Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) February 2022 Travel Proposal

德克萨斯州电力和能源会议(TPEC)是由学生主办的IEEE技术会议，始于2017年。第六届年度活动，TPEC 2022，将于2022年2月28日和3月1日在德克萨斯州大学站的德克萨斯农工大学校园举行。这次为期两天的会议将汇集来自工业界和学术界的参与者，介绍和讨论电力和能源工程领域的最新技术发展和挑战。会议将包括论文会议、主旨演讲、学生海报竞赛以及行业赞助商和招聘会。此外，还将参观位于德克萨斯农工大学基础设施更新中心(CIR)的智能电网控制室实验室。这笔赠款将用于支持学生前往并参加TPEC 2022。预计约有15名学生将从这笔助学金中受益，以抵消他们的参与成本。通过加入TPEC 2022，他们将受益于听取和讨论新的研究进展，听取主旨演讲者的发言，与工业界和学术界建立联系，并有机会在论文或海报中介绍他们的工作。电力和能源工程的整个研究社区也将受益于这些学生将为此次活动带来的价值和观点。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) is a student-run IEEE technical conference that started in 2017. The sixth annual event, TPEC 2022, will be held on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on February 28 and March 1, 2022. This two-day event will bring together participants from industry and academia to present and discuss the latest technological developments and challenges in the area of power and energy engineering. The conference will include paper sessions, keynote speakers, a student poster competition, and an industrial sponsor and job fair. There will also be a tour included of the Smart Grids Control Room Lab located at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) at Texas A&M University.This grant will be used to support students traveling to and attending TPEC 2022. It is expected that about 15 students will benefit from this grant, offsetting their cost of participation. By joining in with TPEC 2022, they will benefit from hearing and discussing new research developments, hearing keynote speakers, networking with industry and academia, and having the opportunity to present their work in a paper or poster. The whole research community in power and energy engineering will benefit as well, by the value and perspectives these students will bring to the event.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.