U.S. - U.K. IRES: Future Electric Transportation Systems (FETS)

这个IRES奖名为美国-英国IRES：英国英格兰诺丁汉大学的未来电力运输系统（FETS）为来自弗吉尼亚理工大学的美国工程专业学生提供国际研究经验。三年中，每年有五名学生（2名研究生和3名本科生）将与诺丁汉大学的两名学生一起参加为期十周的密集研究体验。该公司的国际公认的研究小组：电力电子，机器和控制研究小组（PEMC）和人为因素研究小组（HFRG）。与会者将调查下一代电力系统的环保运输系统和人为因素的问题，伴随着他们的使用和采用。这个为期十周的计划将包括两个阶段。第一阶段将包括三个出发前的研讨会，加上三个星期的指导和研究准备在弗吉尼亚理工大学，以引导学生的经验和导师和教师，他们将与工作。第二阶段将在诺丁汉大学进行为期七周的集中研究，与PEMC或HGRG合作。学生将专注于三个主要研究领域：交通运输中的电力电子系统，人为因素和电子驱动系统的接受，以及电力电子和人为因素的接口。学生将作为一个大型团队的一部分，包括教师，博士，学生和博士后研究员谁将担任导师。该IRES计划的更广泛影响之一是促进国际跨学科研究合作，培养能够创建并有效整合电动交通系统的创新技术领导者。作为学生的国际研究经验，IRES-FETS计划促进和发展美国和英国之间的国际研究合作;为本科生和研究生创造自然的工程指导;并使本科生与研究生、博士后研究人员和教师一起参与对能源和环境具有国家和国际影响的研究领域的积极研究环境。本科生这些广泛的实地研究经验也将有助于提高这些学生在工程领域的研究生课程的成功。

This IRES award entitled U.S.-U.K. IRES: Future Electric Transportation Systems (FETS) at the University of Nottingham, England, U.K.supports international research experiences for U.S. engineering students from Virginia Tech. For each of three years, five students (2 graduate and 3 undergraduate students) will participate in an intensive ten week research experience with two of the University of Nottingham?s internationally recognized research groups: the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Research Group (PEMC) and the Human Factors Research Group (HFRG). Participants will investigate next generation electrical power systems for environmentally-friendly transport systems and the human factors issues that accompany their use and adoption. This ten week program will consist of two phases. The first phase will consist of three pre-departure workshops plus three weeks of mentorship and research preparation at Virginia Tech to orient students to the experience and the mentors and faculty they will work with. The second phase will consist of seven weeks at the University of Nottingham engaged in concentrated research with the PEMC or HGRG. Students will focus on three main research areas: power electronic systems in transportation, human factors and the acceptance of electronic drive systems, and the interface of power electronics and human factors. Students will work collaboratively as part of a large team including faculty, Ph.D. students, and postdoctoral research fellows who will act as mentors. Among the broader impacts of this IRES program are the promotion of international, interdisciplinary research collaborations that foster innovative technical leaders capable of creating and effectively integrating electric transportation systems into our society. As an international research experience for students, the IRES-FETS program promotes and grows international research collaborations between the U.S. and the U.K.; creates natural mentorships in engineering for undergraduate and graduate students; and involves undergraduates in an active research environment with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty in areas of research with national and international implications for energy and environment. These extensive field research experiences for undergraduates will also help to increase the success of these students in graduate programs in engineering fields.