Green Energy Conference Experience - Integration of Class Room Research Projects to IEEE Professional Presentation

Green Energy is a typical multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary topic for researchers, practitioners, faculty and students.In general, energy generated from the combustion of a limited supply of fossil fuels presents environmental concerns.Renewable energy, such as solar and wind, dramatically lowers CO2 pollution emissions, reduces environmental health risks, and slows down the depletion of finite natural resources.On the other hands, the cost of renewable energy generation is relative high.From an engineering and economic point of view, there are many open challenges for research and development in order to accelerate the renewable energy deployment with lower cost.In response to the need, the systems council Chapter of the Coastal Los Angeles Section (CLAS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers (IEEE) has held one-day conferences since 2010 at California State University, Long Beach.This conference brings together researchers, practitioners, faculty and students from relevant fields to present and disseminate ongoing research for green energies and their associated technologies.This paper describes a unique multidisciplinary engineering conference program that brings together faculty and their students within a one-day program called, the "IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference" (IGESC).A study, along with observations made before, during, and after the Conference offered preliminary findings regarding faculty and student's perceptions of different projects influencing student research and career choices.