IRES: US-Brazil International Research Experience for Students: Sustainability Research: An Integrative Undergraduate Experience

IRES：美国-巴西学生国际研究经验：可持续性研究：综合本科体验

• 批准号: 0623539
• 负责人: Eric Beckman
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0623539&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; Brazil; International; Research

0623539BeckmanIn this International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering, Dr. Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues will establish an international research-experience program for 22 U.S. undergraduate students at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The focus will be on the complex engineering issues that advance greening the built environment and the more sustainable use of water. Next-generation design of building components and water-use technology will need to be sustainable to continue the advance in global quality of life. This three-year program will give students summer internships at the University of Pittsburgh's Mascaro Sustainability Initiative (MSI), followed by a rotation in Brazil at UNICAMP. U.S. undergraduate students in the early stages of their engineering careers will be selected on a competitive basis from the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and the University of Texas, El Paso. The objectives are to teach undergraduate engineering students to incorporate sustainability as a design constraint, to work in design teams and how to function in cross-cultural environments.This IRES activity should develop a cadre of talented young researchers, from a variety of backgrounds, with international experience and connections. The U.S. undergraduate students, drawn from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, are at a formative phase in their careers, when they are still developing their research skills and defining their research direction and questions. This IRES project will offer an international, collaborative research opportunity to U.S. students at a point in their education when such international mentorship and professional relationships can have the greatest impact on the selection of research questions, research design, study systems, and study locations.

在这项由国际科学与工程办公室支持的学生国际研究体验（IRES）项目中，匹兹堡大学的Eric J. Beckman博士及其同事将为匹兹堡大学和巴西圣保罗坎皮纳斯大学（UNICAMP）的22名美国本科生建立一个国际研究体验项目。重点将放在复杂的工程问题上，这些问题将促进建筑环境的绿化和更可持续地利用水。下一代建筑构件和用水技术的设计必须是可持续的，才能继续提高全球生活质量。这个为期三年的项目将让学生在匹兹堡大学的马斯卡罗可持续发展倡议（MSI）暑期实习，然后在巴西的UNICAMP进行轮岗。处于工程专业早期阶段的美国本科生将在匹兹堡大学、波多黎各-马亚圭斯大学和德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的竞争基础上被选中。目标是教工科本科生将可持续性作为设计约束，在设计团队中工作，以及如何在跨文化环境中发挥作用。这项IRES活动应该培养一批有才华的年轻研究人员，他们来自不同的背景，具有国际经验和联系。美国本科学生来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体，他们正处于职业生涯的形成阶段，他们仍在发展自己的研究技能，并确定自己的研究方向和问题。这个IRES项目将为美国学生提供一个国际合作研究的机会，在他们的教育阶段，这种国际指导和专业关系可以对研究问题的选择、研究设计、研究系统和研究地点产生最大影响。