Removable surfactant phases on particles and membranes between Western Kentucky University and National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan

该奖项根据 2009 年美国复苏与再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资助。该奖项每年资助七名西肯塔基大学学生在台湾膜科学领域的暑期研究经历，为期三年。学生们将与 PI Conte 一起前往台湾台中的国立中兴大学 (NCHU)，进行为期十周的导电膜表面活性剂电控制研究。其中五名温肯大学学生将是化学专业的本科生，两名学生将是温肯大学加顿学院数学与科学高中的学生。这些温州肯恩大学的学生将在国立大学化学工程系孙成毅教授和她的学生的实验室工作。学生将在海外攻读博士学位时获得对化学研究的欣赏。授予机构。而孙教授的两名学生将在学年期间通过台湾国家研究委员会的资助参观 PI 在温州肯恩大学的实验室。这项合作研究的结果将通过同行评审的出版物以及在匹兹堡会议和美国化学会全国会议等会议上的演讲进行传播。参与该项目的合格温州肯恩大学学生将是少数民族和/或来自大学毕业生人数较少的县的学生。作为此次体验的一部分，温州肯恩大学的学生将参观台北市和太拉阁国家公园等台湾文化区，并参加由国立中大赞助的中国文化和语言课程。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The award supports summer research experiences in Taiwan in the area of membrane science for seven Western Kentucky University students each year for three years. The students will travel with PI Conte to the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in Taichung, Taiwan to conduct ten weeks of research on the electrical control of surfactants on conductive membranes. Five of the WKU students will be undergraduates majoring in Chemistry and two will be WKU Gatton Academy Math and Science High School students. These WKU students will be working in the Department of Chemical Engineering at NCHU in the laboratory of Professor Shing-Yi Suen and her students. The students will gain an appreciation for chemical research at an overseas Ph.D. granting institution. In turn, two of Professor Suen?s students will visit the PI?s laboratory at WKU during the academic year through funding provided by Taiwan?s National Research Council. Results of this collaborative research will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and at presentations at meetings such as the Pittsburgh Conference and The National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Qualified WKU students participating in this project will be minorities and/or those students originating from counties that have low numbers of college graduates. As a part of this experience, WKU students will visit cultural areas in Taiwan such as Taipei city and Tarako National Park and be enrolled in a Chinese Culture and Language class sponsored by NCHU.