IRES: USPRISM: U.S.-Scotland Program for Research on Integration of renewable energy resources and SMart grid

这个国际学生研究经验（IRES）计划，由华盛顿州立大学（WSU）的Ali Mehrizi-Sani教授和Chen-Ching Liu教授与斯特拉斯克莱德大学的Stephen麦克阿瑟教授及其同事合作组织（苏格兰），提供了六个美国学生的机会，参加在一个领先的，最高资助，和大多数创业型欧洲大学。该计划是由WSU和斯特拉斯克莱德大学之间20年的合作关系发展而来的。学生将开展项目，以解决可再生能源整合的挑战。最终，该计划中进行的研究将有助于提高未来电力系统（智能电网）中分布式可再生能源的利用率。这项研究有利于我们的社会和环境，（一）增加可再生能源的渗透，（二）增加对电力系统和智能电网的职业兴趣，（三）提高美国电力工程劳动力的质量和数量。这些好处直接转化为更有能力和更大的学生入学，可以解决劳动力短缺问题，也有助于向更高效率，可靠性和弹性的现代电网过渡。该计划的学生将进行与智能电网和电力系统相关的研究。电力对美国经济至关重要。然而，目前美国的大部分电力基础设施已经过时。加剧这一问题的是，该基础设施仍然主要运行在可能无法充分发挥其潜力的传统控制、监视和保护系统上。虽然环境问题和能源独立建议在电力系统中使用可再生资源，但美国面临的重大能源挑战之一仍然是整合大量的可再生能源。这些挑战也增加了实施电力系统对重大干扰和事件的弹性的难度。该项目的研究旨在通过以下活动来应对这一挑战：（i）可再生能源集成的准确和快速控制器，（ii）弹性配电系统，以及（iii）微电网资源的系统不可知控制。与美国相比，许多欧洲国家在利用可再生能源方面有着更为成熟的经验。斯特拉斯克莱德大学拥有欧洲最大的电力项目之一，作为在研究和行业合作方面具有良好记录的机构的典范，是该项目的理想合作伙伴，该项目将国际研究经验与优秀的研究能力相结合。

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program, organized by Professors Ali Mehrizi-Sani and Chen-Ching Liu from Washington State University (WSU), in collaboration with Prof. Stephen McArthur and his colleagues from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), provides six US students with the opportunity to participate in the diverse smart grid research atmosphere at one of leading, most highly funded, and most entrepreneurial European universities. This program is developed out of a 20-year collaborative relationship between WSU and the University of Strathclyde. The students will undertake projects to address challenges in renewable energy integration. Ultimately, the research performed in this program will help increase the utilization of distributed renewable energy resources in the power system of the future, the smart grid. This research benefits our society and environment by (i) increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, (ii) increasing career interest in power system and the smart grid, and (iii) improving the quality and quantity of the power engineering workforce in the United States. These benefits directly translate into a more capable and larger student intake that can address the workforce shortage problem; it also helps the transition to a modern power grid with higher efficiency, reliability, and resiliency.The students in this program will perform research relevant to smart grid and the electric power system. Electrical power is critical to the U.S. economy. However, most of the current U.S. electric infrastructure is outdated. What exacerbates this problem is that this infrastructure still runs mainly on legacy control, monitoring, and protection systems that may not realize its full potential. While environmental concerns and energy independence recommend utilizing renewable resources in the power system, one of the U.S. grand energy challenges remains to integrate large amounts of renewable energy. These challenges also add to the difficulty of enforcing resiliency of the power system to major disturbances and events. The research to be undertaken in this project seeks to address this challenge through activities on (i) accurate and fast controllers for integration of renewables, (ii) resilient distribution systems, and (iii) and system-agnostic controls of microgrid resources. Compared to the United States, many European countries have a more mature experience in the utilization of renewable energy resources. The University of Strathclyde maintains one of the largest power programs in Europe and, as a prime example of an institution with proven track record in research and industry collaboration, is an ideal partner in this project that combines an international research experience for students with outstanding research capacity.