Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on Functional and Nanostructured Materials

功能和纳米结构材料研究和教育的协同合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0351449
• 负责人: Oscar Suarez
• 金额: $ 270万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0351449&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Synergistic; Partnership; Research; Education; Functional

The mission of the Partnership for Education and Research in Materials (PREM) between the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and the University of Wisconsin at Madison is to establish a permanent relationship between both institutions to foster collaborative research and education in the area of Materials Science and Engineering. The essential components of this partnership are the already successful and well established materials-related research and education infrastructure of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, the Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) on Epitaxial Magnetic Oxide Structures for Nanoscale Spin Devices, and the steadfast, growing initiatives in the field of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. This project will create a number of robust collaborative research groups in three topical areas, Spintronics and Nanostructures Magnetic Materials, Nanocomposites Synthesis and Characterization, and MgB2 Superconductors, sustained by a solid partnership in engineering materials education and outreach.One of the main overall contributions of the project will be to help crystallize the first MSE graduate program in Puerto Rico. This will open the doors to further MSE education in PR and foster MSE research in many areas. Puerto Rican MSE graduates will increase the number of Hispanics in the MSE field. Once this Master of Science's program is successfully in place at UPRM, a doctoral program in Materials Science would be a natural offshoot. This doctoral program will build on a solid foundation: the wealth of facilities and human resources developed and facilitated by this PREM proposal. UW's experience and partnership will be invaluable in this future venture. By raising awareness about MSE issues among different groups (university and school students and teachers and, indirectly, the general community) the project will create a fertile ground where this area of research will be further promoted in Puerto Rico. Potential impacts on the Puerto Rican economy will include: creation of well-trained body of professionals, exploration of novel research areas by existing and new companies, creation of new jobs in areas related to MSE, formation of a network of scientists and engineers working on MSE related projects, and improvement of K-12 education. The existence of high-level MSE researchers at UPRM linked with first-rate research US universities will generate possibilities to foster more national and international materials scientific meetings in Puerto Rico. This will create a hub for research on advanced materials to be recognized nationwide

波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校之间的材料教育和研究伙伴关系(PREM)的使命是在两个机构之间建立永久关系，以促进材料科学和工程领域的合作研究和教育。这一伙伴关系的基本组成部分是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校已经成功和成熟的与材料相关的研究和教育基础设施，包括其关于纳米结构材料和界面的材料研究科学和工程中心(MRSEC)，关于用于纳米级自旋设备的外延磁性氧化物结构的纳米级跨学科研究小组(NIRT)，以及波多黎各大学马亚圭兹大学在材料科学与工程(MSE)领域稳步增长的倡议。该项目将在自旋电子学和纳米结构磁性材料、纳米复合材料合成和表征以及镁超导体三个主题领域建立若干强大的协作研究小组，并在工程材料教育和外展方面建立坚实的合作伙伴关系。该项目的主要总体贡献之一将是帮助波多黎各的第一个MSE研究生课程具体化。这将为进一步开展MSE公关教育并在许多领域促进MSE研究打开大门。波多黎各MSE毕业生将增加MSE领域的拉美裔人数。一旦这一科学硕士项目在UPRM成功到位，材料科学博士项目将是一个自然的分支。这一博士项目将建立在坚实的基础上：由PREM提案开发和促进的丰富的设施和人力资源。UW的经验和合作伙伴关系在未来的合资企业中将是无价的。通过提高不同群体(大学和中学学生和教师，以及间接地，普通社区)对MSE问题的认识，该项目将创造一个肥沃的土壤，在波多黎各进一步促进这一领域的研究。对波多黎各经济的潜在影响将包括：创建训练有素的专业人员队伍，现有公司和新公司探索新的研究领域，在与中小企业相关的领域创造新的就业机会，形成从事中小企业相关项目的科学家和工程师网络，以及改善K-12教育。UPRM与美国一流研究大学联系在一起的高水平MSE研究人员的存在将产生在波多黎各促进更多国内和国际材料科学会议的可能性。这将为先进材料的研究创造一个在全国范围内得到认可的中心