SCADA in the Classroom
Bring the systems that run the modern grid into your classroom. This hands-on workshop trains educators on the E3 OSE platform, an open-source system for teaching the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and industrial controls, and sends you home with the equipment to teach it.
Where AI, cybersecurity and controls meet
Every session is built around the same open-source SCADA platform you'll bring back to your program.
AI-driven monitoring
Learn to teach students how machine learning models flag anomalies and predict failures using live operational data from the E3 OSE platform.
- Live and historical field datasets
- Anomaly-detection lab exercises
- Ready-to-teach lesson plans
Securing industrial controls
Leave with a curriculum for teaching PLC and network security fundamentals, grounded in the vulnerabilities utilities face in the field.
- Credential and firmware hardening
- Network segmentation basics
- Developed with CSSIA and NCyTE
Hands-on SCADA & PLCs
Get comfortable programming and troubleshooting the same open-source SCADA platform your students will use, on real hardware.
- Vendor-agnostic SCADA software
- Solar, storage and grid hardware
- Drag-and-drop HMI design
Everything you need to teach it Monday morning
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Two days of hands-on instruction
Working meals are provided both days so the group can stay in the room and in the work.
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A classroom lab kit worth over $2,000
A monitoring workstation, controller hardware, and a solar panel trainer to take back to your program.
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Full access to the E3 OSE curriculum library
Lesson plans, lab guides, and assessments aligned to the AI, cyber, and controls framework.
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Ongoing support from the CREATE faculty network
A certificate of completion and continued access to the community that built this curriculum.
Two days at FAU Harbor Branch
December 10-11, 2026
Two full in-person days. Arrive both mornings ready to work with the hardware.
FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
5600 US-1, Fort Pierce, FL 34946
Limited and funded
Spots are offered to qualified educators on a rolling basis until the workshop is full.
A partnership between educators and industry
This workshop is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the CREATE Energy Center, and NextEra Energy, and hosted by FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Impact Allies is an independent company and is not endorsed by or affiliated with the National Science Foundation.
Ready to bring this into your classroom?
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