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）资助的。纽约城市学院（CCNY）的材料研究与教育合作伙伴关系（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有两大目标：在材料动力学方面提供最高质量的研究和教育机会；并使用CCNY？美国多元化和高质量的学生群体和研究型大学地位，以推动未被充分代表的群体永久参与材料科学。本研究的首要目标是发展描述材料动力学的方法。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，以开发下一代材料的设计原则。研究重点是两个关键领域的动力学，即异质和颗粒系统，其中动力学在制造新材料中的作用将被探索。该团队将研究以下主题：1)撞击过程中液滴的动力学，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非平衡，对于这些条件，需要数值模拟技术来提供在小尺度（例如粒子）上发生的现象的洞察力，以及它们与整体混合物或系统行为的关系。这样的模拟结果支持了材料合成过程工程模型的开发。发展科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的人力资源基础对PREM的使命至关重要。该合作伙伴关系将利用发现过程中固有的兴奋来招募和培养高中、本科、研究生以及博士后水平的优秀学生。这将使CCNY不仅成为异构和微粒系统动力学方面的领导者，而且成为STEM中代表性不足的人才发展方面的领导者。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，其中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.