IRES Track 1: Energy, Environment, and Future Electric Transportation Systems (E-FETS)

今天，世界上约95%的陆地、海上和空中交通工具依赖于石油来运送当地和国际上的乘客和货物。这种运输燃料组合产生的温室气体排放量约占所有温室气体排放量的25%，预计未来将随着发展中国家的现代化而增长。国际能源机构指出，如果交通运输要为二氧化碳减排做出贡献，以实现2摄氏度的全球平均气温目标，那么混合动力和全电力运输等技术的使用在未来将不得不增加。因此，交通技术的进步显然是一个国家和国际问题，需要具有全球视野的工程师和科学家推进跨学科技术，以开发更清洁的区域和全球交通系统。弗吉尼亚理工大学(VT)建议扩大与诺丁汉大学(UON)的未来电力运输系统(FETS)IRES合作伙伴关系，扩大范围并加强与行业和英国政府的接触，以建立能源、环境和未来电力运输系统(E-FETS)IRES项目。每年约9次的E-FETS队列将调查下一代电力系统的环保燃料和提取方法；节能、混合动力总成车辆和系统；车辆结构的轻量化；以及伴随其使用和采用的人为因素问题。IRES计划的更广泛影响包括促进国际研究合作，培养创新的技术领导者，能够创造并有效地将电力运输系统整合到我们的社会中，作为解决能源高效使用的一种手段。E-FETS将为诺丁汉大学的五个国际公认的研究小组的本科生和研究生提供为期十周的密集研究体验。这些领域包括电力电子、人为因素、地能、复合材料和制造，以及航空航天推进和先进诊断。该计划将分为两个阶段。第一阶段包括三个出发前讲习班，外加VT为期三周的指导和研究准备，以引导学生了解经验和项目范围。这一出发前的准备旨在建立E-FETS学生队列团队，为他们单独和共同的工作做准备。第二阶段包括在密歇根大学工作7周，与密歇根大学的教师、导师和设施一起进行集中研究。除了来自弗吉尼亚大学和密歇根大学教职员工的指导外，学生们还将作为包括教职员工、博士生和博士后研究员在内的大型研究团队的一部分进行协作工作。为了促进更多的专业发展，学生还将与一名行业导师配对，该导师将在他们的研究经历之前、期间和之后与学生会面。这些导师会对学生有所提升吗？在各自领域和行业的国际职业探索、职业发展和网络方面的经验。在该计划的每个阶段都计划举办以E-FETS研究目标范围为重点的研讨会，为学生提供机会将他们的个人研究项目与E-FETS的统一研究主题联系起来，并介绍和获得对他们的IRES经验的反馈。通过让行业合作伙伴参与IRES项目，E-FETS IRES寻求利用行业和英国政府来发展IRES计划，并为超出授权的可持续性发展奠定基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Approximately 95% of all land, sea and air vehicles in the world today rely on petroleum to move passengers and freight both locally and internationally. This transportation fuel mix produces ~25% of all greenhouse gas emissions and is projected to grow in the future with modernization of developing countries. International energy agencies note that if transport is to contribute to CO2 reductions to meet the 2 degree C global average temperature target, use of technologies such as hybrid electric and all electric transportation will have to increase in the future. Thus, advances in transportation technologies are clearly a national and international issue, and require globally-minded engineers and scientists to advance interdisciplinary technologies to develop cleaner regional and global transportation systems. Virginia Tech (VT) proposes to expand upon the Future Electric Transportation Systems ( FETS) IRES partnership with the University of Nottingham (UoN), with a broadened scope and stronger engagement with industry and the UK government to establish the Energy, Environment, and Future Electric Transportation Systems (E-FETS) IRES program. E-FETS cohorts of ~9 per year will investigate next generation electrical power systems for environmentally-friendly fuels and extraction methods; energy-efficient, hybridized power train vehicles and systems; light-weighting of vehicle structures; and the human factors issues that accompany their use and adoption. Among the broader impacts of this IRES program are the promotion of international research collaborations that foster innovative technical leaders capable of creating and effectively integrating electric transportation systems into our society as a means to address efficient energy use. E-FETS will provide an intensive ten-week research experience to undergraduates and graduate students with five of the University of Nottingham's internationally recognized research groups. These include power electronics, human factors, geo-energy, composites and manufacturing, and aerospace propulsion and advanced diagnostics. The program will consist of two phases. The first phase includes three pre-departure workshops plus three weeks of mentorship and research preparation at VT to orient students to the experience and the project scope. This pre-departure preparation aims to build the E-FETS student cohort team in preparation for their work individually and together. The second phase consists of 7 weeks at the UoN engaged in concentrated research with UoN faculty mentors and facilities. In addition to supervision from a VT and UoN faculty member, students will work collaboratively as part of a large research team including faculty, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral research fellows. To facilitate additional professional development, students will also be matched with an industry mentor who will meet with the student before, during and after their research experience. These mentors will enhance the students? experience with international career exploration, professional development, and networking in their field and industry. Seminars focused on the scope of E-FETS research goals are planned during each phase of the program, providing students with the opportunity to connect their individual research projects with the unified research theme of E-FETS, and present and get feedback on their IRES experience. By engaging industry partners with IRES projects, the E-FETS IRES seeks to leverage industry and UK government to grow the IRES program and develop a basis for sustainability beyond the grant.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.