U.S.-China Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Computational Intelligence Systems in Renewable Energy Engineering Applications

该奖项支持对中国华中科技大学控制科学与工程系的计划访问。此次访问的参与者包括哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）电气与控制工程系的张念（Nian Zhang）教授、艾斯特·奥索亚亚（Esther oso三亚）教授和瓦格迪·马哈茂德（Wagdy Mahmoud）教授以及两名学生。此行的目的是开展一个基于计算智能技术，特别是神经网络的非线性预测方法的合作研究项目。中国合作伙伴的理论力量将补充UDC的实验研究。新预测技术的初步应用，特别是利用神经网络和模糊逻辑，将涉及以太阳辐射和风为基础的可再生能源系统。在促进参与者之间的研究合作方面，这次规划访问将导致新的和更可靠的预测技术，可以促进更有效和更经济的替代能源系统。学生参加国际课程将拓宽他们的个人和专业视野。UDC主要是一所本科院校，其学生主要由未被充分代表的少数民族组成。这些学生参与国际联系的机会应该会使工程学习对他们更有吸引力。此外，UDC有两名教员是女工程师，这一事实应该会对女学生产生积极影响。

This award supports a planning visit to the Control Science and Engineering Department at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China. Participants in the trip will include Professors Nian Zhang, Esther Ososanya, and Wagdy Mahmoud of the Electrical and Control Engineering Department at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) together with two students. The purpose of the trip is to develop a collaborative research project on nonlinear forecasting methods based on computational intelligence techniques, particularly neural networks. The theoretical strength of the Chinese partners will complement the experimental studies at UDC. Initial applications of new techniques of forecasting, particularly using neural networks and fuzzy logic, would involve renewable energy systems based on solar radiation and wind.In promoting research collaboration among the participants, this planning visit will lead to new and more reliable forecasting techniques that can contribute to more efficient and economical alternative energy systems. The participation of students in an international program will broaden their personal and professional perspectives. UDC is primarily an undergraduate institution whose student population consists largely of underrepresented minorities. Opportunities for such students to engage in the international linkage should make the study of engineering more appealing to them. Also, the fact that two of the UDC faculty involved here are female engineers should have a positive impact on female students in particular.