PIRE: Nuclear Energy Systems and Materials under Extreme Conditions

开发和改进用于核和尖端应用的先进材料将使能源系统以更高的可靠性，安全性和经济性运行，同时提高可持续性并限制负面环境影响。这项研究将大大减少发展未来能源技术的主要瓶颈，即，缺乏在极端环境下使用的可靠的抗损坏材料。 这项研究将极大地推进粒子和等离子体束在极端辐照条件下与各种材料相互作用的知识。 随着全球对能源的需求不断增加，这些科学成果对发达国家和发展中国家的近期和长期系统建模和能源规划产生了相关的政策影响。 改善可持续性成果，同时确保我们的能源未来需要一个全球视野，汇集适当的人员和资源，不仅促进基础研究，而且确保存在一个多元化，具有全球意识和训练有素的科学家，政策专家和行业工人干部。 该项目的目标是提供强大的计算机资源和实验验证，以最大限度地减少材料性能的基于辐照的设计约束，同时将该研究置于可持续性，资源管理和全球能源政策的更大背景下。 该项目利用国际研究伙伴关系，开发在极端条件下进一步研究材料所必需的人力资本。 它汇集了日本，俄罗斯，德国和爱尔兰的主要合作伙伴和研究机构，这将使研究生跨学科研究，重点是核能/聚变，光刻，高能和核物理应用。 没有一个位置可以提供所有这些设施;在普渡大学，伊利诺伊州和塔斯基吉资源一起，学生获得建模，仿真和实验的关键经验。从实验研究中获得的科学成果也可能对工业部门产生深远的影响，例如使用EUVL的半导体制造以及太阳能，风能和煤炭等能源部门。 教育模式的重点是让学生参与课程相关和研究机会，并提供多种类型的国际经验，以培养全球能力。该项目由NSF的国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）通过PIRE资助。

The development and refinement of advanced materials for nuclear and cutting edge applications will allow energy systems to operate with increased reliability, safety, and economy while increasing sustainability and limiting negative environmental impacts. This research will significantly reduce the principal bottleneck for developing future energy technologies, i.e., the lack of reliable damage-resistant materials for use under extreme environments. The research will critically advance knowledge about the interaction of particle and plasma beams with various materials under extreme irradiation conditions. These scientific outcomes have related policy impacts for systems modeling and energy planning in both the near and long term for both developed and developing countries as global appetites for energy continue to increase. Improving sustainability outcomes while securing our energy future entails a global outlook that brings together the appropriate people and resources to not only advance basic research but also to ensure the existence of a diverse, globally-minded and well-trained cadre of scientists, policy specialists, and industry workers. The goal for this project is to provide robust computer resources and experimental validation to minimize irradiation-based design constraints of materials performance while situating this research within a larger context of sustainability, resource management, and global energy policy. This project draws on international research partnerships to develop the human capital essential for further work in materials under extreme conditions. It brings together key partners and research facilities in Japan, Russia, Germany, and Ireland that will enable graduate student research across disciplines with a focus on Nuclear Energy/Fusion, Lithography, and High Energy and Nuclear Physics Applications. No one location can provide all these facilities; together with resources at Purdue, Illinois, and Tuskegee, students gain critical experience in modeling, simulation, and experimentation. Scientific gains from the experimental research also have potentially far-reaching implications for industrial sectors such as semi-conductor manufacturing using EUVL as well as in energy sectors including solar, wind, and coal. The education model focuses on engaging students in both course-related and research opportunities and on providing multiple types of international experiences that develop global competencies. The project is funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) through the PIRE.