IRES: U.S. - Australia International Research Experience for Students: Materials for Energy Storage and Transduction

非技术性解释这个IRES整合了三个研究密集型机构的多个学术和研究项目，包括北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NCSU）、宾夕法尼亚州州立大学（PSU）和澳大利亚新南威尔士大学（UNSW）。在新南威尔士大学外国导师的指导下，六名学生参与者将完成为期10周的个人研究项目，为整体研究主题做出贡献。新成立的电介质和压电中心，NCSU，PSU和企业成员之间的合作，也将被利用，以提供主题研究项目和培训经验，是广泛的兴趣，为学生提供额外的演示机会，全球可持续能源的未来需要能源新材料的进步和实施储存和转换以及随之而来的科学家和工程师的发展，他们能够看到更大的问题并创造全球解决方案。能源储存和转换材料的统一研究主题将促进可持续能源技术和人力资本在这一全球需求领域的发展。IRES项目开发可持续能源部门的人力资本，并促进对可持续能源技术所依赖的现象和材料的理解。通过他们的项目和活动，美国学生被培养成为全球科学家和工程师，他们利用全球资源，寻求不同的观点和专业知识。这些活动还建立了一个国际网络，由来自三个不同研究密集型机构的科学家和工程师就具有高度社会相关性的专题进行合作。该项目的营销和招聘活动将促进和鼓励最具竞争力和多样化的学生申请人的申请。通过这些活动，该项目将继续保持调查人员在本科生和研究生研究项目中吸收妇女和代表性不足群体的人员的良好记录。研究成果将在国家和国际会议以及本科生研究研讨会上广泛传播，并发表在核心学科期刊上。技术说明学生研究项目将集中在材料极化现象，使电荷的存储和它之间的转换机械，热，和其他形式的能量。依赖于极化现象的电介质和压电材料对于从小型（微机电、微电子和无线通信系统）到大型（电动汽车和智能电网）的各种能源系统都至关重要。为了完成他们的项目，学生将接受培训，并利用国家的最先进的仪器和建模方法在新南威尔士大学，包括，例如，扫描探针显微镜，阴极发光光谱，X射线漫散射，共聚焦激光扫描探针显微镜，和密度泛函理论建模。除了他们的外国导师外，学生还将与NCSU和PSU的教师和学者互动，他们在这些研究领域对推进知识和培训学生有既得利益。

Non-technical explanation This IRES integrates several academic and research programs at three research-intensive institutions including North Carolina State University (NCSU), Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. Under the direction of a UNSW foreign mentor, each of six student participants will complete a 10-week individual research project that contributes to the overall research theme. The newly established Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, a collaboration between NCSU, PSU and corporate members, will also be leveraged in order to provide thematic research projects and training experiences that are of broad interest, additional presentation opportunities for students, and complementary undergraduate research opportunities in the U.S. A global sustainable energy future requires the advancement and implementation of new materials for energy storage and conversion and the concomitant development of scientists and engineers who exercise an ability to see bigger problems and create global solutions. The unifying research theme of Materials for Energy Storage and Transduction will promote the development of sustainable energy technologies and human capital in this area of global need. The IRES project develops human capital in the sustainable energy sector and advances the understanding of phenomena and materials that underpin sustainable energy technologies. Through their projects and activities, U.S. students are trained to be global scientists and engineers who leverage global resources and seek diverse perspectives and expertise. The activities also establish an international network of cooperating scientists and engineers from three different research-intensive institutions on topics of high societal relevance. The marketing and recruitment activities of the project will enable and encourage applications from the most competitive and diverse student applicants. Through these activities, the project will continue a strong track record by the investigators of engaging women and persons from underrepresented groups in undergraduate and graduate research projects. The results of the work will be broadly disseminated at national and international conferences and undergraduate research symposia and published in core, disciplinary journals.Technical description Student research projects will be focused on material polarization phenomena that enable the storage of electrical charge and its conversion between mechanical, thermal, and other forms of energy. The dielectric and piezoelectric materials that rely on polarization phenomena are critical to a variety of energy systems ranging from the small (microelectromechanical, microelectronic, and wireless communication systems) to the large (electric cars and smart grids). To accomplish their projects, students will be trained in and utilize state-of-the-art instrumentation and modeling approaches at UNSW including, for example, scanning probe microscopy, cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffuse scattering, confocal laser scanning probe microscopy, and density functional theory modeling. In addition to their foreign mentors, the students will interact with faculty and academics at NCSU and PSU who have a vested interest in advancing knowledge and training students in these research areas.