Workshop on Voltage Collapse and Voltage Regulation, Lagos, Nigeria (Science in Developing Countries U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa), November 17-22, 1991.

这笔会议赠款支持为美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的科学家/工程师举办的关于电压崩溃和电压调节的国际研讨会。来自几个非洲国家的电力系统工程师将被邀请参加在尼日利亚举行的为期四天的辅导/讲座，来自美国学术界、工业界和政府的电力领域专家将参加。讲习班的一个主要目标是增加第三世界国家的参与，为这些问题提供解决办法。与会者将确定共同的发展需求，并制定合作研究或交流计划的研究重点。可靠的电力是现代社会大多数活动的先决条件，包括大多数科学努力。随着电网复杂性的增加，电力系统中需要解决的问题变得越来越重要。目前的建模工具和实验数据不足以理解这些问题。该研讨会有望帮助美国和非洲的工程师开发电力系统等大规模非线性系统的新理论，从而为他们带来互惠互利。该项目与发展中国家科学计划(SDC)的目标有关，即加强发展中国家的科学和工程基础设施，并提高美国科学家和工程师与发展中国家同行之间的合作水平。

This conference grant supports an international workshop on voltage collapse and voltage regulation for U.S. and Sub-Saharan African scientists/engineers. Power system engineers from several African countries will be invited to participate in a four-day tutorial/lecture in Nigeria with experts in the power field from U.S. academia, industry, and government. A major objective of the workshop is to increase participation of Third World countries in providing solutions to these problems. Participants will define the common needs for development, and formulate research priorities for cooperative research or exchange programs. Reliable power is a prerequisite for most activities in modern society, including most scientific endeavors. The problems to be dealt with in the power system become increasingly important as the complexity of the power grid increases. The current modelling tools and experimental data are not sufficient for understanding the problems. The workshop promises to be mutually beneficial for U.S. and African engineers by helping them in the development of a new theory for large scale nonlinear systems such as power systems. This project is relevant to the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries (SDC) Program with regard to strength- ening the scientific and engineering infrastructure in developing countries, and increasing the level of cooperation between U.S. scientists and engineers and their counterparts in developing countries.