Frontiers in Educational Research, 2025, 8(10); doi: 10.25236/FER.2025.081004.
Zhuoxin Lu, Dong Han, Weiqing Sun
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 200093
Facing the critical demands of energy transition and new power systems, new engineering education necessitates cultivating interdisciplinary talents with solid theory, cross-boundary vision, and engineering innovation. Interdisciplinary course construction is key to meeting this challenge and breaking traditional disciplinary barriers. Focusing on the frontier course "Energy Storage Technologies for Smart Grids," this paper systematically explores its innovative teaching design and implementation. The course establishes a progressive modular framework that includes Fundamental Cognition, Core Principles, and Cutting-edge Applications. It integrates diverse strategies like in-depth lectures, engineering case analysis, and topical seminars. A competency-oriented evaluation system, centred on process-based assessment with multi-stakeholder input, is implemented. This paper provides actionable solutions for integrating multidisciplinary knowledge, e.g., electrochemistry, power systems, control theory, energy economics, to cultivate students' comprehensive ability in addressing complex challenges of storage integration and grid-storage synergy. It offers significant insights for reforming related interdisciplinary courses under new engineering education.
New Engineering Education, Interdisciplinary Course, Teaching Design, Smart Grid, Energy Storage Technology
Zhuoxin Lu, Dong Han, Weiqing Sun. Teaching Design and New Engineering Education Practice for the Interdisciplinary Course "Energy Storage Technologies for Smart Grids". Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 10: 23-28. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.081004.
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