IRES: US/UK Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Magnetics

技术摘要卡迪夫大学是英国和欧洲磁学研究领域的领先大学之一。它也是几位著名的磁学教员的所在地。卡迪夫大学和爱荷华州立大学有着长期的研究合作，PI和联席PI？S都曾在卡迪夫大学工作，并与现有教职员工建立了良好的网络关系。卡迪夫大学，特别是沃尔夫森磁学中心，提供常驻专家和访问先进的磁学测量设施。美国学生将从他们将在卡迪夫大学开展的工作中获得良好的研究经验，以及在国外工作的宝贵拓宽经验。以下五个研究主题符合爱荷华州立大学和卡迪夫大学的专业知识和兴趣，应该会吸引大量申请者参加该项目：磁热材料、磁致伸缩材料、无损评估(NDE)、经颅磁刺激(TMS)、磁系统中的磁滞统一理论。根据这项资助，来自爱荷华州各地学院和大学的五名学生、两名毕业生和三名本科生将被选为国际研究经验的永久居民。将特别努力招收STEM科目中代表性不足的少数族裔或女性学生。这些学生每年夏天将在卡迪夫大学呆十周，在爱荷华州立大学呆两周。研究生将被允许选择与其论文密切相关的研究课题。本科生将从爱荷华州立大学的电气与计算机工程、材料科学与工程、机械工程和/或物理系以及爱荷华州的社区学院中挑选出来。这些本科生最好在三年级结束时的暑期参加，以便他们回到美国后，如果愿意的话，可以参加类似领域的高级设计项目。非技术摘要爱荷华州立大学和英国卡迪夫大学将合作，在三年内每年夏天提供10周的研究机会。该项目将包括每年在卡迪夫大学学习的2名研究生和3名本科生。这些学生将成为美国永久居民，将从爱荷华州的学院和大学招募。将特别注意从大学招收STEM科目的女性和代表性不足的少数族裔学生。加的夫大学的沃尔夫森中心是欧洲领先的磁学研究机构之一。选择的研究主题是爱荷华州立大学和卡迪夫大学共同感兴趣的领域。其中包括：磁热材料、磁致伸缩材料、无损评估、经颅磁刺激和材料迟滞的计算机模拟。该项目将为学生提供在另一个国家的领先国际研究中心--英国卡迪夫大学沃尔夫森磁学中心获得研究经验的绝佳机会。这些令人兴奋的尖端项目还将激励本土本科生攻读研究生课程，并促使研究生考虑在研究和学术界谋职。PIS将通过访问爱荷华州的高中来推广该计划，通过展示与参与开创性研究相关的各种职业选择和国际旅行机会，帮助激发学生在大学考虑STEM科目。

Technical abstractCardiff University is one of the leading universities in the field of magnetics research in the UK and Europe. It is also home to several eminent faculty members in magnetics. Cardiff University and Iowa State Universities have had long-standing research collaborations and the PI and co-PI?s have all worked at Cardiff University and have good network connections with the current faculty and staff members. Cardiff University, and in particular the Wolfson Centre for Magnetics, offers resident expertise and access to advanced measurement facilities in magnetics. American students will gain good research experience from the work they will carry out at Cardiff University as well as the valuable broadening experience that comes from working in a foreign country. The following five research topics match expertise and interests at both Iowa State University and Cardiff University and should attract a large number of applicants to the program: Magnetocaloric Materials; Magnetostrictive Materials; Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE); Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS); Unified Theory of Hysteresis in Magnetic Systems. Five students, two graduates and three undergraduates from colleges and universities across Iowa and who are permanent residents of the United States will be chosen for international research experience under this grant. Special efforts will be made to recruit under-represented minority or female students in STEM subjects. The students will spend ten weeks each summer at Cardiff University and two weeks at Iowa State University. The graduate students will be allowed to choose the research topics which will be closely related to their thesis. The undergraduates will be selected from Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and/or Physics departments of Iowa State University and community colleges in Iowa. These undergraduate students will preferably participate in the summer months at the end of their junior year in order to enable them on their return to the United States, to take up senior design projects in similar areas if they wish. Non-technical abstractIowa State University and Cardiff University in the United Kingdom will collaborate to offer 10 week research opportunities each summer for three years. The project will include 2 graduate students and 3 undergraduate students who will study at Cardiff University each year. The students, who will be permanent residents of the United States will be recruited from colleges and universities across Iowa. Special attention will be given to recruiting women and under-represented minority students in STEM subjects from colleges. The Wolfson Centre at Cardiff University is one of Europe?s leading research institutes in magnetics. The topics chosen for the research are areas of common interest between Iowa State University and Cardiff University. These include: magnetocaloric materials, magnetostrictive materials, non-destructive evaluation, transcranial magnetic stimulation and computer modeling of hysteresis in materials. This project will provide outstanding opportunities for students to gain research experience at a leading international research center in another country - the Wolfson Centre for Magnetics at Cardiff University, UK. These exciting, cutting edge projects will also motivate home grown undergraduate students to take up graduate studies, and graduate students to think about careers in research & academia. PIs will promote the program by making visits to high schools in Iowa to help inspire the students to consider STEM subjects at university by demonstrating the various career options and opportunities for international travel in connection with participating in ground breaking research.