IRES: US-Uganda Undergraduate Research in Physical and Transport Properties of Materials in Support of Product and Process Development

0528062 Kisaalita该奖项旨在扩大美国的国际意识和全球竞争力。S.通过在乌干达为期八周的国际研究和教育经验的学生。 这种学生的国际参与越来越重要，因为尽管世界变得更加相互依赖和技术联系，但美国学生的数量仍在增加。S.理工科本科生参加国际交流的人数仍然少得令人不安。在这个奖项的三年中，每年有四个美国人。S.和两名乌干达学生将在团队中工作的研究项目与威廉Kisaalita博士（美国）正在进行的合作研究。和穆扬贾博士（乌干达）。这些项目的首要主题是描述天然矿物材料的物理和运输特性。例如，学生将描述用于低成本冷却器的天然沸石，其应用范围从疫苗保护到没有电力的农村地区的牛奶保存。该项目将为学生提供对工程研究的原理和实践的良好介绍，从而提高他们在发达国家或发展中国家创建适当复杂或简单系统方面发挥领导作用的能力。 在短期内，学生的研究成果将有助于开发产品，设备和工艺，可以增加东道国的经济价值，同时也有利于美国经济。该项目将加强美国和欧盟之间的合作。S.通过建立科学和个人关系，促进非洲的发展;这种关系是建立更好的全球社会的基础。

0528062KisaalitaThis award aims to expand the international awareness and global competence of U. S. students through an eight-week international research and educational experience in Uganda. Such international engagement of students is increasing important because although the world has become more interdependent and technologically linked, the number of U. S. science and engineering undergraduate students participating in international experiences has remained troublingly small. In each of the three years of this award, four U. S. and two Ugandan students will work in teams on research projects associated with ongoing collaborative research between Dr. William Kisaalita (U.S.) and Dr. Muyanja (Uganda). The overarching theme of these projects is to characterize native mineral materials with respect to physical and transport properties. For example, students will characterize native zeolites for use in low cost coolers with applications ranging from vaccine protection to milk preservation in rural areas where there is no access to electricity. This project will provide students with a sound introduction to the principles and practice of engineering research, thus enhancing their ability to play leadership roles in creating appropriately complex or simple systems in both developed or developing countries. In the near term, the results from the students' research will contribute to developing products, devices, and processes that can add economic value to the host country in ways that also benefit the U.S. economy. The project will strengthen collaboration between the U. S. and Africa by building scientific and personal relationships; such relationships are the foundation for a better global community.