National Control Engineering Students Workshop,To be Held at the University of Maryland, College Park, April 28-May 1, 2011

该提案要求提供资金，以支持将于2011年4月28日（星期四）至5月1日（星期日）在马里兰大学学院公园分校（马里兰州）举行的第一届国家控制工程学生研讨会。由于前六次东北控制研讨会的成功，这是针对东北大学的学生，这次研讨会的目的是达到更广泛的学生来自全国各地的大学。其目标是通过为研究生和博士后提供展示工作的机会来加强他们的教育和专业准备;与同行，该领域的研究人员以及行业和政府实验室的研究人员进行互动。学生们将从受邀的演讲者那里了解能源、生物、混合系统和信息物理系统等领域的前沿研究。智力优势：拟议的研讨会将使学生广泛了解控制工程领域的当前发展，并使他们认识到该领域的新兴领域。除了学生参与者，本次研讨会将汇集控制领域的领先研究人员，其中一些人将被邀请作为全体演讲者和主旨演讲者。因此，研讨会将为控制理论和各种跨学科应用领域之间急需的互动提供一个论坛，从而实现思想的交叉授粉，并为跨学科合作提供动力。拟议的讲习班将鼓励广泛和多样化的学生群体从事研究事业，通过为他们提供一个机会，在一个亲密的环境中与该领域的领先研究人员密切互动。此外，与行业研究人员互动的独特机会对于这些学生和博士后来说将是非常宝贵的，因为他们将在未来几年内过渡到独立的初级研究人员。

This proposal requests funds to support the first National Control Engineering Students Workshop, to be held at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, from Thursday, April 28, through Sunday May 1, 2011. Motivated by the success of the previous six Northeast Control Workshops, which were aimed at students from universities in the Northeast, this workshop is aimed at reaching a broader set of students from universities across the nation. The goal is to enhance the education and professional preparation of graduate students and postdoctoral students by providing them with an opportunity to present their work; to interact with their peers, established researchers in the field, and researchers from industry and government lab. The students will learn about cutting edge research in areas such as energy, biology, hybrid systems, and cyber-physical systems from the invited speakers.Intellectual Merit: The proposed workshop will provide the students a broad understanding of the current developments in the field of control engineering and make them cognizant of the emerging areas in the field. In additional to the student participants, this workshop will bring together leading researchers in the field of control, some of whom will be invited as plenary speakers and keynote lecturers. As such, the workshop will provide a forum for the much needed interaction between control theory and various inter-disciplinary application areas, resulting in a cross-pollination of ideas and providing an impetus for interdisciplinary collaborations.Broader Impact: The proposed workshop will encourage a broad and diverse group of students to pursue research careers, by providing them with an opportunity to closely interact with leading researchers in the field in an intimate setting. Moreover, the unique opportunity to interact with industry researchers will be invaluable for these students and postdocs as they transition into independent junior researchers over the next few years.