IRES-Undergraduate Research in China on Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces

该OISE奖是根据项目征集04-036，学生的国际研究经验(IRES)授予的。它将资助12名本科生在三个夏天前往中国，参加两个世界级化学研究所-大连化学物理研究所和大连理工大学-的研究项目，这两个研究所都位于大连，即中国。该计划的研究主题是与多相催化相关的表面化学研究，包括分子动力学模拟和催化剂的工程应用，重点是明确定义的纳米结构材料。该计划将与该领域正在进行的PERE项目相协调，化学和化学工程专业的本科生将参与其中。学生们将通过在圣巴巴拉的研究经验和中国语言和文化的培训为在中国的10-12周项目做准备。这项研究采用了一种系统的方法来设计多相催化剂，不仅使用了反应的实验测试，还使用了理论模拟，这种方法有望比以前的经验方法更有效地为感兴趣的化学反应寻找合适的催化剂和技术价值。这一国际经验将拓宽学生的视野？了解世界，特别是中国，并使他们做好准备，在未来的职业生涯中与中国和美国的同事进行富有成效的接触。PIs将努力将代表人数不足的少数族裔包括在内，这一经历应该会鼓励参与的本科生欣赏研究并继续攻读研究生。新催化剂的应用和定向合成准则可能会支持改进的能源转换和化学品生产技术的发展。

This OISE award is granted on the basis of Program Solicitation 04-036, International Research Experiences for Students (IRES). It will fund 12 undergraduate students over three summers to travel to China to join research projects in two world-class chemistry institutes, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the Dalian University of Technology, both in Dalian, China. The research theme of this program is the study of surface chemistry related to heterogeneous catalysis, involving both molecular-dynamics simulations and engineering applications of catalysts, with emphasis on well-defined nanostructured materials. The program will be coordinated with an on-going PIRE project in this area, and undergraduate students of chemistry and chemical engineering will participate. Students will be prepared for the 10-12 week program in China by research experience in Santa Barbara and training in Chinese language and culture. The research takes a systematic approach to the design of heterogeneous catalysts, using not only experimental testing of reactions but also theoretical simulations, an approach that promises to be more efficient and effective than earlier empirical approaches to finding suitable catalysts for chemical reactions of interest and technological value.This international experience will broaden the students? understanding of the world, especially China, and prepare them to engage with Chinese and American colleagues productively in the future course of their careers. The PIs will make an effort to include underrepresented minorities, and the experience should encourage the participating undergraduates to appreciate research and to continue to graduate school. The applications of new catalysts and the guidelines for directed synthesis are likely to support the development of improved technologies for energy conversion and chemicals production.