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

该奖项支持对华中科技大学(华中科技大学)中国控制科学与工程系的计划访问。这次访问的参与者包括哥伦比亚特区大学电气与控制工程系的张年教授、Esther Ososanya教授和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。中方合作伙伴的理论实力将补充UDC的实验研究。新预测技术的初步应用，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力的可再生能源系统。在促进与会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，有助于更有效和更经济的替代能源系统。学生参加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，其学生人数主要由代表人数较少的少数族裔组成。为这些学生提供参与国际联系的机会，应该会使工程专业的学习对他们更具吸引力。此外，UDC的两名教职员工都是女性工程师，这一事实尤其应该对女性学生产生积极影响。

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.