IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在风能科学，工程和政策（WESEP）教育和研究的新的多学科，多机构的研究生培训计划的发展，在爱荷华州州立大学，与波多黎各大学合作-马亚圭斯。 该计划的目的是为博士生提供在工程，大气科学/气象学，农业/经济学和新闻/通信之间的学科接口进行研究所需的技能的多学科培训。智力优势：专题基础是，减缓全球气候变化需要能源系统转型，以减少电力部门的温室气体;风能必须在这方面发挥核心作用，只有通过跨学科领导力推动相关科学，工程，技术和政策才能实现这一点。我们的愿景是让国家更强大？通过培养技术专家，有效的沟通者和道德决策者，他们领导美国向高风能投资组合的转型，该研究将提高风能的增长率，降低其成本，并扩大其渗透范围。我们的教育计划包括3-6个月的行业实习，3个月的国际经验和3级课程，以提供WESEP的广度，跨学科研究实力，高级培训和深度。学员和教师将通过参与我们的实时研究合作，每学期体验完整的研究周期。我们将确保30%的IGERT学生来自代表性不足的群体。更广泛的影响：该项目将对增加具有成本效益的清洁能源供应、基础工程和科学以及能源政策产生近期和长期影响。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the development of a new multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program of education and research in Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy (WESEP), at Iowa State University, in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez. The purpose of this program is to provide doctoral students with multidisciplinary training in the skills required for conducting research at the disciplinary interface between engineering, atmospheric science/meteorology, agriculture/economics, and journalism/communication. Intellectual Merit: The thematic basis is that mitigating global climate change requires energy system transformation to reduce greenhouse gases from the electric sector; wind energy must play a central role in this, which will occur only through interdisciplinary leadership in advancing pertinent science, engineering, technology and policy. The vision is to strengthen the nation?s wind energy resources by producing technical experts, effective communicators, and ethical decision-makers who lead the U.S. transformation to a high-wind energy portfolio. The research will increase wind energy growth rate, decreasing its cost, and extend its penetration limits. Our education program includes a 3-6 month industry internship, a 3-month international experience, and a 3-level curriculum to provide breadth, interdisciplinary research strength, and advanced training and depth in WESEP. Trainees and faculty will experience the full research cycle every semester via participation in our real-time research collaborative. We will ensure that 30% of our IGERT student population is from underrepresented groups. Broader Impacts: This project will have near- and long-term impact on increasing supply of cost-effective clean energy, fundamental engineering and science, and energy policy. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.