NC State Gets Grants to Prepare Students for Green Jobs

North Carolina State University received grants totaling $1.7 million from the North Carolina Energy Office to provide undergraduate and graduate students hands-on experience and training for jobs in the state’s energy economy, including “green-energy” fields.

The N.C. Energy Office created the program with money from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Four different NC State units received funding:

• The university’s Utilities and Engineering Services/Department of Energy Management received $475,488 to place six fellows with various university organizations that study or deliver energy efficiency.

• The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a department in the College of Engineering, received $464,801 and will hire 48 full- and part-time interns to either work with outside partners active in conducting energy assessments and studies, or work on campus energy management programs.

• The College of Natural Resources received $435,481 and will provide 45 internships and 3 fellowships in fields including environmental technology, forest management, natural resources, paper science and engineering, and wood products.

• The North Carolina Solar Center, a unit within the university’s College of Engineering, received $373,469 for six internships and four fellowships to share research or projects and provide estimates of greenhouse-gas reductions from their work.

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