IGERT Formal Proposal: Variable Speed Electromechanical Drive Systems

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立一个多学科，多机构的研究生培训计划，在教育，研究和开发变速机电驱动系统。 这项活动是来自密苏里大学罗拉分校电气工程，机械工程，陶瓷工程，计算机科学和英语系以及普渡大学电气工程和机械工程系的14名教师的共同努力。 该项目整合了来自行业和国家实验室的研究生，教师和附属机构，以：i）表征系统组件上的电气，机械，热和声学功率电子感应效应，ii）开发计算机辅助分析和设计方法，iii）开发EMI，声学和振动缓解策略，iv）开发系统级集成和控制。该项目的新颖教育举措包括：学生顾问多学科研究小组;向学生介绍工业要求并集中研究的工业实习;提高沟通技能的密集写作方案;研究和工程伦理研讨会;多所大学课程共享，使学生接触到每个机构特有的各种想法和专门知识;并强调实验室技能，以帮助学生整合研究的理论和实践方面。 IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生课程，这将培养一批多样化的科学家和工程师，使他们做好充分准备，利用广泛的职业选择。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的，重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自多个部门或机构的教师联合起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动，协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的计划涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这个特殊的奖项是由工程，计算机和信息科学与工程，教育和人力资源局的资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program in education, research and development on variable-speed electromechanical drive systems. This activity is a joint effort of fourteen faculty from the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Computer Science, and English from the University of Missouri-Rolla and the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. This project integrates graduate students, faculty, and affiliates from industry and national laboratories to: i) characterize the electrical, mechanical, thermal, and acoustic power-electronics-induced effects on system components, ii) develop computer-aided analysis and design methodologies, iii) develop EMI, acoustic, and vibration mitigation strategies, and iv) develop system-level integration and control. The novel educational initiatives of this project include: multidisciplinary research teams of student consultants; industrial internships to introduce students to industrial requirements and focus their research; an intensive writing program to improve communication skills; research and engineering ethics seminars; multi-university course-sharing to expose students to a wide variety of ideas and expertise unique to each institution; and an emphasis on laboratory skills to help students integrate theoretical and practical aspects of research. Approximately forty graduate students will be supported with IGERT funds over five years.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Engineering, for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.