2013 Call for Proposals
INTERNAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
*** KSU College of Engineering Electric Power Affiliates Program
In 2008, the Kansas State College of Engineering created an industrial consortium,
the Electric Power Affiliates Program. Founding members of the EPAP were Burns & McDonnell,
Nebraska Public Power District, Omaha Public Power District and Westar Energy. Along with these founding members, the EPAP program is now comprised of
Kansas City Power and Light, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, and Sega.
In 2012, the EPAP program provided funding to faculty in the amount of $105K. These
funds were disbursed to faculty in 4 College of Engineering departments or programs
and involved 12 faculty members, two graduate students and 11 undergraduate students.
Over the last year EPAP executives have worked with College of Engineering faculty
as we continue with the consortium’s activities. One of the key items for future
EPAP activities is expanding the involvement of engineering departments beyond the
traditional field of electrical engineering. The electrical power industry provides
opportunities for jobs as well as research in all areas of engineering and computer
science. EPAP industrial partners would like to see student and faculty participation
from all departments in the Kansas State College of Engineering. In recent discussions
with EPAP members, a list of topics has been brought up as possible topics for research
activities of benefit to EPAP members. This list is provided at the end of this RFP.
These are suggested topics and proposals in other areas will also be considered.
Priority will also be considered for those projects that can integrate immediately
with the Smart Grid Laboratory in Rathbone 2094.
Please see the attached RFP for full details. This is an internal Kansas State University
Request for proposals for research and educational activities of interest forwarding
the electrical power industry. Currently we have approximately $125k in funding to
award for one year projects (July 2013-June 2014). Funds may be used for graduate student and undergraduate student funding (and
corresponding benefits), student travel and supplies. Funds cannot be used for graduate
student tuition, faculty salaries or faculty travel. Funds will be administered
through the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Faculty who have received
prior EPAP funds are welcome to apply if they have submitted their mid-year report
for current projects on time.
Timeline for Proposal Submission and Review
* Request for Proposals Distributed to Engineering Faculty - Dec. 21
* Deadline for submission of Letter of Intent to Submit - Jan. 25
* Deadline for submission of Project Proposal form and budget - Feb. 1
* Review of Proposals - Feb. 1-22
* Faculty to give short presentation on their research idea - late-February
* Faculty notified of funding decisions - March 15
Priority Topics of Interest to EPAP Members (Other topics are listed in RFP)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Solution
- Storage integration with wind
- Potential impacts of geomagnetic disturbances on the power grid
- Potential impacts of electromagnetic pulses on the power grid
- Power plant emissions
- Water use in utilities
- Reduce consumption
- Stream water quality
- Cyber-security for electric utilities
- Generation economic dispatch and control
- Increased Integration of renewables and storage
- Materials Related
- Ash by-products
- Ammonia or lime use
Please fill out the attached forms for your proposal as well as the budget template and email to Chassy Nichols (chassy@ksu.edu) by Friday, February 1, 2013 by 11 pm central time. Please direct any questions about the EPAP program to Noel Schulz, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs, Paslay Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director, Kansas State EPAP (noels@k-state.edu, 785-532-5844).