IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy

IGERT：智能电网 - 技术、人类行为和政策

• 批准号: 1144388
• 负责人: Jeffrey Marshall
• 金额: $ 289.61万
• 依托单位: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144388&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Smart; Grids; Technology; Human; IGERT; Smart; Grids; Technology; Human

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. scientists and engineers working in the development of modern, smart-grid power systems that operate with extensive interaction and data exchange between the utility company and the consumer. The educational program integrates technology, human behavior and policy within a complex systems framework in order to understand the coupled dynamics of the integrated power system. Intellectual Merit: This training program integrates education and research in complex systems modeling, human behavior, engineering, and policy at the University of Vermont (UVM) with expertise in modern electric power systems, renewable energy and high-performance computing at Sandia National Laboratories to train students to effectively deal with integrated technological-human-policy systems typical of the smart grid. Trainees will complete a summer internship at Sandia National Laboratories, engage in outreach activities with public museums and energy festivals in Vermont, work collaboratively with undergraduate students in game design at Champlain College, and visit the consortium of Vermont utility companies involved in developing the first state-wide smart grid in the nation. Broader Impacts: Development of the smart grid entails a transformation from the current centralized control structure for power delivery to a decentralized structure in which the consumer plays an integral role. Design, control and optimization of smart grids to provide reliable, inexpensive power will require utility companies to understand, model and shape human behavioral responses and governments to design policies to enhance energy efficiency and smart grid adoption. This training program lays the educational foundations for a workforce trained in an integrated approach to complex human-technical-policy systems. 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 establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit.

这项综合研究生教育与研究实习生（IGERT）奖支持博士学位的跨学科培训。科学家和工程师从事现代智能电源系统的开发，这些系统通过公用事业公司和消费者之间的广泛互动和数据交换运行。教育计划将技术，人类行为和政策整合到复杂的系统框架中，以了解集成电源系统的耦合动力。智力优点：该培训计划将佛蒙特大学（UVM）（UVM）的复杂系统建模，人类行为，工程和政策与现代电力系统，可再生能源和桑迪亚国家实验室高性能计算方面的专业知识相结合，以培训学生有效地处理典型的智能网格的综合技术 - 智能系统。受训者将在桑迪亚国家实验室（Sandia National Laboratories）完成暑期实习，与佛蒙特州的公共博物馆和能源节开放活动，与尚普兰学院（Champlain College）在游戏设计的本科生合作，参观佛蒙特州公用事业公司的财团，参与了该国第一个在美国国家 /地区开发的州智能网格。 更广泛的影响：智能电网的开发需要从当前的集中控制结构进行动力传递到分散结构的转变，在该结构中，消费者发挥了不可或缺的作用。设计，控制和优化智能网格以提供可靠，廉价的功率将要求公用事业公司了解，建模和塑造和塑造人类的行为反应和政府，以设计政策，以提高能源效率和采用智能电网。该培训计划为通过综合方法进行了复杂人类技术系统的综合方法的劳动力奠定了教育基础。 IGERT是一项旨在应对美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在在肥沃的环境中建立新的模型，用于超越传统纪律界限的合作研究，并吸引学生理解研究的过程转化为以社会利益的创新过程。