U.S./Africa Materials Institute

美国/非洲材料研究所

• 批准号: 0231418
• 负责人: Winston Soboyejo
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-02-01 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0231418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Africa; Materials; Institute

The proposed U.S./Africa Materials Institute will focus on the development of collaborations between materials scientists in Africa and the counterparts in the U.S. The Virtual Materials Institute will provide a Princeton setting for research collaborations in the areas of materials design, synthesis and characterization. However, the center will also coordinate interactions with other universities in the U.S. These include: Harvard, Brown, Case Western University, The Ohio State University, the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Concordia University. A total of 8 African scientists and their students will be supported (per year) to spend between 3 months and 6 months interacting with their counterparts in the U.S. Half of these scientists will be based at Princeton University, while the other half will be based at participating U.S. universities. The institute will focus on research and education in the area of materials design. It will work on areas that can promote economic development in Africa and the U.S. This will include: materials research on organic thin films for the next generation of light-emitting devices and solar cells; micro-electro-mechanical systems for switching and biomedical applications, and heterogeneous materials for affordable housing and materials production/synthesis.The U.S./Africa Materials Institute will use web-based tools to provide access to materials journals, virtual laboratories and classrooms, and web-cast symposia and workshops. Teaching modules will be developed to support the education of African and U.S. materials scientists and engineers in materials selection and design, structural materials, micro-electro-mechanical systems, and materials characterization. The web-based teaching modules will be developed in conjunction with Internet 2, and made freely available on the world-wide-web.In an effort to promote the interactions between U.S. and African scientists, the Institute will work closely with the African Materials Research Society and the Materials Research Society in the U.S. to organize joint symposia/workshops in Africa and the U.S. One major workshop will be organized in the U.S. during each year of the program. The Institute will also provide financial support for at least 10 U.S. materials researchers and graduate students to attend Africa MRS Meetings. A similar number of visiting African collaborators will be supported to attend the Materials Research Society meetings in the U.S. During these visits, the Institute will organize information sessions designed to expose a wider range of U.S. and African researchers to emerging U.S./Africa collaborations in materials research and education.The Institute will be guided by an Advisory Board that will include representatives from Africa, South America, Europe, Canada and the U.S. The Advisory Board will meet once a year to evaluate the performance and future needs/directions of the Institute. The Institute will be directed by Prof. Wole Soboyejo at Princeton University. Prof. Soboyejo will be supported by an Administrative Manager and a secretary, who will help to coordinate the activities of the Institute. The other participating collaborators at Princeton University include Prof. David Srolovitz, Prof. Zhigang Suo, Prof. George Scherer, Prof. Tim Baker and Prof. Antoine Kahn. At other universities, the collaborators will include Prof. Arthur Heuer (Case Western), Prof. Anthony Evans (UCSB), Prof. Tianjin Lu (Cambridge), Prof. John Hutchinson (Harvard), Prof. Alan Needleman (Brown), Prof. Clyde Briant (Brown), Prof. Alfred Soboyejo (The Ohio State University) and Prof. Primus Mtenga (FAMU/FSU).In an effort to expose more U.S. students to the process of international collaboration, the Institute will support 4 graduate students and 4 undergraduate students per year to work on various aspects of the proposed research. The students will work closely with the African visitors during visits to their respective universities in the U.S. They will also be funded to attend the symposia/ workshops that will be organized by the Institute in Africa and the U.S. The students will include minority and non-minority students from under-represented groups, as well as women under-graduate/graduate students. All the U.S. collaborators will meet by teleconference once a month. The meetings will provide a forum for discussions on emerging collaborations. A center newsletter will also be issued once every six months to provide highlights of the activities of the Virtual Institute. As usual, the outcomes of all the outreach and education activities will be recorded using the metrics provided by the NSF.%%%The U.S./Africa International Materials Institute will develop strong collaborations between materials scientists in Africa and the U.S. The scientists will work on group projects that can impact global economic development. These include: infrastructure materials for affordable housing; materials for lining the walls of furnaces and kilns that are used in the trillion-dollar metal melting industry; organic electronic materials for future light-emitting devices and solar cells, and reliable small structures that are relevant to microelectronics and micro-electro-mechanical devices. Each year, 16 African scientists will spend 9 weeks working with their collaborators in the U.S. The visiting scientists will include professors, research scientists and graduate students from African universities and research institutes. About half of the scientists will visit U.S. collaborators at Princeton University, while the other half will visit U.S. collaborators at Harvard University, Brown University, Northwestern University, The Ohio State University, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and Florida State University/Florida A&M University. During the visits, the scientists will work on experimental or theoretical components of group projects. They will also be trained in the use of modern materials characterization or computational facilities. Following the visits, the scientists will return to Africa to continue with the aspects of the work that can be done in Africa. Each scientist will return to the U.S. over a multi-year (2-5 year period) until a significant body of research is done and published in international journals.The program will also integrate education and training of U.S. undergraduate/graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in the process of international collaboration. Each, at least four U.S. graduate students, four U.S. undergraduate students and one post-doctoral research will be supported by the program at Princeton University and the Ohio State University. These students will participate in future U.S./Africa workshops and conferences. They will also be involved in international exchange visits, during which they will interact with collaborators and students at African universities.In the area of materials education, the program will develop web-based modules on materials design and characterization. These will include teaching modules on: materials selection and design; advanced structural materials; mechanical properties of engineered materials, and materials characterization. The modules will be made widely available on the world-wide-web. They will also be integrated into the teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses at Princeton University and collaborating African universities. Finally, annual that will develop increased interactions between the U.S. and Africa in the areas of materials research and education. The workshops will also provide an opportunity to disseminate the new knowledge and educational tools that will emerge from the program.

