Jobs & Workforce Development UMass Lowell’s Electric Vehicle Summit October 6, 2010

A Future of Innovation and Growth: Advancing Massachusetts’ Clean-Energy Leadership April 2010 “Massachusetts places second in this ranking, behind only California” “The third key sector showing strong Massachusetts clean-energy leadership is advanced energy storage – from electric-vehicle batteries to utility-scale electricity storage. It’s a fast-growing, increasingly important niche that depends heavily on the type of R&D breakthroughs in which Massachusetts excels”

Electric Vehicle Technology Jobs* Energy engineers Mechanical engineers Electrical engineers Chemical engineers Material scientists Laboratory & service technicians Industrial engineers Machinists Factory Workers Charging station/fueling infrastructure installers *DOE

Preparing for Vehicle Technology Careers* Engineering schools must provide new course materials ◦ Chemistry, material science, electronic & mechanical engineering Technicians will need to learn how to repair & maintain new technologies Installers need to learn how to put in new types of fueling infrastructure such as electric chargers DOE EcoCAR Challenge-engineering competition to promote advance vehicle technologies & hands-on engineering experience for students *DOE

6/4/09 ‘Clean Energy Workforce Development Forum’ & 6/23/10 ‘Leadership Summit’ Recommendations K-12 curriculum with clean energy STEM skills Multi-disciplinary certificate programs Communication & collaboration needed between academia, workforce investment boards, employers, state agencies & K-12 Interconnections within & between academic offerings; need for a career 'pathway’ Internships