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

[9707179] Ramesh美国电力会议（APC）由伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）主办，是一年一度的国家论坛，讨论电力的产生，传输，分配和利用的广泛整体方面。APC具有重要的教育价值，特别是对于那些旨在更多地了解行业并决定职业选择的本科生。认识到这一事实，印度理工学院与APC一起为教师和学生开展了一项特别计划。这个项目被称为本·艾略特资助的学生教师项目（BESSF）。除了常规的APC会议外，该计划还为学生提供特别的早餐会议和其他活动（如植物参观）。通过公共事业赞助，该项目每年成功地使120多名学生和教师参加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很难维持他们目前的赞助水平。在这个提案中，我们要求35名学生参加APC和参加APC- 97的BESSF项目的旅费。这笔费用将与公用事业和学生所在大学的资金分摊。学生将根据以下标准从美国大学录取的学生中选拔：本科生，特别是二年级和三年级的学生将优先考虑。o优先考虑妇女和代表性不足的少数民族。o美国公民和永久居民将比非美国公民获得更多的考虑。o通过电力工程课程或实习表现出对电力行业感兴趣的学生将获得额外考虑。有意在APC上发表论文的研究生将优先于其他研究生。这项资助将极大地帮助BESSF项目鼓励更多的学生（尤其是本科生）从事电力工程方面的工作。＊＊＊

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. ***