes
going on in the grid and
we need a lot of professionals a
lot of young professionals as
well so I'll definitely say you
know jump in there are
opportunities to grow, there are
opportunities to always learn,
opportunities to contribute in
one way or the other.
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