US-Egypt Cooperation: International Workshop on Wind Energy Development, Cairo, Egypt March 23-25, 2010.

该奖项将支持将于2010年3月23日至25日在埃及开罗举行的“风能发展国际研讨会”。 该讲习班是弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学的Manisa Pipattanasomporn博士和威奇托州立大学的Janet Twomey博士与埃及开罗大学的Mohamed Elsobki博士合作举办的。 该研讨会将汇集来自工业，非政府组织，政府机构和大学的风能专家。 将邀请来自美国、埃及和该区域的大约40名专家，以确定和讨论促进可持续风能开发的研究和开发需求。 研讨会将重点讨论与风能有关的两个关键问题。 美国和埃及与会者都感兴趣的这些问题是：（i）可以在设计和运行方面提高风力涡轮机性能的方法;以及（ii）分析和确定减轻大规模风能整合对电力系统和环境影响的方法。 同样重要的是风能项目的政策、经济、教育、培训和认识方面。 该研讨会的预期成果将包括一套建议，确定促进大规模风能项目部署的必要组成部分。 此外，预计研讨会上的发言和讨论将导致确定该区域和美国不同利益攸关方群体之间开展合作研究的机会。 预计这些合作将有助于促进世界上许多具有不同风力、大气和环境条件的地区的风能开发解决方案。 讲习班将为包括本科生和研究生在内的参与者提供丰富的文化经验。 学生将有机会与来自不同国家的专家互动，讨论他们的兴趣。 这将成为美国和埃及机构以及该地区机构之间未来合作以及开展联合研究和/或建立风能联合项目的基础。 将作出特别努力，从代表性不足的群体，包括妇女中招募讲习班参加者，该讲习班由美国-埃及联合基金方案资助，该方案为两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以进行合作研究。 共同资助由NSF国际科学和工程办公室; NSF工程理事会的化学，生物工程，环境和运输系统司;和NSF工程理事会的主任，多样性和外联办公室提供。

This award will support an "International Workshop on Wind Energy Development" to be held in Cairo, Egypt from March 23-25, 2010. The workshop is a collaborative effort between Dr. Manisa Pipattanasomporn from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Dr. Janet Twomey from Wichita State University, together with Dr. Mohamed Elsobki from Cairo University, Egypt. This workshop will bring together wind energy experts from industry, non-government organizations, government agencies, and universities. Approximately 40 experts will be invited from the United States, Egypt and the region to identify and discuss the research and development needs that will facilitate sustainable wind energy development.Intellectual Merit. The workshop will focus on two key issues related to wind energy. These issues, which are of interest to both US and Egyptian participants, are: (i) methodologies that can increase wind turbine performance in terms of its design and operation; and (ii) the analysis and identification of methodologies to mitigate impacts of large-scale wind energy integration on electric power systems and on the environment. Of equal importance are the policy, economic, education, training and awareness aspects in the context of wind energy projects. The expected outcomes of this workshop will include a set of recommendations that identify necessary building blocks for facilitating the deployment of large scale wind energy projects. Furthermore, it is expected that the presentations and discussions at the workshop will lead to the identification of opportunities for collaborative research among diverse stakeholder groups both in the region and in the United States. These collaborations are expected to contribute to facilitating wind energy development solutions in many parts of the world that have diverse wind, atmospheric and environmental conditions.Broader Impacts. The workshop will provide the participants, including undergraduate and graduate students, with a culturally rich experience. The students will have the opportunity to interact with experts from various countries and discuss their interests. This will serve as a basis for future collaboration and for conducting joint research and/or setting up joint programs on wind energy among the U.S. and the Egyptian institutions, as well as institutions from the region. Special efforts will be made to recruit workshop participants from under-represented groups, including women.This workshop is funded under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to undertake cooperative research. Co-funding has been provided by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering; the NSF Engineering Directorate's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems; and the NSF Engineering Directorate's Office of the Director, Diversity and Outreach.