Travel Grant for Students to Attend the American Power Conference; Chicago, Illinois; April 1998

9730951拉梅什美国电力会议由伊利诺伊理工学院(IIT)主办，是一年一度的全国性论坛，讨论发电、输电、配电和利用电力的广泛总体方面。APC具有重要的教育价值，特别是对那些希望更多地了解该行业以决定自己的职业选择的本科生来说。认识到这一事实，IIT一直在与APC合作开展一项针对教职员工和学生的特别计划。这项计划被称为本·埃利奥特赞助的学生教师计划(BESSF)。除了常规的APC课程外，该计划还为学生提供特别的早餐课程和其他活动(如参观工厂)。通过公用事业公司的赞助，该计划已经成功地使每年有120多名学生和教职员工参加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。新出现的竞争性公用事业环境使现有赞助商甚至很难维持目前的赞助水平。在这份提案中，我们申请了总计9975美元的旅费，供35名学生参加APC和参加BESSF的APC-98计划。这笔费用将与公用事业和学生所在大学的资金分摊。这些学生将根据以下标准从被美国大学录取的学生中挑选：*本科生，特别是大二和大三的学生将被优先考虑。*妇女和代表性不足的少数群体将优先考虑。*美国公民和永久居民将得到比非公民更多的考虑。*曾通过电力工程课程或实习对电力行业表现出兴趣的学生将获得额外考虑。*打算在APC发表论文的研究生将优先于其他研究生。这笔赠款将极大地帮助BESSF项目实现其鼓励更多学生(特别是本科生)从事电力工程职业的使命。***

9730951 Ramesh The American Power Conference (APC), sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), is an annual national forum for 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, totaling $9,975, for 35 students to attend APC and participate in the BESSF program for the APC-98. 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: * Undergraduate students, in particular, sophomores and juniors will be given priority. * Women and under-represented minorities will be given first preference. * U.S. citizens and permanent residents will receive greater consideration than non-citizens. * Students who have demonstrated prior interest in the power industry either through power engineering courses or through internships will receive additional consideration. * Graduate students who intend to present papers at APC will be given pr eference 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. ***