IRES-International Research Experience in Nanotechnology-NNIN and NIMS 2010

为了在专业上取得成效，下一代科学家必须学会在全球研究环境中做出贡献，并成为具有全球意识的科学家。了解如何在不同的文化中进行研究，当地文化如何影响科学和工程，以及如何有效地进行国际交流，是必要学习的一部分。标准的课程或在美国的研究经历无法教会这一点。该项目将在三年的时间里，每年夏天资助5名高级本科研究人员在日本国家实验室进行高强度的高级研究。参与者将从往年的NNIN REU项目中抽取。这确保了学生有一个良好的研究经验基础，并以此为基础，我们对他们的潜力有一个可靠的评估。事实证明，日本国家材料科学研究所的外国合作伙伴是我们学生最有效和最愿意的东道主。这段经历将在学员职业生涯的关键时刻到来，因为他们正在为研究生院做准备。通过这个项目，他们将提高他们的研究技能，扩大他们在纳米技术方面的知识，扩大他们的文化视野，并获得在充满挑战的国际环境中有效贡献的信心，并成为有效的全球科学家。

To be effective professionally the coming generation of scientists must learn to contribute within the global research environment and be globally aware scientists. An understanding of how research is conducted in different cultures, how local culture affects science and engineering, and how one should communicate effectively internationally, is part of the necessary learning. A standard curriculum or US-based research experience can't teach this.This program will support 5 advanced undergraduate researchers each summer for three years for an intense and advanced research experience at a National Laboratory in Japan. Participants will be drawn from prior years' NNIN REU program. This assures that the students have a well formed baseline of research experience from which to build and that we have a reliable assessment of their potential. The foreign partners at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan have proven to be most effective and willing hosts for our students. This experience will come at a critical time in the participants' careers as they prepare for graduate school. Through this program they will advance their research skills, expand their knowledge in nanotechnology, expand their cultural horizons, and gain confidence that they can contribute effectively in a challenging international context, and be effective global scientists.