EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT - TCIPG

ANNUAL INDUSTRY WORKSHOP

NOVEMBER 6-7, 2013

TRUSTWORTHY CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE POWER GRID | TCIPG.ORG

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | UC DAVIS | WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDED BY DOE-OE AND DHS S&T

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EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT

JANA SEBESTIK

TCIPG EDUCATION

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR STEM CURRICULUM DESIGN,

OFFICE FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

NOVEMBER 2013

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ANNUAL INDUSTRY WORKSHOP – NOVEMBER 6-7, 2013


CROSS-CUTTING EFFORT: EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT

K-12 Education

Interactive lessons, hands-on activities, and

curriculum materials

Partnerships with teachers

and schools

Dissemination activities

Connections with national curriculum

endeavors

Outreach and Workforce

Development

Create interest in STEM related careers

TCIPG summer schools

Research opportunities for undergraduates

Consumer Education and

Public Information

Energy information for an

informed public

Consumer acceptance of smart grid

technologies and policies

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The core mission of the consortium of TCIPG

universities is education of professionals versed in

cyber and power

– Degree programs

– Internships

– TCIPG Reading

Group

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PRE-COLLEGE EFFORTS

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Developing the smart-

grid aware citizen of the

future

Encouraging interest in

STEM education and

careers

Teachers, parents learn

too!

K-12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

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Power and Energy applets 32,000 visits in the past year

1000 CD’s distributed

Tesla Town for the iPad 5500 iTunes downloads

Available in Google play store

Lesson plans

Posters

Trading cards

Hands-on kits

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WEB SITE VISITS FROM 169 COUNTRIES

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COMMUNITY

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CONSUMER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

Illinois State Fair Illinois

Energy Zone

Energy Education Council

Orpheum Children’s Science

Museum

Engineering Open House

Urbana Market at the

Square

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ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC LEARNING

Illustrate challenges, trade-

offs and decisions that will

come with the

modernization of the

electric grid

Communicate the

importance of consumers

as a smarter grid becomes

a reality

Parents and children learn together

Publicize the importance of knowing about electricity

production and delivery

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PARTNERSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS

Illinois Solar Schools ~250 schools

IEEE Science Kits for Libraries community events

kits related to the science of electricity

available for checkout throughout system of 594 libraries

Project Lead the Way

4,782 middle and high schools

impacting over 400,000 students in all 50 states

KidWind

trained over 7000 teachers

impacted more than 500,000 students

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR POWER AND CYBER

PROFESSIONALS

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SEEKING OUTREACH AMBASSADORS

IEEE PES GM 2013, for the Panel "Hands-on

Activities for Pre-engineering Outreach”

ASEE 10th Annual K-12 Workshop on Engineering

Education at The Georgia World Congress Center

in Atlanta

TCIPG Summer School

TCIPG Industry Workshop

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1.5 DAY SHORT COURSES

• Illinois Society of Professional Engineers

• IEEE PES

• DOE and DHS

– Power Grid Equipment

– Communications and Networking for Utility Computing and Control

– Basics of Cybersecurity

– Power Grid Infrastructure Basics

– Trustworthy Wide Area Monitoring and Situational Awareness

– Trustworthy Technologies for AMI

– Cybersecurity Maturity Model

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TCIPG SUMMER SCHOOLS

June 17-21, 2013

173 participants

Geared to graduate students, utility practitioners, and

consultants

20 technical sessions, presented by leading subject

matter experts

“Deep Dive” on selected topics

Hands-on SCADA security assessment training

June 13-17, 2011

June 16-20, 2008

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A utility-like virtual environment

Includes typical security flaws

Provides an introductory demonstration of

assessment techniques within a SCADA environment

HANDS-ON SCADA SECURITY ASSESSMENT TRAINING

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Six-hour vulnerability assessment exercise of a

utility-like system

Runs on self-contained network with no real

systems or actual vulnerabilities

Participants learn about:

Security assessment tools

Tricks to analyze public-facing information for security

flaws

Techniques for mapping networks, exfiltration, and

data manipulation

HANDS-ON SCADA SECURITY ASSESSMENT TRAINING (2)

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ANNUAL FALL INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS

Overview of TCIPG research clusters and

activities

Industry panels

Poster session

Invitees represent utilities, system vendors,

consultants, government agencies, and

National Labs

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COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Partnering with the IGEN consortium of

Illinois community colleges to develop smart

grid curriculum materials and professional

development opportunities

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FUTURE PROJECTS

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A strategy quest through the history of electrification in the U.S.

For iPad and iPhone

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MINECRAFT VIRTUAL POWER GRID

Coming soon

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TESLA TOWN V2

Partner with Engineer Guy to develop a video and related classroom activities that illustrate how transformers work

Work with representatives from utilities and EPRI to define best and worst workplace cyber secure practices and make these available to appropriate audiences

Consumer information modules and guidelines for distributed generation and energy management systems

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NECESSARY EFFORTS

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Equally critical to the success of this effort is

the education of all interested members of the

public as to the nature, challenges, and

opportunities surrounding the Smart Grid and

its implementation.”

- The Smart Grid: an Introduction (oe.energy.gov)

Engaging learners of all ages

Increasing public awareness

Educating for a cyber secure workplace

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EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT - TCIPG