Promoting Electric Propulsion (PEP) Phase III
Abstract
Promoting Electric Propulsion (PEP) continues to deliver on its dual mission of fostering the development of electric boats in the United States and creating a workforce focused on green technologies and unmanned vehicles that will be able to reduce the acoustic imprint of America#s craft. Despite the pandemic, this program has hosted three competitions and grown substantially in a short amount of time. We continue to build upon this momentum to grow the existing teams and add a number of teams each year. This third phaseof the program will continue to provide for this high-level of growth while increasing the impact of the program on industry and academia. In addition, we are excited about the safety improvements and ability to bring parts of the PEP competition into different regions of the country. Intellectual MeritsThis program has shown that industry can partner with academia to create a growing workforce that is competent and proficient in electric propulsion design and fabrication. The new Student Leadership Committee empowers more student leaders and will better support the STEM pipeline that involves PEP, NREIP internships, summer jobs at growing marine electric propulsion startups, and jobs in industry and government positions that involve electric propulsion, remote-operated craft, etc. Broader ImpactsAfter the pandemic, we were proud to have 77 student engineers across 9 competing teams in 2021 and we increased to 240 student engineers across 16 teams. Initial indications show that teams have already grown between 25% and 300% over the summerof 2022. We have also reached out to 60 schools and recruited 13 new schools to join the competition this year. Thankfully, there is a strong interest in creating electric-propelled and unmanned craft.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2023
- Source ID
- N000142312179
Entities
People
- Dale Lumme
Organizations
- American Society of Naval Engineers
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy