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

这项由英国诺丁汉大学颁发的名为U.S.-UK IRES：Future Electric Transport Systems(FETS)的IRES奖项为弗吉尼亚理工大学的美国工程专业学生提供了国际研究经验。在每三年中，五名学生(两名研究生和三名本科生)将参加诺丁汉大学S国际公认的两个研究小组的为期十周的密集研究体验：电力电子、机械和控制研究小组(PEMC)和人为因素研究小组(HFRG)。与会者将调查环境友好型运输系统的下一代电力系统，以及伴随其使用和采用的人的因素问题。这个为期十周的项目将包括两个阶段。第一阶段将包括三个出发前研讨会，外加弗吉尼亚理工大学为期三周的导师和研究准备，以引导学生了解他们将与之合作的经验以及导师和教职员工。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。学生将集中在三个主要研究领域：交通中的电力电子系统，人的因素和电子传动系统的接受度，以及电力电子和人的因素的接口。学生将作为一个大团队的一部分合作工作，团队包括教师、博士后学生和博士后研究员，他们将担任导师。IRES计划的更广泛影响包括促进国际跨学科研究合作，培养能够创造并有效地将电动运输系统融入我们社会的创新技术领导者。作为学生的国际研究体验，IRES-FETS项目促进和发展了美国和英国之间的国际研究合作；为本科生和研究生创造了工程学方面的天然导师；并让本科生与研究生、博士后研究人员和教职员工处于活跃的研究环境中，从事对能源和环境具有国家和国际影响的研究领域。这些本科生丰富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项目中的成功。

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.