National Control Engineering Students Workshop,To be Held at the University of Maryland, College Park, April 28-May 1, 2011

这项提案要求提供资金支持第一届国家控制工程学生研讨会，该研讨会将于2011年4月28日星期四至5月1日星期日在马里兰州马里兰大学学院公园举行。由于前六届东北控制研讨会的成功，这些研讨会针对的是东北地区大学的学生，这次研讨会的目的是接触到来自全国各地大学的更广泛的学生。其目标是加强研究生和博士后的教育和专业准备，为他们提供展示自己工作的机会；与他们的同行、该领域的知名研究人员以及来自行业和政府实验室的研究人员互动。学生将从受邀的演讲者那里学习能源、生物、混合系统和网络物理系统等领域的前沿研究。智力优势：拟议中的研讨会将使学生对控制工程领域的当前发展有一个广泛的了解，并使他们认识该领域的新兴领域。除学生参与者外，本次研讨会将汇集控制领域的主要研究人员，其中一些人将被邀请作为全体演讲者和主旨讲师。因此，研讨会将为控制理论和各种跨学科应用领域之间亟需的互动提供一个论坛，导致思想的交叉授粉，并为跨学科合作提供动力。广泛的影响：拟议的研讨会将鼓励广泛和不同的学生群体追求研究事业，为他们提供一个在亲密环境中与该领域的领先研究人员密切互动的机会。此外，对于这些学生和博士后来说，与行业研究人员互动的独特机会将是无价的，因为他们将在未来几年过渡到独立的初级研究人员。

This proposal requests funds to support the first National Control Engineering Students Workshop, to be held at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, from Thursday, April 28, through Sunday May 1, 2011. Motivated by the success of the previous six Northeast Control Workshops, which were aimed at students from universities in the Northeast, this workshop is aimed at reaching a broader set of students from universities across the nation. The goal is to enhance the education and professional preparation of graduate students and postdoctoral students by providing them with an opportunity to present their work; to interact with their peers, established researchers in the field, and researchers from industry and government lab. The students will learn about cutting edge research in areas such as energy, biology, hybrid systems, and cyber-physical systems from the invited speakers.Intellectual Merit: The proposed workshop will provide the students a broad understanding of the current developments in the field of control engineering and make them cognizant of the emerging areas in the field. In additional to the student participants, this workshop will bring together leading researchers in the field of control, some of whom will be invited as plenary speakers and keynote lecturers. As such, the workshop will provide a forum for the much needed interaction between control theory and various inter-disciplinary application areas, resulting in a cross-pollination of ideas and providing an impetus for interdisciplinary collaborations.Broader Impact: The proposed workshop will encourage a broad and diverse group of students to pursue research careers, by providing them with an opportunity to closely interact with leading researchers in the field in an intimate setting. Moreover, the unique opportunity to interact with industry researchers will be invaluable for these students and postdocs as they transition into independent junior researchers over the next few years.