IRES: Carroll University CREATE Program

这一国际学生研究体验(IRES)项目为15名卡罗尔大学学生提供了在苏格兰斯特拉斯克莱德大学为期12周的研究体验。该项目的目标是双重的。第一，发展学生？跨学科的科学研究技能，将其嵌入小型本科院校无法提供的项目和设施中。为了实现这一目标，每个学生都将加入斯特拉斯西尔德大学理论与应用化学系的一个研究小组和一个项目，进行一个暑期的研究。第二个目标是通过强调体验的文化方面，为学生在相互依存和多元文化的科学环境(以及未来的职业)中茁壮成长做好准备。这项计划提高了跨文化意识和能力-来自旅行前的文化能力课程，海外文化研讨会，以及在另一种文化中生活和工作一个夏天的经历。为了支持更广泛地参与这一项目，特别努力从传统上在科学界代表性不足的群体中招募学生加入该项目。学生们将进行的研究是前沿的，与今天的S世界高度相关。在Strathclyde，我们的学生将开展与替代能源技术、纳米科学和材料化学相关的个人项目。特别是，他们将致力于自组装有机光伏材料、氧化还原流动电池系统，以及用于医疗诊断和治疗的纳米颗粒组件。这些学生将受益于一些可用的最先进的仪器，同时与各自领域的杰出研究人员合作。所有学生将在地方和国家会议上介绍他们的工作，我们预计许多学生还将为同行评议的出版物做出贡献，从而帮助向更广泛的科学界传播他们的成果。

This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project provides a 12-week research experience at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland for fifteen Carroll University students. The goals of the project are twofold. First, to develop students? cross-disciplinary scientific research skills by embedding them in projects and facilities that are not available at a small undergraduate institution. To achieve this goal, each student will join a research group and project in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at Strathcylde for a summer of research. The second goal is to prepare students to thrive in an interdependent and multicultural scientific environment (and future career) by emphasizing the cultural aspects of the experience. This program produces increased cross-cultural awareness and competence - derived from a pre-trip cultural competence course, cultural seminars overseas, and the experience of living and working in another culture for a summer. In order to support broader participation in this project, special effort is given to recruiting into the program students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. The research that the students will undertake is cutting-edge and highly relevant to today?s world. While at Strathclyde, our students will carry out individual projects related to alternative energy technology, nanoscience and materials chemistry. In particular, they will work on self-assembled organic photovoltaic materials, redox flow battery systems, and nanoparticle assemblies for healthcare diagnostics and therapy. The students will benefit from working on some of the most advanced instrumentation available, while collaborating with researchers who are pre-eminent in their fields. All students will present their work at local and national meetings, and we expect that many of the students will also contribute to peer-reviewed publications, thus helping to disseminate their results to the broader scientific community.