MRI: Acquisition of a Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) System to Enhance Research and Student Research Training in Engineering and Computer Science

该重大研究仪器奖将使采购最先进的电源-硬件在环系统成为可能，该系统目前正在许多层面上革新测试工程，包括电力/智能电网、车辆和通信系统、土木结构、机器人和航空航天。收购这个高度可扩展和可配置、计算效率高的模拟和实验测试平台，将使旧金山州立大学和圣何塞州立大学的工程师、计算机科学家和学生研究人员组成的多样化多用户社区能够以集成的方式开发和评估复杂的系统和/或物理组件。该系统将大大提高两个参与的西班牙裔服务，非博士的研究能力。在美国种族多样性方面处于领先地位的授予博士学位的机构。它将创造设备齐全的研究环境，将研究和研究培训结合起来，并提供关键的研究基础设施，以促进教员之间的跨学科合作，并启动和/或加强他们与其他研究机构和工业伙伴的合作。它将通过为拉美裔、女性和非洲裔学生提供前沿技术方面的实践研究培训，丰富他们的教育。它将促进初级女教师的职业发展，使她们成为在科学、技术、工程和数学领域仍然代表性不足的女学生的榜样。它还将导致建立新的教学和研究实验室，这些实验室将被整合到工程和计算机科学课程中。技术方面：电力-硬件在环系统将成为促进工程和计算机科学研究四个关键领域新研究的不可或缺的工具：车辆系统、电力/智能电网、假肢机械臂开发和结构分析。在汽车系统研究方面，它将促进以下领域的进展：(1)提高电动汽车关键电驱动部件的可靠性、成本效益和效率；(2)发展混合储能系统，加快电动汽车在交通运输领域的应用；(3)针对压燃发动机先进燃烧模式的缸内控制策略的发展。在电力/智能电网研究领域，它将用于增加以下领域的研究机会：(1)调查电动汽车充电和可再生能源对电网整合的影响；(2)智能电网电力电子接口实验评估；(3)电网电力设备故障分析；(4)发展智能电网中的通信和/或智能传感基础设施。该仪器还将增强分析子结构高保真仿真的计算能力，并促进下一代肌电假肢机械臂先进控制接口的开发。

Abstract:Nontechnical This Major Research Instrumentation award will enable the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop system that is currently revolutionizing test engineering on many levels, including power/smart grids, vehicle and communication systems, civil structures, robotics, and aerospace. The acquisition of this highly scalable and configurable, computationally efficient simulation and experimental testing platform will enable the diverse multi-user community of engineers, computer scientists, and student researchers at San Francisco State University and San Jose State University to develop and evaluate complex systems and/or physical components in an integrated fashion. This system will significantly enhance the research capability at the two participating Hispanic-serving, non-Ph.D-granting institutions that rank among the leaders in ethnic diversity in the U.S. It will create well-equipped research environments that integrate research and research training and provide crucial research infrastructure needed to catalyze cross-disciplinary collaborations among faculty members and initiate and/or strengthen their collaborations with other research institutions and industrial partners. It will enrich the education of Hispanic, female, and African-American students by providing them hands-on research training in frontier technology. It will advance the careers of junior female faculty members enabling them to serve as role models for female students who remain underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It will also lead to the creation of new teaching and research laboratories that will be integrated into the engineering and computer science curricula.TechnicalThe Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop system will become an indispensable tool to stimulate new research in four key sectors of engineering and computer science research: vehicle system, power/smart grid, prosthetic robotic arm development, and structural analysis. In vehicle system research, it will be used to catalyze progress in the following areas: (1) improvements of the reliability, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency of key electric drive components in electrified vehicles; (2) development of hybrid energy storage systems to accelerate the introduction of electrified vehicles in the transportation sector; and (3) development of in-cylinder control strategies for advanced combustion modes in compression-ignition engines. In the power/smart grid research sector, it will be used to enhance research opportunities in the following areas: (1) investigation of the grid integration impacts of electric vehicle charging and renewable energy sources; (2) experimental evaluation of power electronic interfaces in smart grids; (3) failure analyses of power equipment in power grids; and (4) development of communication and/or smart sensing infrastructure in smart grids. The instrument will also enhance the computational capacity for high-fidelity simulation of analytical substructure and facilitate the developments of advanced control interfaces for the next-generation of myoelectric prosthetic robotic arms.