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

翻译后摘要：非技术这一重大研究仪器奖将使收购一个国家的最先进的电源硬件在环系统，目前正在革命性的测试工程在许多层面上，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、计算效率高的仿真和实验测试平台将使旧金山弗朗西斯科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，它将创造装备精良的研究环境，整合研究和研究培训，并提供催化教师之间的跨学科合作所需的关键研究基础设施，并启动和/或或加强与其他研究机构和工业伙伴的合作。它将丰富西班牙裔，女性和非洲裔美国学生的教育，为他们提供前沿技术的实践研究培训。它将促进初级女教师的职业生涯，使她们能够成为科学、技术、工程和数学领域代表性不足的女学生的榜样。它还将导致创建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。技术动力硬件在环系统将成为一个不可或缺的工具，以刺激工程和计算机科学研究的四个关键领域的新研究：车辆系统，电力/智能电网，假肢机械臂开发和结构分析。在车辆系统研究方面，它将用于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）开发混合动力储能系统，以加速在交通领域引入电动汽车;以及（3）开发用于压燃式发动机中的高级燃烧模式的缸内控制策略。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）智能电网中电力电子接口的实验评估;（3）电网中电力设备的故障分析;以及（4）智能电网中的通信和/或智能传感基础设施的开发。该仪器还将提高分析子结构高保真模拟的计算能力，并促进下一代肌电假肢机器人手臂先进控制界面的开发。

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.