REU Site: Smart Energy and Smart Systems: Enabling the Future through Electrical & Computer Engineering

这个为期三年的REU现场项目的重点是电气和计算机工程方法，以研究涉及能源产生、传输、分配、存储和管理的问题。“智能”能源系统中的网络物理交互为安全关键应用提供了更高的智能、自主性和安全性。具体而言，将在主动电网管理、智能电网网络安全、系统稳定、智能电网传感器系统、可再生能源协调、用于高效配电的超导体以及用于智能电网连接的下一代通信方面进行分析、计算和实验项目的结合。所提出的研究的智力价值在于将电气和计算机工程的严格分析方法用于新兴网络物理能源系统的重要新问题。最近，政府重点关注下一代电力系统的发展，以提供更高的效率、电力质量和增强的弹性和对攻击、自然灾害和系统干扰的响应。智能电网的愿景是在传统技术中集成替代形式的能源和复杂的网络基础设施。这导致了一系列丰富而重要的研究挑战，这些挑战在本REU网站中得到解决。REU的学生将参与开发下一代算法、协议和原型技术，利用智能信号处理、计算、微电子和纳米级器件合成方面的进步。他们将参与制定解决方案，以提高国家在环境问题、安全威胁、能源和自主需求增加以及关键基础设施老化等方面的能力。这个REU网站将为那些通常没有这样机会的人提供研究经验，特别是女性，少数民族和第一代大学生。它为加强TAMU研究和教育基础设施的多样性以及增加高级非裔美国人和西班牙裔工程师的生产做出了重大贡献。它为不同人群创建了一个模型项目，解决了本科生接触研究的问题，并提高了人们对研究生院之路的认识。拥有一个更多元化的工程和科学教授，不仅在德克萨斯州，而且在全国范围内，对社会都有很大的好处，因为它促进了少数民族更公平地参与工程和科学学科。合作大学包括罗斯-霍尔曼理工学院和HBCUs Prairie View a&m大学和诺福克州立大学。

The focus of this three year REU Site program at Texas A&M University is electrical and computer engineering approaches to research problems involving energy generation, transmission, distribution, storage and management. Cyber-physical interactions within "smart" energy systems enable greater intelligence, autonomy and security for safety-critical applications. Specifically, a combination of analytic, computational and experimental projects will be conducted in: active grid management, smart grid cyber security, system stabilization, smart grid sensor systems, coordination of renewable energy sources, superconductors for efficient power distribution, and next generation communications for smart grid connectivity. The intellectual merit of the proposed research is to bring the rigorous analytical approach characteristic of electrical and computer engineering to novel problems of importance to emerging cyber-physical energy systems. Recently, there is significant government focus on the development of next generation power systems that provide greater efficiency, power quality and enhanced resiliency and response to attack, natural disaster and system disturbances. The smart grid vision integrates alterative forms of energy and complex cyber infrastructure within legacy technology. This has led to a set of rich and vital research challenges that are addressed in this REU Site. The REU students will participate in developing the next generation of algorithms, protocols and prototype technologies leveraging advances in intelligent signal processing, computation, microelectronics and nano-scale device synthesis. They will participate in developing solutions that will enhance national capabilities in the presence of environmental concerns, security threats, increased energy and autonomy demands, and aging critical infrastructure.This REU Site will offer research experiences to those who may not normally have such an opportunity, particularly women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation college students. It makes a significant contribution toward enhancing the diversity of the research and education infrastructure at TAMU and toward increasing the production of advanced-degreed African American and Hispanic engineers. It creates a model program for diverse populations that addresses undergraduates' exposure to research as well as increases awareness of the pathway to graduate school. Having a more diverse engineering and science professoriate significantly benefits society, not only in Texas but nationally, in promoting a more equitable participation of minorities in the engineering and scientific disciplines. Partner universities include Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and HBCUs Prairie View A&M University and Norfolk State Universities.