US-Qatar Workshop: Recent Research and Educational Activities in Power Electronics and Drives, Qatar, December 2008

该奖项支持由中央佛罗里达大学电气和计算机工程系的Issa Batarseh博士、明尼苏达大学电气工程系的Ned Mohan博士及其合作者卡塔尔德克萨斯农工大学电力电子电能质量实验室（TAMUQ）的Prasad Enjeti博士组织的联合研讨会。 研讨会参与者将讨论电力电子和电机驱动系统的有效课堂和实验室教学。研讨会还将讨论如何在电力电子研究的最新进展可以融入电气工程课程。最后，与会者将探讨美国和卡塔尔学者与卡塔尔工业界合作在电力电子和电机驱动领域开展先进联合研究项目的可能性。TAMUQ研讨会的学术价值集中在海湾地区和中东国家的专家与美国专家之间就电力电子教育和研究活动进行对话的必要性，以及探索双方之间可能的联合研究合作。鉴于全球化对工程专业的压力越来越大，这是及时的。本次研讨会的三位共同组织者都是该领域公认的领导者。研讨会的更广泛影响包括开发新的国际化课程材料和实验室实验，这些材料将分发给中东和北美的大学。鉴于对从事能源转换和效率工作的工程师的需求不断增加，研讨会将讨论招聘，留住和指导这些领域的本科生，研究生和年轻教师的想法。美国参与者将包括至少三名初级科学家和四名研究生。该研讨会将加强美国工程师与中东地区研究和教育同行之间的合作。

This award supports a joint workshop organized by Dr. Issa Batarseh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Dr. Ned Mohan, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota and their collaborator, Dr. Prasad Enjeti, Power Electronics & Power Quality Laboratory at the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ). The workshop participants will discuss effective classroom and laboratory instruction in power electronics and motor drive systems. The workshop will also adress how recent advances in power electronics research can be integrated into the electrical engineering curriculum. Finally, the participants will explore possible advanced joint research projects in power electronics and motor drives between academics in the US and Qatar in collaboration with industry in Qatar. The intellectual merit of the TAMUQ workshop centers on the need to engage dialogue on power electronics education and research activities between experts in the Gulf region and the Middle East countries and the US experts, and to explore possible joint research collaboration between the two sides. This is timely in light of the increasing pressures of globalization in the engineering profession. The three co-organizers of this workshop are well-recognized leaders in the field.The broader impacts of the workshop include developing new internationalized course materials and laboratory experiments that will be distributed to universities in the Middle East and North America. Given the ever-increasing need for engineers who work on energy conversion and efficiency, the workshop will address ideas for recruiting, retaining, and mentoring undergraduate students, graduate students and young faculty in these areas. US participants will include at least three junior scientists and four graduate students. The workshop will serve to strengthen collaborations between US engineers and their research and education counterparts in the Middle East.