Student Travel Support For The 2019 Power and Energy Conference To Be Held At The University of Illinois, February 21-22, 2019

第10届伊利诺伊州年度电力和能源会议（佩西）将于2018年2月在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校校园内举行。本提案的目的是请求部分支持美国本科生和研究生前往会议的注册和住宿费用。从2010年开始，佩西是最古老的年度，学生运行的IEEE国际会议关于电力和能源技术。佩西是电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）批准的会议，技术上由IEEE的电力和能源学会（PES），电力电子学会（PELS）和工业应用学会（IAS）专业协会共同赞助。会议由伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的IEEE PES/PELS/IAS联合研究生分会组织，并由伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校电气和计算机工程系电力和能源领域的教师提供建议。佩西已成为中西部行业和学术研究人员讨论未来电力和能源主题的理想场所，如可再生能源，电动运输机器，智能电网可靠性，网络物理系统的安全性，以及新兴技术的电力电子。因此，佩西的智力价值是会议以学生为中心的性质，从学生领导的指导委员会到所有技术和演示文稿，以及来自学生与会者的高质量出版物和海报。佩西的成立有三个主要原因：1）为中西部的学生提供参加研究会议的机会，2）为中西部的学生提供一个论坛，向同行，行业专业人士的技术观众展示他们的研究进展和成果，3）激励本科生和研究生追求电力和能源STEM领域的职业生涯。虽然佩西的影响在过去八年中已经扩大到包括来自世界各地的参与者，但我们通过鼓励中西部大学，特别是本科生参与海报会议，保留了我们的中西部根源和使命宣言。通过参加佩西学生受益于与专家，教授和行业专业人士更密切的互动，并可能获得建议或指导他们未来的职业生涯。除了学生的技术演示和海报，学生还了解电力和能源的大趋势和三个行业领导者和专家，谁提供主题演讲和图尔斯参观当地的微电网研究设施和新的欧洲经委会建设前沿研究。此外，追求在电力和能源事业的重要性是由一个特殊的职业会议，涉及电力和能源公司的研究需求的行业介绍和小组讨论，关于什么职业在工业，国家实验室，学术界或政府将需要突出。在NSF的支持下，佩西寻求通过鼓励更多的中西部和美国学校，特别是不提供博士学位的学校的参与来达到更广泛的受众。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是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的支持。

The 10th Annual Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) will take place on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in February 2018. The objective of this proposal is to request partial support for the registration and accommodation expenses of US-based undergraduate and graduate students traveling to the conference. Beginning in 2010, PECI is the oldest annual, student-run IEEE international conference about power and energy technology. PECI is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approved conference and technically co-sponsored by Power and Energy Society (PES), Power Electronics Society (PELS), and Industrial Applications Society (IAS) professional societies of IEEE. The conference is organized by the IEEE PES/PELS/IAS Joint Graduate Student Chapter at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is advised by faculty in the Power and Energy area of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. PECI has become a perfect place in the Midwest for industry and academic researchers to discuss future power and energy topics such as renewable energy, machines for electric transportation, smart grid reliability, security of cyber-physical systems, and power electronics for emerging technologies. Thus, the intellectual merit of PECI are the student focused nature of the conference, from the student led steering committee to all technical and presentations, and the high quality publications and posters from student attendees. PECI was founded for three key reasons: 1) to provide students in the Midwest an opportunity to participate in a research conference, 2) to provide a forum for students in the Midwest to present their research progress and outcomes for feedback to a technical audience of peers, industry professional, and 3) to inspire both undergraduate and graduate students to pursue careers in power and energy STEM fields. While PECI impact has expanded over the last eight years to include participants from around the world, we have retained our Midwest roots and mission statement by encouraging participation from Midwest universities, especially undergraduate students for the poster session. By attending PECI students benefit from closer interactions with experts, professors, and industry professionals and potentially receive advice or mentorship for their future career. In addition to student technical presentations and posters, students also learn about the mega-trends in power and energy and cutting edge research from three industry leaders and experts, who deliver keynote presentations and tours of a local microgrid research facility and new ECE building. Moreover, the importance of pursuing a career in power and energy is highlighted by a special careers session involving industry presentations about research demands for power and energy companies and a panel discussion regarding what a career in industry, a national laboratory, academia, or government would entail. With support from NSF, PECI seeks to reach a wider audience with this impact by encouraging participation from a larger number of Midwest and US schools, especially schools that do not offer a Ph.D. degree.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.