Next Generation Electrochemistry (NGenE): A Summer Research Institute

下一代电化学（NGenE）：夏季研究所

• 批准号: 1661629
• 负责人: Jordi Cabana
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1661629&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Next; Generation; Electrochemistry; NGenE; Summer

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Next Generation Electrochemistry (NGenE) are week-long student-centered summer intensive workshops that explore the frontiers of electrochemical research, which is at the core of many modern technologies. The event brings together a group graduate students with demonstrated interest and research experience in the field of electrochemistry with renowned electrochemists from across North America. The primary objective of the activity is to present fundamental questions and research at the frontiers of the field, and develop innovative strategies to address current gaps through collaboration and critical thinking. The format of NGenE is designed to accelerate advances at the frontier of electrochemistry in the United States, while developing a close-knit community of collaborators intent on tackling the most important fundamental questions with a direct impact on society, for instance, through novel energy technologies. The fundamental aspects presented by the instructors are broadly relevant, often applicable in other sub-fields of electrochemical research. A salient feature of the structure of NGenE is to contribute to the training of the next generation of electrochemists, fostering their critical thinking, and providing the tools to identify and tackle pioneering research priorities that produce meaningful societal advances through economic and environmental benefits.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONNext Generation Electrochemistry (NGenE) brings approximately 40 advanced graduate students and 10 distinguished lecturers together for five days to explore the frontiers of our scientific knowledge in electrochemistry. They examine fundamental phenomena that control the reactivity, transport and stability of electrochemical processes at an advanced level, identifying critical gaps in our understanding and innovative strategies to address them. NGenE explores these research frontiers through lectures, discussions and demonstrations, including a site visit to cutting-edge facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, as well as research projects developed by students under the mentoring of NGenE faculty. Faculty stimulate discussion by bringing unsolved challenges at the frontiers of electrochemistry to the fore, while working with students to develop and design innovative, forward-looking synthesis, characterization, theory, and simulation to solve problems in electrochemical science. The activity assumes baseline knowledge and prior experience in electrochemistry. As a result, NGenE does not ask, "What is electrochemistry?" but instead "What will electrochemistry become?" This focus on the fundamental knowledge gaps distinguishes NGenE from other summer workshops in electrochemistry. The goal of the activity is to stimulate a dialog between the current and the next generation of scientists in electrochemistry that spurs, in the future, an accelerated development of electrochemical science impacting applications in energy, medicine and manufacturing. This outcome would provide a clear societal benefit and contribute to the leadership of the US in this important discipline.

下一代电化学（NGenE）是为期一周的以学生为中心的夏季密集研讨会，探索电化学研究的前沿，这是许多现代技术的核心。该活动汇集了一群研究生，他们在电化学领域表现出兴趣和研究经验，并与来自北美各地的著名电化学家合作。该活动的主要目标是在该领域的前沿提出基本问题和研究，并制定创新战略，通过合作和批判性思维解决当前的差距。NGenE的形式旨在加速美国电化学前沿的进步，同时发展一个紧密的合作者社区，致力于解决对社会有直接影响的最重要的基本问题，例如，通过新的能源技术。教师提出的基本方面是广泛相关的，通常适用于电化学研究的其他子领域。NGenE结构的一个显著特点是有助于培养下一代电化学家，培养他们的批判性思维，并提供工具，以确定和解决开拓性的研究重点，通过经济和环境效益产生有意义的社会进步。技术支持下一代电化学（NGenE）汇集了大约40名高级研究生和10名杰出的讲师在一起，为期五天，探索我们在电化学科学知识的前沿。他们研究控制电化学过程的反应性，运输和稳定性的基本现象，确定我们理解的关键差距和解决这些问题的创新策略。NGenE通过讲座，讨论和演示探索这些研究前沿，包括实地考察阿贡国家实验室的尖端设施，以及由学生在NGenE教师的指导下开发的研究项目。教师通过将电化学前沿未解决的挑战带到前沿来激发讨论，同时与学生合作开发和设计创新的，前瞻性的合成，表征，理论和模拟来解决电化学科学中的问题。该活动假定在电化学的基础知识和先前的经验。因此，NGenE不会问：“什么是电化学？而是“电化学会变成什么？“这种对基本知识差距的关注将NGenE与电化学领域的其他夏季研讨会区分开来。该活动的目标是激发当前和下一代电化学科学家之间的对话，从而在未来推动电化学科学的加速发展，影响能源，医学和制造业的应用。这一结果将提供明确的社会效益，并有助于美国在这一重要学科中的领导地位。