REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Sustainable Energy (U-RISE)

本REU网站：密歇根大学迪尔伯恩的可持续能源本科研究（U-RISE）旨在通过研究可持续能源电力系统来教育新一代的工程师和科学家。学生参与研究项目的团队工作，特别强调可持续能源相关的技术和工程，旨在提高经济效率;改善社会福利;降低能源成本;支持分布式可持续能源的即插即用;并提高我们国家电网基础设施可以提供的能力，适应性，可扩展性，弹性，安全性，安全性和可用性。该计划强调让本科生接触尖端的可持续能源技术，让他们与迪尔伯恩大学的教师，研究生和当地行业导师一起解决现实世界的工程问题。综合研究和教育计划将产生重大的广泛影响：（1）密歇根大学迪尔伯恩将接待30名来自不同背景和经验的REU学生，他们将通过参与分析，计算和实验项目。(2)这些项目的研究成果将有助于我国目前和未来的计划，以重建传统电网，并适应可持续能源的高度参与。(3)这个REU网站将解决全国范围内妇女和少数民族在STEM领域代表性不足的问题，更具体地说，是在可持续能源领域。(4)这个REU网站将为那些通常没有机会的人提供研究经验，特别是女性，代表性不足的少数民族，来自研究机会有限的非工程学院机构的参与者，以及表现出色的低收入学生。拥有更多样化的工程和科学教授将大大有利于社会，不仅在密歇根州东南部，但全国范围内，通过促进少数民族在工程和科学学科的更公平的参与。(5)该REU将利用与地区和国家机构的长期教育和研究伙伴关系;（6）从该REU计划中吸取的经验教训将通过多种媒体传播，以达到更广泛的受众。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Sustainable Energy (U-RISE) at the University of Michigan Dearborn, is designed to educate a new generation of engineers and scientists by conducting research in sustainable energy-based electric power systems. Student participants work in teams on research projects with a special emphasis on sustainable energy-related technology and engineering that aim to promote economic efficiency; improve social welfare; reduce energy cost; support plug-and-play of distributed sustainable energy; and improve the capability, adaptability, scalability, resiliency, safety, security, and usability that our nation's power grid infrastructure can provide. The program places an emphasis on exposing undergraduates to cutting-edge sustainable energy technology by letting them solve real-world engineering problems together with University of Michigan-Dearborn faculty, graduate students, and local industry mentors.The integrated research and educational plan will have significant broader impacts: (1) The University of Michigan Dearborn will host thirty REU students, drawn from diverse backgrounds and experience, who will directly and immediately benefit by participating in a combination of analytic, computational, and experimental projects. (2) The research findings of these projects will contribute to our nation's current and future plans for reconstructing the legacy power grid and accommodating the high participation of sustainable energy sources. (3) This REU site will address the nationwide problem of the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM and more specifically in the field of sustainable energy. (4) This REU site will offer research experiences to those who may not normally have such an opportunity, particularly women, underrepresented minorities, participants from non-engineering-college institutions with limited research opportunities, and high-performing low-income students. Having a more diverse engineering and science professoriate will significantly benefit society, not only in Southeast Michigan but nationally, by promoting a more equitable participation of minorities in the engineering and scientific disciplines. (5) This REU will leverage long-term educational and research partnerships with regional and national institutions; and (6) The lessons learned from this REU program will be disseminated in diverse media to reach broader audiences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.