RIMI: Minority Research Enchancement Program in Power Systems

“电力系统少数群体研究强化计划”(MREPPS)计划旨在利用人工智能加强在电力系统规划、运行和管理的系统理论、优化、控制和专家系统应用方面的研究教育。外展计划和早期参与研究是计划的组成部分，旨在增加工程领域的少数族裔人口。加强电力系统研究将通过提高提供给本科生和研究生的课程质量，并提供与其他HBCU分享电力系统技术突破的手段，来推进霍华德大学的教育使命。该提案的研究部分侧重于调查电力研究所和国家科学基金会确定的电力系统九项国家需求中的四项。该计划的外展部分将为大学预科学生提供更系统的科学和技术接触，提高研究生的水平，并拓宽教师的专业知识。霍华德大学是历史上唯一一所提供电力系统博士学位研究的黑人大学，因此，MREPPS的一个独特特点将包括培训HBCU的研究生(每年约12名学生)。这些学生将成为未来电力系统的大学教授，并通过他们在霍华德ı的研究经验，在本科水平的项目开发上进行无限转移！学院研究人员和电力系统专业的未来研究生将被邀请到霍华德大学参加一个为期一周的研讨会，该研讨会将讨论电力行业的当前主题，并提供基于知识的系统工程和神经网络在电力系统中的应用的小型课程。将在霍华德举行的电话会议将把HBCU的学生、教职员工和研究人员与电力行业的工程师联系起来。少数族裔工程师，尤其是那些拥有研究生学位的工程师，在工程领域的代表性仍然严重不足。这个问题在电力系统领域尤为明显。霍华德大学为当前电力行业的少数族裔工程师做出了重大贡献。通过这一计划，该大学将在增加进入工程本科和研究生课程的少数族裔学生数量、增加实习工程师数量和解决电力系统领域的师资短缺方面产生更大的影响。最后，该计划将满足国家在电力系统方面的研究需求。

The "Minority Research Enhancement Program in Power Systems (MREPPS)" proposal is designed to enhance research education in the application of systems theory, optimization, control and expert systems for power systems planning, operation and management by the use of artificial intelligence. An outreach program and early involvement in research are program components designed to increase the minority population in engineering. Enhancement of power systems research will advance Howard University's educational mission by enhancing the quality of programs offered to undergraduate and graduate students and by providing a means of sharing technological breakthroughs in power systems with other HBCUs. The research component of the proposal focuses on investigating four of the nine national needs in power systems which have been identified by the Electric Power Research Institute and the NSF. The outreach component of the program will provide pre-college students with a more systematic exposure to science and technology, increase the level of graduate students, and broaden the expertise of faculty. Howard University is the only historically black university which offers Ph.D. level studies in power systems, therefore, a unique feature of MREPPS will include training of graduate students (about 12 students each year) from the HBCUs. These students will be the future college professors in power systems and through their research experience at Howard ıinfinite transfer on program development at the undergraduate level will be developed!. Faculty researchers and prospective graduate students who specialize in power systems will be invited to Howard University to attend a week-long workshop that will address current topics in the power industry and provide a mini-course on knowledge-based systems engineering and neural networks application to power systems. A teleconference, to be held at Howard, will link students, faculty and researchers of HBCUs and engineers in the power industry. Minority engineers, particularly those with graduate-level degrees, remain acutely underrepresented in the field of engineering. This problem is especially evident in the field of power systems. Howard University has contributed significantly to the current pool of minority engineers in the power industry. Through this program, the University will have a grater impact on increasing the number of minority students entering undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, on increasing the number of practicing engineers and addressing faculty shortages in the field of power systems. Finally, the program will address national research needs in power systems.