Conference: Student Engagement in 2023 NASA-SAE International Energy & Mobility Technology, Systems, and Value Chain Conference & Expo

2023年能源和移动会议，也称为2023年NASA-SAE国际能源移动技术，系统和价值链会议博览会，汇集了来自全球能源和移动技术商业社区（包括能源和基础设施，航空和航天，自动控制，汽车和商用车）的专业人士，以促进信息共享，技术转让，关键问题对话，跨行业合作和协同方法。邀请学术机构的教师和学生参加会议是一种传统，目的是让不同的学生接触到现实世界的项目和解决方案，这些项目和解决方案需要在不同的技术准备水平上进行多学科和系统级的研究。新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）大流行使更多的学生无法在这样的会议上与行业和政府研究中心直接互动。该项目为不同的学生提供支持，让他们参加本次会议，与100多位演讲者互动，听取技术专家，政策和决策者以及领先的公司高管的演讲和主题演讲，以应对确保我们未来能源和移动性的重大挑战，与气候目标保持一致。该项目的具体目标是招募和吸引具有不同背景的学生，例如代表性不足的少数民族学生，与各种先进技术发展和倡议的会议主持人互动。能源和移动技术的发展对整个行业和社会产生了广泛的影响。这种技术发展的途径决定了NASA、工业界和学术界之间的密切关系。通过该赠款，会议出席人数和合作的增加所推动的该领域的新进展将有助于改善和优化许多具有社会效益的应用，如涡轮机，燃料电池，混合动力和电动飞机，太空飞行器，月球基地，电子设备，淡水生产，工业流程，替代燃料，如氢气和医药等。参加NASA格伦研究中心和工业界的会议，学生们可以在学术机构的热能和流体工程、能源工程和可持续发展相关科学领域的学习和研究经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

2023 Energy and Mobility Conference, also known as 2023 NASA-SAE International Energy & Mobility Technology, Systems, and Value Chain Conference & Expo convenes professionals from across the global energy and mobility technical & business communities (including energy and infrastructure, aviation and space, autonomous control, automotive and commercial vehicles) to facilitate information sharing, technology transfer, conversations on key questions, cross-industry collaboration and synergistic approaches. It has been a tradition to invite faculty and students from academic institutions to the conference with the purpose to expose diverse students to the real-world projects and solutions that require multi-disciplinary and system-level research at the different technology readiness levels. Covid-19 pandemics has prevented more students from direct interaction with industries and government research centers in conferences like this one. This project provides the support to diverse students to participate in this conference, interact with over one hundred speakers, hear presentations and keynote speeches from technology experts, policy and decision makers, and leading company executives dealing with the vital challenges of securing our future Energy and Mobility, consistent with climate goals.The specific goal of this project is to recruit and engage students with diverse background, such as underrepresented minority students, in interactions with conference presenters of various advanced technology developments and initiatives. The energy and mobility technology development impacts a vast spectrum of industry and society in general. A pathway of such technology development dictates a close relationship between NASA, industries and academia. New advances in this field prompted by an increased attendance and collaborations at the conference through this grant would help improve and optimize numerous applications of societal benefit such as turbines, fuel cells, hybrid and electric aircraft, space vehicles, lunar bases, electronic devices, freshwater production, industrial processes, alternative fuels such as hydrogen, and medicine, among others. Being engaged in a conference with NASA Glenn Research Center and industries, students can relate to their learning and research experience in the academic institutions in areas such as thermal and fluids engineering, energy engineering and sustainability related sciences.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.