IRES for Technologies to Mitigate Global Climate Change

这项面向学生的国际研究体验(IRES)项目侧重于与减缓全球气候变化相关的工程和技术项目，是北达科他大学(UND)、加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校(CPP)和英国利兹大学能源研究所(ERI)的合作项目。学生的研究项目将包括：提取、回收和加工藻类和生物质衍生的石油成分作为可再生燃料、化石衍生商品化学品的替代品和其他高价值特种化学品的新方法；利用纳米颗粒吸收太阳能以改进太阳能系统的基础研究；整合生物质热解/发电系统；为更可持续的民用航空业寻找消除障碍的方法；以及研究如何在美国和欧洲加快采用地区能源技术来提供供暖和制冷。这项研究将利用UND和CPP之间正在进行的合作伙伴关系，在英国一家领先的研究机构增加合作者。通过这一奖项，本科生和研究生研究人员将致力于正在进行的研究工作的关键组成部分，旨在开发有助于减少化石衍生碳的总体排放的技术，主要是来自能源资源的供应和使用。每年将有五名学生参加为期一年的项目，利兹大学为期九周的研究体验将构成该项目的核心。该主题旨在提供范围广泛的跨学科项目，以丰富学生体验。参与者将来自UND(一所研究型大学)和CPP(一所非博士拉美裔服务大学)，这两所大学与多条途径建立了强有力的合作伙伴关系，鼓励CPP的学生将研究视为未来的职业道路。

This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program focuses on engineering and technology projects related to mitigating global climate change, and is a collaboration between the University of North Dakota (UND), California State Polytechnic University at Pomona (CPP), and the Energy Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Leeds, UK. The student research projects will include: novel methods to extract, recover, and process the constituents of algae and biomass-derived oils for use as renewable fuels, replacements for fossil-derived commodity chemicals, and other high value specialty chemicals; fundamental studies of solar energy absorption by nanoparticles to improve solar energy systems; integrating biomass pyrolysis/electrical generation systems; identifying ways to remove barriers for a more sustainable civilian aviation industry; and studying ways to accelerate the adoption of district energy technologies for the supply of heating and cooling in both the US and Europe. The research will leverage an ongoing partnership between UND and CPP by adding collaborators at a leading UK research institute.Through this award, undergraduate and graduate student investigators will work on key components of ongoing research efforts aimed at developing technologies that help to mitigate the overall emission of fossil-derived carbon, primarily from the supply and use of energy resources, upon the atmosphere. An annual cohort of five students will participate in a year-long program, and a nine week research experience at Leeds will form the core of the program. The topic theme is designed to provide a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary projects that will enrich the student experience. Participants will be drawn from UND (a research university) and CPP (a nondoctoral Hispanic serving university) that have a strong partnership with multiple pathways to encourage CPP students to consider research as a future career path.