IGERT Formal Proposal: Variable Speed Electromechanical Drive Systems

这一综合性教育与研究培训(IGERT)奖支持在变速机电驱动系统的教育、研究和开发方面建立一个多学科、多机构的研究生培训计划。这项活动由来自密苏里-罗拉大学电气工程、机械工程、陶瓷工程、计算机科学和英语系以及普渡大学电气工程和机械工程系的14名教员共同努力。该项目汇集了来自工业和国家实验室的研究生、教师和附属机构，以：i)表征电力、机械、热和声功率电子对系统组件的影响，ii)开发计算机辅助分析和设计方法，iii)开发EMI、声学和振动缓解策略，以及iv)开发系统级集成和控制。该项目的新颖教育举措包括：由学生顾问组成的多学科研究团队；向学生介绍行业要求并专注于他们的研究的工业实习；提高沟通技能的密集写作计划；研究和工程伦理研讨会；多所大学的课程共享，使学生接触到每个机构独特的各种想法和专业知识；以及强调实验室技能，帮助学生整合研究的理论和实践方面。大约40名研究生将在五年内得到IGERT资金的支持。IGERT是一个NSF范围的项目，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目，培训不同的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，以奖励由NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域的项目。这一具体奖项由工程、计算机和信息科学与工程、教育和人力资源理事会提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program in education, research and development on variable-speed electromechanical drive systems. This activity is a joint effort of fourteen faculty from the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Computer Science, and English from the University of Missouri-Rolla and the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. This project integrates graduate students, faculty, and affiliates from industry and national laboratories to: i) characterize the electrical, mechanical, thermal, and acoustic power-electronics-induced effects on system components, ii) develop computer-aided analysis and design methodologies, iii) develop EMI, acoustic, and vibration mitigation strategies, and iv) develop system-level integration and control. The novel educational initiatives of this project include: multidisciplinary research teams of student consultants; industrial internships to introduce students to industrial requirements and focus their research; an intensive writing program to improve communication skills; research and engineering ethics seminars; multi-university course-sharing to expose students to a wide variety of ideas and expertise unique to each institution; and an emphasis on laboratory skills to help students integrate theoretical and practical aspects of research. Approximately forty graduate students will be supported with IGERT funds over five years.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Engineering, for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.