Travel Grants for Students to Attend American Power Conference. To be Held in Chicago, Illinois, April l997.

为学生参加美国电力会议提供旅费补助。

• 批准号: 9707179
• 负责人: V Ramesh
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Illinois Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-03-15 至 1997-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9707179&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Travel; Grants; Students; Attend; American

9707179 Ramesh The American Power Conference (APC), sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), is an annual national forum the discussion of the broad overall aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of power. APC has significant educational value particularly for undergraduate students who aim to learn more about the industry with a view towards deciding their career options. In recognition of this fact, IIT has been conducting a special program for faculty and students in conjunction with APC. This program is called the Ben Elliott Sponsored Student Faculty Program (BESSF). The program features special breakfast sessions and other events for students (like plant tours) in addition to the regular APC sessions. Through utility sponsorship, the program has been successful in enabling over 120 students and faculty to participate in APC each year. However, many undergraduate and graduate students are currently unable to attend due to lack of industry sponsors. The emerging competitive utility environment makes it difficult for existing sponsors to even maintain their current levels of sponsorship. In this proposal, we request travel funds, for 35 students to attend APC and participate in the BESSF program for the APC- 97. The amount will be cost-shared with funds from utilities and from universities of the students. The students will be selected from among those enrolled in U.S. universities per the following criteria: o Undergraduate students, in particular, sophomores and juniors will be given priority. o Women and under-represented minorities will be given first preference. o U.S. citizens and permanent residents will receive greater consideration than non-citizens. o Students who have demonstrated prior interest in the power industry either through power engineering courses or through internships will receive additional consid eration. o Graduate students who intend to present papers at APC will be given preference over other graduate students. This grant will significantly aid the BESSF program in its mission of encouraging more students (especially undergraduates) to pursue careers in power engineering. ***

小行星9707179 美国电力会议（APC）由伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）主办，是一个年度全国论坛，讨论发电，输电，配电和电力利用的广泛整体方面。 APC具有重要的教育价值，特别是对本科生谁的目的是了解更多的行业，以决定他们的职业选择。 认识到这一事实，IIT一直在与APC一起为教师和学生开展一项特别计划。 该计划被称为本埃利奥特赞助的学生教师计划（BESSF）。 除了常规的APC课程外，该课程还为学生提供特殊的早餐课程和其他活动（如工厂图尔斯参观）。 通过公用事业的赞助，该计划已成功地使120多名学生和教师每年参加APC。 然而，由于缺乏行业赞助商，许多本科生和研究生目前无法参加。 新兴的竞争性公用事业环境使得现有的赞助商甚至难以维持其当前的赞助水平。 在这份提案中，我们要求提供旅费，供35名学生参加APC并参加APC- 97的BESSF计划。这笔费用将与公用事业和学生所在大学的资金分摊。 学生将从美国大学入学的学生中选出，标准如下： o本科生，特别是预科生， 三年级学生优先。 妇女和代表性不足的少数民族将首先获得 偏好 美国公民和永久居民将获得更多 比非公民的考虑。 o学生已表现出对电源的优先兴趣 通过电力工程课程或 通过实习将获得额外的考虑。 o打算在APC提交论文的研究生将 优先于其他研究生。 这笔赠款将大大有助于BESF计划在其使命，鼓励更多的学生（特别是本科生）追求事业在电力工程。 ***