U.S.-Sweden Cooperative Study of a Linkage Between Rutgers University - Industry Cooperative Research Center Projects in Ceramics and Swedish Counterparts.

这一奖项将使S.George Walters博士和他在罗格斯大学-工业陶瓷合作研究中心的一些同事能够研究该中心选定的研究人员与瑞典的一组研究人员和组织之间建立联系的可行性和设计，这些研究人员和组织与美国人一起，对陶瓷竞争前研究感兴趣。来自潜在成员组织的几名瑞典代表也将研究建立联系所需的条件，并将在美国和瑞典举行三次联合会议，以整合研究结果。联合研究小组将记录潜在参与者的兴趣、需求和要求，并将为国际合作设计组织和业务计划。拟议的由美国和瑞典研究人员组成的合作研究网络对两国都有好处。罗格斯中心在陶瓷和纤维晶须研究方面实力雄厚，包括溶胶-凝胶。瑞典科学家在烧结、热等静压和注浆铸造方面都很熟练。这一联系将加强两国的研究，并将使参与者比没有正式合作安排的情况下更快地获得新想法、新技术和更多有能力的研究人员。

This award will enable Dr. S. George Walters and some of his colleagues at the Rutgers University-Industry Cooperative Research Center for Ceramics to study the feasibility and design of a linkage between selected researchers in the Center and a group of researchers and organizations in Sweden who, with the Americans, are interested in pre-competitive research in ceramics. Several Swedish representatives from the potential member organizations will also study the conditions needed for the linkage, and three joint meetings will be held in the U.S. and Sweden to integrate the findings of the study. The joint study group will document the interests, needs, and requirements of the potential participants and will design an organization and operational plan for the international cooperation. The proposed collaborative research network of U.S. and Swedish researchers has advantages for both countries. The Rutgers Center is strong in ceramics and fiber whisker research, including sol-gel. The Swedish scientists are skilled in sintering, hot isostatic pressing, and slip casting. The linkage will strengthen research in both countries and will give the participants access to new ideas, new technologies, and additional capable researchers more quickly than without this formal cooperative arrangement.