拟建的美国/非洲材料研究所将重点发展非洲材料科学家与美国同行之间的合作。虚拟材料研究所将为材料设计、合成和表征领域的研究合作提供普林斯顿大学的环境。 然而，该中心还将协调与美国其他大学的互动，其中包括：哈佛大学、布朗大学、凯斯西储大学、俄亥俄州立大学、加州大学圣巴巴拉分校 (UCSB) 和康考迪亚大学。 每年将支持总共 8 名非洲科学家及其学生与美国同行进行 3 至 6 个月的交流。其中一半科学家将在普林斯顿大学工作，另一半将在参与项目的美国大学工作。 该研究所将专注于材料设计领域的研究和教育。 它将致力于能够促进非洲和美国经济发展的领域，其中包括：用于下一代发光器件和太阳能电池的有机薄膜材料研究；用于开关和生物医学应用的微机电系统，以及用于经济适用房和材料生产/合成的异质材料。美国/非洲材料研究所将使用基于网络的工具提供对材料期刊、虚拟实验室和教室以及网络直播研讨会和研讨会的访问。 将开发教学模块，以支持非洲和美国材料科学家和工程师在材料选择和设计、结构材料、微机电系统和材料表征方面的教育。 基于网络的教学模块将与Internet 2结合开发，并在万维网上免费提供。为了促进美国和非洲科学家之间的互动，研究所将与非洲材料研究学会和美国材料研究学会密切合作，在非洲和美国举办联合研讨会/研讨会。该项目每年将在美国举办一次主要研讨会。 该研究所还将为至少10名美国材料研究人员和研究生参加非洲MRS会议提供资金支持。 将支持类似数量的来访非洲合作者参加在美国举行的材料研究学会会议。在这些访问期间，研究所将组织信息会议，旨在让更广泛的美国和非洲研究人员了解美国/非洲在材料研究和教育方面的新兴合作。研究所将由一个顾问委员会指导，该委员会将包括来自非洲、南美洲、欧洲、加拿大和美国的代表。顾问委员会将每年举行一次会议，评估绩效 以及研究所未来的需求/方向。 该研究所将由普林斯顿大学 Wole Soboyejo 教授领导。 Soboyejo 教授将得到一名行政经理和一名秘书的支持，他们将帮助协调研究所的活动。 普林斯顿大学的其他参与合作者包括David Srolovitz教授、索志刚教授、George Scherer教授、Tim Baker教授和Antoine Kahn教授。 在其他大学，合作者包括 Arthur Heuer 教授（凯斯西储大学）、Anthony Evans 教授（UCSB）、Tianjin Lu 教授（剑桥大学）、John Hutchinson 教授（哈佛大学）、Alan Needleman 教授（布朗大学）、Clyde Briant 教授（布朗大学）、Alfred Soboyejo 教授（俄亥俄州立大学）和 Primus Mtenga 教授 （FAMU/FSU）。为了让更多的美国学生接触国际合作的过程，研究所每年将支持 4 名研究生和 4 名本科生从事拟议研究的各个方面。 学生们将在访问美国各自的大学期间与非洲来访者密切合作。他们还将获得资助参加由非洲和美国研究所组织的研讨会/讲习班。学生将包括来自代表性不足群体的少数族裔和非少数族裔学生，以及女本科生/研究生。 所有美国合作者将每月举行一次电话会议。 这些会议将为讨论新兴合作提供一个论坛。 中心通讯还将每六个月发布一次，以提供虚拟学院活动的重点。 与往常一样，所有外展和教育活动的成果将使用 NSF 提供的指标进行记录。%%%美国/非洲国际材料研究所将在非洲和美国的材料科学家之间建立强有力的合作。科学家们将致力于能够影响全球经济发展的集体项目。 其中包括：经济适用房的基础设施材料；用于价值数万亿美元的金属冶炼行业的熔炉和窑炉壁衬里材料；用于未来发光器件和太阳能电池的有机电子材料，以及与微电子和微机电器件相关的可靠的小型结构。 每年，16名非洲科学家将与他们的合作者在美国一起工作9周。访问科学家将包括来自非洲大学和研究机构的教授、研究科学家和研究生。 大约一半的科学家将拜访普林斯顿大学的美国合作者，另一半将拜访哈佛大学、布朗大学、西北大学、俄亥俄州立大学、加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校和佛罗里达州立大学/佛罗里达农工大学的美国合作者。 在访问期间，科学家们将致力于小组项目的实验或理论部分。 他们还将接受现代材料表征或计算设施使用的培训。 访问结束后，科学家们将返回非洲，继续开展可以在非洲开展的工作。 每位科学家将在多年（2-5年）内返回美国，直到完成大量研究并在国际期刊上发表。该计划还将在国际合作过程中整合美国本科生/研究生和博士后研究人员的教育和培训。 普林斯顿大学和俄亥俄州立大学的该项目将分别支持至少四名美国研究生、四名美国本科生和一名博士后研究。 这些学生将参加未来的美国/非洲研讨会和会议。 他们还将参与国际交流访问，期间将与非洲大学的合作者和学生互动。在材料教育领域，该计划将开发基于网络的材料设计和表征模块。 这些将包括以下教学模块：材料选择和设计；先进结构材料；工程材料的机械性能和材料表征。 这些模块将在万维网上广泛提供。 它们还将融入普林斯顿大学和非洲合作大学的本科生和研究生课程的教学中。 最后，每年一度的会议将加强美国和非洲在材料研究和教育领域的互动。 研讨会还将提供传播该计划中出现的新知识和教育工具的机会。