REU Site: Computing for Power and Energy: The Old, The New and The Renewable

利用计算应用程序和数据，特别是在材料和设备方面，是解决我们国家当代电力和能源挑战的重要方法。这项工作协同汇集了来自多个工程学科的专家，他们有一个共同的目标，即使用计算资源和数据来解决主要的电力和能源挑战。主要目标是提供更有效的资源利用和更深入地了解他们在培养替代能源的使用和资源的作用。 REU网站托管在德雷克塞尔大学提供了一个整体的观点，电力和能源的挑战，本科研究人员解决：1。旧的：现有的电网和计算需要一个更智能的网格，2.新的：最近出现的数据中心和微电子设备（如手机）的功耗挑战，3.可再生能源：替代品，如石墨烯片，光伏电池和燃料电池，提供短期和长期的解决方案。为此，德雷克塞尔大学的电气，计算机，机械和材料工程学科的项目正在为每个学生提供一个单独的REU体验，同时教育下一代美国研究人员在跨学科和当代电力和能源挑战。智力优势：REU网站是德雷克塞尔大学的一个缩影，用于各种工程学科的基于计算的项目，以进行电力和能源研究。在城市环境中展示最先进的研究设施，学生们接触到这些研究项目的动机，并获得宝贵的实践研究经验。更广泛的影响：本科研究人员正在学习计算技术在制定和解决电力和能源挑战方面的影响。电力和能源计算正在学生和他们的父母，教师，同龄人和兄弟姐妹中产生兴奋。这一认可对科学和工程专业学生的招聘和保留产生了积极影响。其中一个大目标是利用新兴的和不断增长的兴趣？一个绿色星球在大学预科阶段向更广泛的人群推广工程学。研究人员正在通过Drexel与费城学区的30多名高中STEM教师和20名中学生以及西班牙裔专业工程师协会大学预科项目合作，推广REU研究（网站，海报会议和研究论文）。

Harnessing computing applications and data, particularly with regard to materials and devices, is an important approach for solving our national contemporary power and energy challenges. This work synergistically brings together experts from a number of engineering disciplines that share a common goal of using computing resources and data to address major power and energy challenges. The primary goal is to provide more efficient use of resources and a deeper understanding of their role in cultivating alternative energy use and resources. The REU Site hosted at Drexel University provides a holistic view of the power and energy challenges to undergraduate researchers by addressing:1. The old: Existing power grid and the computing needs for a smarter grid,2. The new: Recently emerged power dissipation challenges on data centers and microelectronic devices (e.g. cell phones),3. The renewable: Alternatives such as graphene sheets, photovoltaic cells and fuel cells to provide short and long-term solutions.To this end, projects from the electrical, computer, mechanical and material engineering disciplines at Drexel University are providing an individual REU experience to each student while simultaneously educating the next generation of U.S. researchers in the interdisciplinary and contemporary power and energy challenges.Intellectual Merit: The REU Site serves as a microcosm at Drexel University for computing-based projects in various engineering disciplines to carry out power and energy research. Demonstrated in an urban setting with state-of-the-art research facilities, the students are exposed to the motivations of these research projects and are gaining valuable hands-on research experience.Broader Impact: The undergraduate researchers are learning the impacts of computing technologies in formulating and addressing power and energy challenges. Computing for power and energy is generating excitement in students and their parents, teachers, peers and siblings. This recognition is positively impacting the recruitment and retention of students in science and engineering. One of the big goals is to leverage an emerging and growing interest in ?a green planet? to promote engineering to a wider demographic at the pre-college level. The researchers are promoting the REU studies (web site, poster sessions and research papers) through Drexel collaboration with over 30 high-school STEM teachers and 20 middle school students in the School District of Philadelphia, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Pre-College program.