IRES for Technologies to Mitigate Global Climate Change

IRES 缓解全球气候变化技术

• 批准号: 1458962
• 负责人: Wayne Seames
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2019-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458962&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Technologies; Mitigate; Global; Climate

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.

这个国际研究经验的学生（IRES）计划的重点是工程和技术项目有关缓解全球气候变化，是北达科他州（UND），加州州立理工大学波莫纳（CPP）和能源研究所（ERI）之间的合作大学在利兹，英国大学。学生的研究项目将包括：提取，回收和处理藻类和生物质衍生油成分的新方法，用于可再生燃料，化石衍生商品化学品的替代品和其他高价值的特种化学品;太阳能吸收纳米粒子的基础研究，以改善太阳能系统;整合生物质热解/发电系统;确定消除障碍的方法，以实现更可持续的民用航空业;并研究如何加快采用区域能源技术，在美国和欧洲提供供暖和制冷。 该研究将利用UND和CPP之间正在进行的合作伙伴关系，通过增加英国领先研究机构的合作者，通过该奖项，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，主要来自能源的供应和使用，对大气的影响。 每年有五名学生参加为期一年的项目，在利兹为期九周的研究经验将构成该项目的核心。主题主题旨在提供广泛的跨学科项目，丰富学生的体验。 参与者将来自UND（一所研究型大学）和CPP（一所非博士西班牙裔服务大学），这些大学与多种途径建立了强有力的合作关系，以鼓励CPP学生将研究视为未来的职业道路。