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

PREM：城市学院-芝加哥 MRSEC 关于异质和颗粒材料动力学的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0934206
• 负责人: Jeffrey Morris
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PREM; City; College; Chicago; MRSEC

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 ofmodels 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.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。纽约市城市学院（CCNY）的材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系涉及与芝加哥大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）合作。 PREM有两个广泛的目标：提供最高质量的研究和教育机会；并使用CCNY的多元化和高质量的学生团体和研究大学的地位来推动代表性不足的团体在材料科学中的永久增加。该研究的总体目标是开发描述材料动态的方法。 这项工作在许多领域都具有重大影响。CCNY-CHICAGO PREM将CCNY在模拟和建模中的优势与实验和理论的芝加哥专业知识相结合，以制定下一代材料的设计原理。 该研究的重点是两个关键领域的动态，即异质和颗粒系统，其中将探索动态在制造新材料中的作用。该团队将研究以下主题：1）撞击过程中液滴的动力学，2）使用微米大小的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。 这些系统中的材料形成过程远非平衡，在这些条件下，需要数值模拟技术来洞悉在小尺度（例如颗粒）中发生的现象，及其与整体混合物或系统行为的关系。 这样的仿真结果支持模型的开发，可用于工程材料合成过程。发展科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）方面的人力资源基础对于PREM的使命至关重要。 该合作伙伴关系将利用发现过程的兴奋，以招募和培训高中，本科生和研究生以及博士后水平的才华横溢的学生。这将确立CCNY为领导者，不仅在异质和颗粒系统的动态中，而且在STEM中代表性不足的人才的发展中。 为了帮助实现其目标，该合作伙伴关系将向一个广泛代表的咨询委员会寻求指导，包括高中校长以及学术和工业领导者。