Short-term Scientific Exchanges: U.S.-Turkey Cooperative Research

技术叙述：这些美国-土耳其科学访问包括来自新奥尔良大学（UNO）和土耳其安卡拉中东技术大学（METU）的研究人员。第一次访问是由联合国办事处的一个两人小组前往METU，以完成电力整流器脉冲宽度调制（PWM）领域的联合研究项目的第一阶段。这次访问的主要目的是使用METU实验室设施来测试PWN整流在消除电力系统谐波方面的功效。第二次访问包括一名METU研究员前往UNO。这两次访问将导致一项涉及UNO和METU教师研究人员的大规模合作研究计划的发展；两所大学期待签署正式的校际研究人员交流协议。这项电气工程领域的合作科学活动实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和土耳其的领先专家能够在共同感兴趣的领域结合互补的人才和汇集研究资源能力。

Technical Narrative: These US-Turkey scientific visits involve researchers from the University of New Orleans (UNO) and Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. The first visit entails a two-person team from UNO travelling to METU in order to complete the first phase of a joint research project in the area of pulse width modulation (PWM) for electric power rectifiers. The primary objective of this visit is to use METU laboratory facilities to test the efficacy of PWN rectificiation in eliminating power system harmonics. A second visit involves a METU researcher travelling to UNO. These two visits will result in the development of a large-scale, cooperative research proposal on PWM involving UNO and METU faculty researchers; these two universities anticipate signing a formal inter-University researcher exchange agreement. This cooperative science activity in electrical engineering fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Turkey to combine complementary talents and pool research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.