Collaborative Research PREM: City College-Chicago MRSEC Partnership on the Dynamics of Heterogeneous and Particulate Materials

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。纽约城市学院(CCNY)的材料研究与教育伙伴关系(PREM)涉及与芝加哥大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)的合作。PREM有两个广泛的目标：提供材料动力学领域最高质量的研究和教育机会；利用CCNY？S多样化和高质量的学生群体和研究型大学地位，推动在材料科学领域代表不足的群体永久增加参与。这项研究的首要目标是开发描述材料动力学的方法学。这项工作有可能在许多领域产生重大影响。CCNY-Chicago Prem将CCNY在模拟和建模方面的优势与芝加哥在实验和理论方面的专业知识相结合，为下一代材料制定设计原则。这项研究的重点是两个关键领域的动力学，即非均相系统和颗粒系统，其中将探索动力学在制造新材料中的作用。该团队将研究以下主题：1)液滴在撞击过程中的动力学，2)使用微米级颗粒和生物分子的新型组装技术，以及3)胶体和颗粒颗粒的组装。这些系统中的物质形成过程远远不是平衡的，对于这些条件，需要数值模拟技术来洞察在小尺度上发生的现象(例如，粒子)，以及它们与整个混合物或系统行为的关系。这样的模拟结果支持了对材料合成过程工程有用的模型的开发。发展科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)的人力资源基础对PREM的使命至关重要。这一合作关系将利用发现过程固有的兴奋感来招募和培养高中、本科生和研究生以及博士后水平的有才华的学生。这将使CCNY不仅在非均质和颗粒系统的动力学方面处于领先地位，而且在STEM中代表性不足的人才培养方面也处于领先地位。为了帮助实现其目标，这一伙伴关系将寻求一个具有广泛代表性的咨询委员会的指导，该委员会包括一名高中校长以及学术界和工业界领袖。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The Partnership in Research and Education in Materials (PREM) at the City College of New York (CCNY) involves a collaboration with the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Chicago. The PREM has two broad goals: to provide the highest quality research and education opportunities in material dynamics; and to use CCNY?s diverse and high-quality student body and research university status to drive permanent added participation of under-represented groups in materials science. The overarching goal of the research is to develop methodology for description of material dynamics. This work has potential for major impact in many fields. The CCNY-Chicago PREM combines strengths of CCNY in simulation and modeling with the Chicago expertise in experiments and theory to develop design principles for next-generation materials. The research focuses on the dynamics of two key areas, namely heterogeneous and particulate systems, in which the role of the dynamics in making new material will be explored. The team will investigate the following topics: 1) dynamics of droplets during impact, 2) novel assembly techniques using micron sized particles and bio-molecules, and 3) assemblies of colloidal and granular particles. The material formation processes in these systems are far from equilibrium, and for these conditions there is a need for numerical simulation techniques to provide insight to the phenomena occurring at the small scales (e.g. of the particles), and their relation to the overall mixture or system behavior. Such simulation results support development of models useful for engineering of materials synthesis processes. Developing the human resource base in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is vital to the mission of the PREM. The partnership will use the excitement intrinsic to the discovery process to recruit and train talented students at the high school, undergraduate and graduate, as well as post-doctoral levels. This will establish CCNY as a leader not only in the dynamics of heterogeneous and particulate systems, but also in the development of under-represented talent in STEM. To aid in accomplishing its goals, this partnership will seek guidance from an advisory committee with broad representation, including a high school principal, as well as academic and industrial leaders.