IRES: US-Swedish Student Research Experience in Colloidal Science and Interfacial Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm

IRES：斯德哥尔摩皇家理工学院 (KTH) 的美国-瑞典学生胶体科学和界面工程研究经验

• 批准号: 1358179
• 负责人: Ilona Kretzschmar
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358179&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; Swedish; Student; Research

The experience U.S. student participants obtain in the U.S.-Swedish summer research program at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), in Stockholm, focuses on colloidal science and interfacial engineering. Led by the prinicpal investigator, Ilona Kretzschmar of CUNY City College (CUNYCC), with Swedish counterparts,this interdisciplinary program encompasses research from traditional science and engineering disciplines and brings together qualified students from diverse backgrounds for a ten week program for early career research experience. Projects will range from biological colloids to new materials for energy storage and conversion, as well as fundamental science projects that address the assembly and interactions in the colloidal domain. Overall, the IRES program at KTH intentionally relies on an interdisciplinary team approach to train both graduate and undergraduate participants to be able to adapt to new disciplines, learn from each other, and to gain more global perspective and access to cutting edge colloidal science and interfacial engineering. The U.S.-Swedish research experiences for participants run for an annual ten week period and entail mentoring by the PI and counterparts centered in three major divisions of KTH, in Surface Science and Corrosion, Biotechnology, and Chemical Technology. To examine colloidal science in the broadest sense, planned activities range from work on compression of molecular and colloidal layers at interfaces and the measurement of colloidal interaction via the synthesis of biomolecules and sequencing of genes, to the fabrication of colloidal batteries and fuel cells. Prior to the actual research experience, IRES scholars receive research training at CUNYCC laboratories, meet with previous scholars, and network with Swedish exchange students in residence at CUNYCC. During the initial research experience abroad, students remain in touch with the PI via a combination of weekly and monthly reporting and video conferencing. The PI spends the final weeks of the program at KTH with the IRES participants to interact with mentors, ensure individual progress, and prepare for a cumulating conference in collaboration with the NYC-Louis Stokes for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP) Program through which many IRES students are recruited. KTH is ideally suited for a diverse IRES program as it educates a significant share of Sweden's engineering students and is a well-known Swedish public institution with an outstanding research portfolio and a student body similar to that of CUNYCC. The overall success of this cooperative and diverse IRES program is built on technically strong intellectual partnering and a mutually benefical working program structure that has proven successful in promoting synergy among lead researchers and excellent early-career team experiences for U.S. and Swedish student participants.

美国学生参与者在斯德哥尔摩皇家理工学院 (KTH) 的美国-瑞典夏季研究项目中获得的经验主要集中在胶体科学和界面工程。这个跨学科项目由首席研究员、纽约市立大学城市学院 (CUNYCC) 的 Ilona Kretzschmar 和瑞典同行领导，涵盖传统科学和工程学科的研究，并将来自不同背景的合格学生聚集在一起，参加为期十周的早期职业研究经验项目。项目范围从生物胶体到用于能量存储和转换的新材料，以及解决胶体域中组装和相互作用的基础科学项目。 总体而言，KTH 的 IRES 项目有意依靠跨学科团队方法来培训研究生和本科生参与者，使其能够适应新学科、相互学习、获得更多全球视野并接触尖端胶体科学和界面工程。 参与者的美国-瑞典研究体验每年持续十周，需要 PI 和 KTH 三个主要部门（表面科学与腐蚀、生物技术和化学技术）的同行的指导。为了从最广泛的意义上研究胶体科学，计划的活动范围包括界面处分子和胶体层的压缩以及通过生物分子合成和基因测序测量胶体相互作用，以及胶体电池和燃料电池的制造。在实际研究经验之前，IRES 学者在 CUNYCC 实验室接受研究培训，与以前的学者会面，并与居住在 CUNYCC 的瑞典交换生建立联系。在最初的国外研究经历期间，学生通过每周和每月的报告以及视频会议的方式与 PI 保持联系。 PI 在 KTH 与 IRES 参与者一起度过项目的最后几周，与导师互动，确保个人进步，并与纽约市路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与 (NYC-LSAMP) 项目合作准备累积会议，通过该项目招募了许多 IRES 学生。 KTH 非常适合多元化的 IRES 项目，因为它培养了瑞典很大一部分工程专业的学生，​​并且是瑞典著名的公共机构，拥有出色的研究成果和与 CUNYCC 类似的学生群体。这一合作性和多元化的 IRES 项目的总体成功建立在技术上强大的智力合作和互利的工作项目结构的基础上，事实证明，该结构成功地促进了主要研究人员之间的协同作用，并为美国和瑞典的学生参与者提供了出色的早期职业团队经验。