International Research Experience for Students (IRES): U.S.-Sweden Work, Engineering and Design in Nanatechnology

OISE 0728242 Allen这个美国-瑞典学生国际研究体验项目(IRES)将来自内布拉斯加-林肯大学和佛罗里达州立大学的合作伙伴与来自卢利亚理工大学和皮特亚复合材料研究所(SICOMP)的瑞典合作伙伴联系在一起。由林肯的David H.Allen教授和塔拉哈西的Namas Chandra教授领导的美国团队将复合材料建模和机械性能方面的专业知识带到与瑞典工程师的一个为期三年的合作项目中，瑞典工程师在材料结构表征和天然纤维复合材料方面具有互补优势。他们是卢利亚的Janis Varna教授和SICOMP的Anders Holmberg博士。他们的共同目标是为先进复合材料工程领域做出贡献，同时为研究生和本科生提供经验，帮助他们成功地参与学术界或工业界的国际研究。在瑞典参加IRES期间，美国的研究生和本科生将接触到先进复合材料的设计、分析、测试、制造、部署和处置的整个周期。他们将参与指导性研究，包括检查先进复合材料、增强聚合物基质和来自天然材料的纳米纤维。总体而言，美国和瑞典的主要合作伙伴及其学生的合作努力有望有助于我们理解与增强聚合物基质相关的工艺。如果成功，研究成果可能会改善基于可再生资源的复合材料的机械性能。这一工程和复合材料领域的跨学科IRES通过使美国和欧洲的专家能够结合互补的人才并在相互感兴趣和能力很强的领域共享研究资源来实现促进科学知识的计划目标。更广泛的影响包括将美国研究生和本科生早期职业介绍给国际研究界的领先工程师，他们参与复合材料的设计以及创新的加工和制造方法。

OISE 0728242AllenThis U.S.-Swedish program for International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) links partners from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Florida State University with Swedish counterparts from Lulea University of Technology and the Institute of Composites, in Pitea (SICOMP). The U.S. team, led by Prof. David H. Allen, in Lincoln, and Prof. Namas Chandra, in Tallahassee, brings expertise in modeling and mechanical performance of composites to a three-year collaborative program with Swedish engineers who have complementing strengths in materials structural characterization and natural fiber composites. They are Prof. Janis Varna, in Lulea, and Dr. Anders Holmberg at SICOMP. All share the goal of contributing to the field of advanced composite materials engineering while providing graduate and undergraduate students with experience that will help them engage successfully in international research in academia or industry. While in Sweden as IRES participants, U.S. graduate and undergraduate students will gain exposure to the full cycle in design, analysis, testing, manufacture, deployment and disposal of advanced composites. They will participate in mentored research that involves examination of advanced composites, reinforced polymer matrices, and nanofibers from natural materials. Overall, the collaborative efforts of the lead U.S. and Swedish partners and their students are expected to contribute to our understanding of processes associated with reinforced polymer matrices. If successful, research results may lead to improved mechanical performance in composite materials that are based on renewable resources.This interdisciplinary IRES in engineering and composite materials fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and Europe to combine complementary talents and share research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. Broader impacts include early career introduction of U.S. graduate and undergraduate students to leading engineers in the international research community who are involved in the design of composites as well as innovative processing and manufacturing methods.