U.S.-Australia Seminar: Electronic Materials Research Collaborations

该奖项支持美国博士后和研究生参与美澳合作，包括：1)出席国际电子材料会议(ICEM)；2)参观澳大利亚大学、研究所和行业实验室的多个设施；3)与潜在的合作者会面，讨论和规划潜在的合作研究项目。联合组织者是位于伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿的西北大学材料研究所所长张荣平教授和位于堪培拉的澳大利亚国立大学物理科学与工程研究院院长吉姆·威廉姆斯教授。威廉姆斯博士也是澳大利亚材料研究学会的主席。在访问之前，将发展一些潜在的研究团队。每个团队将包括至少一名来自美国的资深合作者和一名初级合作者，以及一名来自澳大利亚的资深合作者和一名初级合作者。他们将被鼓励进行接触，讨论各自的兴趣和能力，并在澳大利亚会面之前开始集思广益，讨论潜在的合作项目。在访问澳大利亚大学期间，所有学生将与他们的资深合作者一起制定合作项目计划。然后，在ICEM会议结束时，学生团队将在材料世界网络(MWN)的研讨会上就他们的合作项目计划做五分钟的陈述。这个网络连接了世界各地不同的研究中心、政府机构、学术机构、国家实验室、技术协会和工业合作伙伴。此外，在访问期间，学生团队将参加当地主办机构安排的文化参观和活动。这些活动将促进非正式联系和项目规划。联合组织者在这一领域拥有互补的科学专门知识。这使他们能够评估并吸引最好的博士后和研究生参与到这个特殊的机会中来。拟议中的项目将通过帮助年轻的美国研究人员培养领导和参与全球研究活动所需的专业技能，来建设美国的研究和教育能力。此外，该项目将在美国和澳大利亚的研究人员之间建立一个新的连接水平，这将在未来许多年造福两国和全球研究界。会议结束后，合作者打算开发一个网站，其中将包括国际教育、科学及文化中心的学生陈述。与会者还计划制定合作研究提案，提交给资助机构。

0750743ChangThis award supports the participation of American postdocs and graduate students in a U.S. Australia collaboration that includes: 1) attendance at the International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM); 2) visiting a number of facilities at Australian universities, research institutes and industry labs; and 3) meetings with potential collaborators to discuss and plan potential collaborative research projects. The co-organizers are Professor R. P. H. Chang, Director of the Materials Research Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and Professor Jim Williams, Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University in Canberra. Dr. Williams is also President of the Australian Materials Research Society. Before the visit, a number of potential research teams will be developed. Each of these teams will include at least one senior and one junior collaborator from the U.S. and one senior and one junior collaborator from Australia. They will be encouraged to make contact to discuss their respective interests and capabilities and begin brainstorming potential collaborative projects before meeting in Australia. While visiting the Australian universities, all of the students will work with their senior collaborators to develop collaborative project plans. Then at the end of the ICEM conference, the student teams will make five minute presentations on their collaborative project plans during the Symposium Session on the Materials World Network (MWN). This network connects a diverse community of research centers, government agencies, academic institution, national laboratories, technical societies, and industrial partners around the world. Also, during the trip the student teams will take part in cultural visits and activities arranged by local host institutions. These activities will promote informal networking and project planning.The co-organizers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. This enables them to evaluate and attract the best postdocs and graduate students to participate in this exceptional opportunity. The proposed project will build U.S. research and education capacities by helping young U.S. researchers develop the professional skills necessary to lead and participate in global research initiatives. In addition, the project will establish a new level of connectivity among U.S. and Australian researchers that will benefit both nations and the global research community for many years to come. Following the meeting, it is the intent of the collaborators to develop a web site which will include the ICEM student presentations. Participants also plan to develop collaborative research proposals for submission to funding agencies.