Travel Grant: Urban Tech Academy meeting on electrified multimodal transportation

这项提案将资助美国大学的研究生参加2023年11月13日至15日在纽约康奈尔科技大学校园举行的城市技术学院和城市技术峰会的旅费。此次峰会旨在通过技术和工程项目解决城市问题，今年的重点是“可持续城市”。在会议的新形式中，将在计划中增加一天(称为城市技术学院日)，以扩大其教育范围和范围。城市技术学院日将包括关于研究界需要由领先专家解决的新问题的演讲和讨论。讨论的具体学术价值将是关于多式联运及其电气化，这对可持续城市至关重要。目前的研究未能从整体上解决各种交通方式之间的耦合及其对电力基础设施的依赖。研究人员将讨论网络物理系统模型如何帮助在不同的城市环境中优化和有效运行这些不同的收费系统，促进弹性、公平、效率和快速脱碳。更广泛的影响部分强调解决城市挑战的重要性，包括住房成本、脱碳、气候变化和资源分配。城市技术学院日与峰会的协同作用预计将扩大其影响。虽然NSF的资助主要支持学生参与，但电动多式联运领域顶尖研究人员的参与以及两次会议的共同举行自然会吸引纽约市的行业利益相关者、初创企业和机构参与者。目标是促进创新，吸引各种利益相关者，并为紧迫的城市挑战提供解决方案。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。

This proposal funding will support travel grants for graduate students from US universities to attend the Urban Tech Academy & Summit, taking place from November 13th to 15th, 2023, at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. The summit aims to address urban issues through technology and engineering ventures, with a specific focus on "sustainable cities" this year.In the new format for the meeting, one day will be added to the program (called the Urban Tech Academy Day) to expand its educational outreach and scope. The Urban Tech Academy Day will include talks and discussions on emerging problems that the research community needs to address from leading experts. The specific Intellectual Merit of the discussion will be on multi-modal transportation and its electrification, critical for sustainable cities. Current research fails to holistically address the coupling between various transportation modes and their dependence on electric power infrastructure. Researchers will discuss how cyber-physical system models can help optimize and operate these heterogeneous charging systems effectively in different urban environments, promoting resilience, fairness, efficiency, and rapid decarbonization.The Broader Impacts section emphasizes the significance of solutions to urban challenges, including housing costs, decarbonization, climate change, and resource distribution. The Urban Tech Academy Day's synergy with the summit is expected to broaden its impact. While the NSF funding primarily supports student participation, the involvement of top researchers in the electrified multi-modal transportation field and the co-occurrence of the two meetings will naturally attract industry stakeholders, startups, and institutional players in New York City.The goal is to foster innovation, engage various stakeholders, and provide solutions for pressing urban challenges.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.