IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN)

IGERT：太阳能利用网络（SUN）

• 批准号: 1144616
• 负责人: Willem Vermaas
• 金额: $ 300.66万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144616&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Solar; Utilization; Network; SUN

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award focuses on the energy transition from the current fossil-fuel-based economy to one where solar energy harvested by means of photovoltaics, solar-thermal, and photosynthesis-driven bioenergy approaches will become a keystone in global human energy use. Scalability, efficiency and economy of these three technical solar energy conversion approaches, along with societal components such as sustainability policy and responsible energy use, will all be necessary for success. This program supports the interdisciplinary training of diverse student cohorts in multiple solar energy conversion areas at different scales, integrated with a policy and social understanding, thus educating the next generation of citizen-scientists, innovative thinkers and enlightened policy makers who can guide society toward a sustainable energy future. Broader Impacts: In order to further enhance inclusion of students from all backgrounds, the SUN IGERT project will leverage agreements with schools and programs with significant enrollment of underrepresented groups, particularly Hispanics and Native Americans, to lower barriers for underrepresented minorities. Effective mentoring and use-inspired, application-oriented, integrative research projects will enhance retention in the program. This program will also provide the groundwork for a novel Energy Ph.D. program. Successes from our program can be emulated and adapted at other institutions nationally and globally, thus catalyzing the training of a much larger group of students who can shepherd society to a new, sustainable energy future.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit.

该综合研究生教育和研究实习生 (IGERT) 奖项的重点是从当前以化石燃料为基础的经济向通过光伏、太阳能热和光合作用驱动的生物能源方法收集的太阳能将成为全球人类能源使用的基石的能源转型。这三种太阳能转换技术方法的可扩展性、效率和经济性，以及可持续发展政策和负责任的能源使用等社会组成部分，都是成功所必需的。该项目支持对不同规模的多个太阳能转换领域的不同学生群体进行跨学科培训，并结合政策和社会理解，从而教育下一代公民科学家、创新思想家和开明的政策制定者，引导社会走向可持续能源的未来。 更广泛的影响：为了进一步增强对来自不同背景的学生的包容性，SUN IGERT 项目将利用与大量招收未被充分代表群体（特别是西班牙裔和美洲原住民）的学校和项目达成的协议，降低未被充分代表的少数群体的障碍。有效的指导和受使用启发、以应用为导向的综合研究项目将提高该计划的保留率。该计划还将为新型能源博士学位奠定基础。程序。我们项目的成功可以在全国和全球其他机构效仿和采用，从而促进培训更多的学生群体，引导社会迈向新的、可持续的能源未来。IGERT 是一个 NSF 范围内的项目，旨在应对美国博士学位教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，对所选学科有深厚的知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能。该项目旨在在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立研究生教育和培训的新模式，并让学生了解将研究转化为社会效益创新的过程。