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（HUST）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 Nian 张、Esther Ososanya 和 Wagdy Mahmoud 教授以及两名学生。此行的目的是开发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实力将补充 UDC 的实验研究。新技术预测的初步应用，特别是使用神经网络和模糊逻辑，将涉及基于太阳辐射和风能的可再生能源系统。为了促进参与者之间的研究合作，这次规划访问将带来新的、更可靠的预测技术，从而有助于建立更高效、更经济的替代能源系统。学生参与国际项目将拓宽他们的个人和专业视野。 UDC 主要是一所本科院校，其学生群体主要由代表性不足的少数族裔组成。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具吸引力。此外，这里涉及的 UDC 教员中有两名是女工程师，这一事实应该会对女学生产生特别积极的影响。

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.