{"649432":{"#nid":"649432","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EPICenter Hosts Energy Unplugged Camp for Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn July 8-12, the Strategic Energy Institute\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted \u0026quot;Energy Unplugged,\u0026quot; an energy-themed STEM\u0026nbsp;camp for\u0026nbsp;high school students, administered by the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;Summer Peaks program from CEISMC. During the week, SEI\u0026#39;s Rich Simmons and Kerri Metz\u0026nbsp;led\u0026nbsp;hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations, educational presentations,\u0026nbsp;and a field trip to Georgia Power\u0026#39;s Morgan Falls hydroelectric facility\u0026nbsp;and GE\u0026#39;s Monitoring \u0026amp; Diagnostics\u0026nbsp;Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur course included segments on how electricity is generated, where it goes, what it costs, its environmental impact, and how it might be brought to more of the world\u0026#39;s 1.3 billion people without electricity. Student teams constructed small scale energy generation devices and measured electricity production while comparing\u0026nbsp;pros and cons among\u0026nbsp;wind, solar, and fossil fuel technologies.\u0026nbsp;The week concluded with presentations of team projects to instructors and parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Strategic Energy Institute\u0027s Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPICenter) hosted \u0022Energy Unplugged,\u0022 an energy-themed STEM camp for high school students, administered by the Georgia Tech Summer Peaks program from CEISMC"}],"uid":"35801","created_gmt":"2021-08-11 19:26:48","changed_gmt":"2021-08-11 19:26:48","author":"vkaza3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}