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Equitable Transportation Electrification Learning Module for Civil Engineering Students
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2023-05-15
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:To achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, there is an added impetus to accelerate the process of workforce development in the transportation electrification sector. Specifically, engineers in public infrastructure management need understand the barriers of using electric transportation and the impacts of their decision on the systems level performance. However, the current civil engineering curriculum does not provide opportunities for students to engage with data and methods related to electric transportation. This project developed a hands-on learning module for Civil Engineering students. By completing this module, students will learn how to craft policies and facilitate operations for sustainable deployment of electric transportation. The project team focused on designing two types of learning activities - 1) designing incentives, rebates, and policies to promote equitable and accelerated adoption of electric transportation; 2) planning and operating charging infrastructure with varying vehicle technologies and systems needs. These learning activities are equipped with real world case studies and user preference data. The students learned how to meet consumer needs and preferences and how to sustainably assimilate new technologies. In addition, the students learned to quantify the impacts of investment decisions on different communities before and after equity considerations. Finally, the students learned to solve the electric transportation as a system-of-systems problem; where the traveler activity system interacts with the vehicle system and consequently impacts the electric grid system.
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