Education and Opportunity
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| Solar photovoltaic (PV) frame located at MCCTC. |
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| Students working in MCCTC's workshop. |
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One of the goals of this program is to provide Cumberland Plateau students skills that can be used to enhance their career opportunities. Hands-on experience peaks students' interests and helps them understand beyond what they can learn from a textbook.
There will be opportunity for students to engage in several aspects of the project. On the construction side, Morgan County Career and Technical Center (MCCTC) students will learn about tower creation and layout, erection, machining, and welding. Through it's technology-engineering program, Scott High School will develop design sketches and training manuals for each of the renewable systems. Tennessee Tech will have students correlating meteorological data with system generation.
Additionally, MCCTC will hold
continuing education classes for the community on small wind tower construction
and installation. During the spring 2010 semester, MCCTC will hold adult education classes one night a week and teachers and
students from each of the schools will have outreach events to the community.
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Watch the video below to hear from Ronnie Trout and Dr. David Gao about renewable energy education.
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