US-Ethiopia Planning Visit: Physics and Geophysics Research and Education Collaboration with Addis Ababa University

美国-埃塞俄比亚计划访问：与亚的斯亚贝巴大学的物理和地球物理学研究和教育合作

• 批准号: 0422821
• 负责人: Solomon Bililign
• 金额: $ 1.65万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0422821&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Ethiopia; Planning; Visit; Physics

Bililign0422821This award funds planning activities to initiate a research and educational collaboration between the Department of Physics at North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) and the Department of Physics and Department of Geology and Geophysics at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia. Two areas of collaboration will be developed in the planning phase: 1) Dr. Solomon Bililign (NCAT) and Dr. Mulugeta Bekele (AAU), a theoretical physicist with expertise in theoretical statistical physics, will study the feasibility of using statistical models to study the photofragmentation dynamics of transition metal organometallics in order to help understand the experimental studies of chemical reaction that take place within nanoclusters following multiphoton ionization and dissociation of transition metal carbonyls. The planning visit will allow reciprocal visits to the labs of both physicists. (2) Also supported by this award are reciprocal visits by U.S. and Ethiopian geophysicists who will develop plans for providing international research experiences for NCAT students to work with U.S. and Ethiopian scientists collaborating on geophysical research in Ethiopia. With the support of other NSF awards, the environmental geophysics degree track is under development at NCAT; the Departments of Geophysics and Physics at AAU have a long history of research experience and strong international collaborations in geosciences. Furthermore, Ethiopia provides a natural laboratory for a number of interesting geophysical phenomena. This planning visit should lay the groundwork for building a strong research and education collaboration that will provide NCAT students the opportunity to participate in international field research. In an era of globalization where actions anywhere will affect and influence others elsewhere, our students will benefit significantly from conducting science in other countries, experiencing other cultures, and contributing to the global economy. The collaborations in this planning request will help in this effort. This project can also have a significant impact on the participation of African-American students in geoscience education and research in the U. S. and in Ethiopia. We expect that providing strong international research experiences for NCAT students will strengthen their geoscience course study, providing first-hand field experience and research skills in geosciences, and enhancing their ability and likelihood of pursuing academic and/or industry careers in geosciences. This award is co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Chemistry.

该奖项为北卡罗来纳州立大学（NCAT）物理系与埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴大学（AAU）物理系和地质与地球物理系之间开展研究和教育合作的规划活动提供资金。在规划阶段将发展两个合作领域：1) Solomon Bililign博士（NCAT）和Mulugeta Bekele博士（AAU）将研究使用统计模型研究过渡金属有机金属的光分裂动力学的可行性，以帮助理解过渡金属羰基多光子电离和解离后纳米团簇内发生的化学反应的实验研究。计划中的访问将允许对两位物理学家的实验室进行互访。(2)该奖项还支持美国和埃塞俄比亚地球物理学家的互访，他们将制定计划，为NCAT学生提供国际研究经验，与美国和埃塞俄比亚科学家在埃塞俄比亚合作进行地球物理研究。在其他NSF奖项的支持下，NCAT正在开发环境地球物理学学位课程；AAU的地球物理系和物理系在地球科学领域有着悠久的研究经验和强大的国际合作。此外，埃塞俄比亚为许多有趣的地球物理现象提供了一个天然实验室。这次计划访问将为建立强有力的研究和教育合作奠定基础，为NCAT学生提供参与国际实地研究的机会。在全球化的时代，任何地方的行动都会影响和影响其他地方的人，我们的学生将从在其他国家进行科学研究、体验其他文化和为全球经济做出贡献中受益匪浅。这一规划请求中的合作将有助于这一努力。该项目还可以对非裔美国学生参与美国和埃塞俄比亚的地球科学教育和研究产生重大影响。我们期望为NCAT学生提供强大的国际研究经验，将加强他们的地球科学课程学习，提供第一手的实地经验和地球科学研究技能，并提高他们在地球科学领域从事学术和/或行业职业的能力和可能性。该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室和化学部共同资助。