Modernizing the Undergraduate Power Engineering Curriculum with Real-Time Digital Simulation

工程-电气（55）该项目正在开发一个新颖的，实时的，国家的最先进的电力系统仿真教学和本科生研究实验室，将实际的计算机控制的硬件在仿真回路。这些资源正在被用来开发和纳入实时仿真为基础的实验到本科电力工程教育。作为该项目的一部分，正在开发和教授一门关于实时电力系统仿真的新课程，并正在改造现有的六门课程，将实时仿真与硬件在环实验相结合。 通过将实时仿真与硬件在环相结合，电力工程课程为学生提供了宝贵的实践经验，帮助他们了解真实的电力系统和电力系统元件如何实时响应。 教学材料和项目成果正在通过在网站上张贴材料、通过工程教育和电力工程场所的会议和期刊论文以及通过实验室设备制造商的出版物进行传播。 由该大学学习中心的一名专家领导的评估工作正在使用定性和定量方法来监测进展情况，一个由工业界成员组成的外部咨询委员会正在监督该项目。更广泛的影响包括材料和成果的传播，外联和多样性工作，以及为执业工程师举办的研讨会。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This project is developing a novel, real-time, state-of-the art power system simulation teaching and undergraduate research laboratory that incorporates actual computer-controlled hardware in the simulation loop. These resources are being used to develop and incorporate real-time simulation-based experiments into undergraduate power engineering education. As a part of this project, a new course on real-time power system simulation is being developed and taught, and six existing courses are being transformed to incorporate real-time simulation with hardware-in-the-loop experiments. By incorporating real-time simulations with hardware-in-the-loop the power engineering curriculum is providing students with valuable hands on experience, helping them understand how real power systems and power system elements respond in real-time. Instructional materials and project results are being disseminated by posting the material on a website, by conference and journal papers in both engineering education and power engineering venues, and through the laboratory equipment manufacturer's publications. Evaluation efforts, led by an expert from the University's learning center, are using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods to monitor progress, and an external advisory committee with industrial members is overseeing the project. The broader impacts include the dissemination of materials and results, outreach and diversity efforts, and workshops for practicing engineers.