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

该OISE奖是在项目招标04-036，国际学生研究经验（IRES）的基础上授予的。它将资助12名本科生在三个夏天前往中国，在两家世界级的化学研究所——大连化学物理研究所和大连理工大学——参加研究项目，这两家研究所都位于中国大连。本专业的研究主题是与多相催化相关的表面化学研究，涉及催化剂的分子动力学模拟和工程应用，重点是定义良好的纳米结构材料。该项目将与该领域的一个正在进行的PIRE项目协调，化学和化学工程专业的本科生将参与其中。学生将通过在圣巴巴拉的研究经历和中国语言和文化的培训，为10-12周的中国项目做好准备。该研究采用系统的方法来设计多相催化剂，不仅使用反应的实验测试，还使用理论模拟，这种方法有望比早期的经验方法更有效，更有效地为感兴趣的化学反应和技术价值寻找合适的催化剂。这种国际经验会拓宽学生的视野吗？了解世界，特别是中国，并为他们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做好准备。pi将努力包括代表性不足的少数民族，并且这种经历应该鼓励参与的本科生欣赏研究并继续读研。新催化剂的应用和定向合成的指导方针可能会支持改进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.