Power Education Partnership (PEP)
Your annual ESIC PEP membership supports the tradition of excellence in power education at WSU through maintenance of power labs, student scholarships and hands-on learning via the practicum experience. Have a voice at the table in curriculum development and provide industry experience to students on state-of-the-art industry practices.
Interested in joining? Email esic.center@wsu.edu.
Annual meetings are held with our PEP members to give updates on power education at WSU, updates on practicum, and participate in round table discussion. View the agenda, slides, and recording for those meetings below.
PEP Membership Benefits
- Power Practicum provides member companies the opportunity to host upper-level power students for a week-long, on-site work experience.
- Hiring Advantage through personalized attention to promote positions and maximize access to qualified students.
- Personalized communication of job, internship, and career fair opportunities through our industry liaison staff.
- Promote job vacancies to Power/EE alumni through emails, ESIC website and LinkedIn.
- First Access to students senior projects through mentorships.
- Shape the future workforce through participation in and collaboration with the PEP Advisory Board by influencing the power curriculum.
- Priority consideration for the Hands-on Relay School registration.
- Free booth and attendance at the WSU Fall Career EXPO and IEEE Career Fair.
- Professional Development Hours for attending weekly ESIC seminars and optional tutorials offered by subject matter experts.
ESIC Excellence In Power Engineering Education
Your ESIC PEP membership enables WSU to prepare the next generation of power engineers who will be the workforce for the future electric power industry.
Why Washington State University and the Energy Systems Innovation Center?
- Fundamental Power Engineering Concepts are emphasized through multiple core curriculum courses
- Advanced Power Engineering Topics are covered through an extensive set of elective courses such as protection, renewables, power electronics, distribution systems and cybersecurity by leading power engineering faculty experts.
- Diversity is an integral focus that is valued and promoted by WSU and ESIC.
- Everett and Bremerton WSU EE power track degree completion programs provide regionwide education and career opportunities.
- Laboratory Hands-On Learning includes the Avista Energy Conversion Lab funded by support from Avista, the PSE Renewable Energy Lab established through funding from Puget Sound Energy, and the Protection Lab that was set up with donations from SEL Inc.
- Senior Design Projects are often supported by PEP partners to orient students to problems affecting the electric power industry.
WSU’S Regional And Global Impact On Power Engineering Education
The future power engineering capabilities and workforce for our region and beyond, begin with the education of talented engineers. Considered among the best in the world in power engineering education and research, WSU is the premier power engineering program in our region. The education of the next generation of power engineers is inextricably linked to the continuing success and growth of the regional and global power industry.
The Power Engineering program at Washington State University has an outstanding legacy of excellence in the field of power and energy systems. To support the undergraduate program, the Power Professorship Program was formally established at WSU in 1973 by regional power companies. It has since evolved into the ESIC PEP program that we have today.
We continue the tradition of WSU engineering graduates making a difference in organizations in our region and society. On average, roughly half of EE graduating students choose to specialize in the power area. Our graduate engineers have gone on to work and excel in regional, national and global companies that focus on the electric power industry
CONTACT US
PO Box 642752
Pullman, WA 99164-2752
Phone: 509-335-6456
Email: esic.center@wsu.edu