US-Egypt Cooperation: International Workshop on Wind Energy Development, Cairo, Egypt March 23-25, 2010.

该奖项将支持将于2010年3月23-25日在埃及开罗举行的“国际风能开发研讨会”。研讨会是弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的Manisa Picattanasomporn博士、威奇托州立大学的Janet Tomeey博士和埃及开罗大学的Mohamed Elsobki博士共同努力的成果。这次研讨会将汇集来自行业、非政府组织、政府机构和大学的风能专家。来自美国、埃及和该地区的约40名专家将被邀请，以确定和讨论促进可持续风能发展的研究和开发需求。研讨会将重点讨论与风能有关的两个关键问题。美国和埃及与会者都感兴趣的这些问题是：(I)可以从设计和运行方面提高风力涡轮机性能的方法；以及(Ii)分析和确定减轻大规模风能整合对电力系统和环境影响的方法。在风能项目的背景下，同样重要的是政策、经济、教育、培训和认识方面。这次研讨会的预期成果将包括一系列建议，其中确定了促进大规模风能项目部署的必要基础。此外，预计研讨会上的介绍和讨论将有助于确定该区域和美国的不同利益攸关方群体之间开展合作研究的机会。预计这些合作将有助于促进世界上许多地区的风能开发解决方案，这些地区拥有不同的风、大气和环境条件。研讨会将为包括本科生和研究生在内的参与者提供丰富的文化体验。学生们将有机会与来自不同国家的专家互动，讨论他们的利益。这将作为未来合作的基础，并在美国和埃及机构以及该地区的机构之间进行联合研究和/或建立联合项目。将特别努力从代表性不足的群体中招募包括妇女在内的研讨会参与者。该研讨会由美国-埃及联合基金计划资助，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师进行合作研究提供资助。联合资金由NSF国际科学和工程办公室、NSF工程局化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统司以及NSF工程局主任、多样性和外联办公室提供。

This award will support an "International Workshop on Wind Energy Development" to be held in Cairo, Egypt from March 23-25, 2010. The workshop is a collaborative effort between Dr. Manisa Pipattanasomporn from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Dr. Janet Twomey from Wichita State University, together with Dr. Mohamed Elsobki from Cairo University, Egypt. This workshop will bring together wind energy experts from industry, non-government organizations, government agencies, and universities. Approximately 40 experts will be invited from the United States, Egypt and the region to identify and discuss the research and development needs that will facilitate sustainable wind energy development.Intellectual Merit. The workshop will focus on two key issues related to wind energy. These issues, which are of interest to both US and Egyptian participants, are: (i) methodologies that can increase wind turbine performance in terms of its design and operation; and (ii) the analysis and identification of methodologies to mitigate impacts of large-scale wind energy integration on electric power systems and on the environment. Of equal importance are the policy, economic, education, training and awareness aspects in the context of wind energy projects. The expected outcomes of this workshop will include a set of recommendations that identify necessary building blocks for facilitating the deployment of large scale wind energy projects. Furthermore, it is expected that the presentations and discussions at the workshop will lead to the identification of opportunities for collaborative research among diverse stakeholder groups both in the region and in the United States. These collaborations are expected to contribute to facilitating wind energy development solutions in many parts of the world that have diverse wind, atmospheric and environmental conditions.Broader Impacts. The workshop will provide the participants, including undergraduate and graduate students, with a culturally rich experience. The students will have the opportunity to interact with experts from various countries and discuss their interests. This will serve as a basis for future collaboration and for conducting joint research and/or setting up joint programs on wind energy among the U.S. and the Egyptian institutions, as well as institutions from the region. Special efforts will be made to recruit workshop participants from under-represented groups, including women.This workshop is funded under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to undertake cooperative research. Co-funding has been provided by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering; the NSF Engineering Directorate's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems; and the NSF Engineering Directorate's Office of the Director, Diversity and Outreach.