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

为了在专业上有效，下一代科学家必须学会在全球研究环境中作出贡献，并具有全球意识。了解研究如何在不同的文化中进行，当地文化如何影响科学和工程，以及一个人应该如何有效地进行国际交流，是必要学习的一部分。标准课程或在美国的研究经验不能教授这方面的知识。这个项目将在三年内每年夏天支持5名高级本科生研究人员，在日本的一个国家实验室进行紧张而高级的研究体验。参与者将从往年的NNIN REU计划中抽出。这确保了学生有一个形成良好的研究经验的基线，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接待的东道主。这一经历将发生在参与者职业生涯的关键时刻，因为他们正在为研究生院做准备。通过这项计划，他们将提高自己的研究技能，扩大他们在纳米技术方面的知识，扩大他们的文化视野，并获得信心，相信他们能够在具有挑战性的国际环境中有效地做出贡献，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.