EAG Announces Establishment of Curricula Development Team

By Arnold C. Dupuy, PhD Faculty Associate-Research, Energy Academic Group

EAG is proud to announce the establishment of the Curricula Development Team. The team is led by subject matter experts within EAG, Dr. Arnie Dupuy and Dr. Colleen McHenry, and draws from support across the NPS community. Its purpose is to educate warfighters on the critical importance of operational energy to the Navy-Marine Corps mission. Special thanks to Andrew Jennings, Elle Hancock, Marina Lesse, Jay Lynn, Kevin Maher, Eric Hahn, Rabia Khan, Doug MacKinnon and Sheila Sklerov for their contribution to this effort.   

 The Curricula Development Team is making progress under the Naval Enterprise Energy Education and Training (NE3T) program, an effort sponsored by DASN(RDT&E) and N94. Three stackable certificates have been created; Directed Energy and Refuel, (Contested) Logistics, and Unmanned Systems Persistence. The Unmanned Systems Persistence certificate will be EAG’s first offering and will commence in Q2 2023 via asynchronous distance learning. Please visit the EAG website and the Education section for full details as they become available.     

The General Military Training (GMT) module for operational energy has been completed and will soon become available online throughout the Navy enterprise.     

The Curricula Development Team is also in the process of developing introductory courses in operational energy. The preliminary course, Operational Energy I, will be in-residence and is designed for the forward deployed Navy and Marine warfighter. This course will address the four primary operational energy competencies of fuel, power development and distribution, energy storage, and energy management.