Michael F Ahern
Mike is responsible for developing graduate programs delivered through WPI’s Corporate and Professional Education Department. He helps WPI support the educational needs of both corporate partners and individual students. Further, Mike improves the quality of the student experience by working with faculty to update the curriculum and share best practices in course delivery, both online and classroom. Mike brings over 35 years of professional experience to this role. Mike and his wife Kathy have two grown children and live on Cape Cod.
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Michael Ahern, director of Power Systems and instructor in the Foisie Business School, wrote an op-ed published by the Telegram & Gazette stressing the vulnerabilities inherent in the U.S. electrical power system. In "Urgent Action Needed to Protect the Nation's Power Grid," Ahern describes the grid’s problematic infrastructure and ways to guard against cyberattack.
Michael Ahern, director of power systems and program director in Academic and Corporate Engagement, wrote an article in T&D World detailing what he sees as the seven issues facing the modernization of the nation’s power delivery system. Spoiler alert: the top challenge is people: utility companies and related organizations face difficulty in attracting and retaining the highly skilled talent they need to meet the growing demands of the grid.