IRES: Track 1: Self-Healable Materials Development

该IRES项目由国际科学与工程办公室(OISE)和激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助。第1部分：该计划将在荷兰代尔夫特理工大学(TU-Delft)培训不同的美国学生，在跨学科和全球研究环境中进行自我修复材料的协作性实验和计算研究。参与的学生将获得有关新材料发展的基本知识和国际经验，以及对在国外进行研究的文化和社会方面的欣赏。虽然一个目标是推动材料领域的发展，使整个社会受益，但该项目的最终目标是增强多样性，并通过国际经验为学生提供独特的动手教育机会，从而提高美国未来的全球竞争力。在为期三年的时间里，18名美国学生将参加该项目，他们将在面临国际研究合作的挑战和机遇的同时获得研究经验。第2部分：拟议的研究项目旨在开发在高科技和商品应用中具有增强可持续性和耐久性的自愈材料。学生将进行以下前沿项目：自修复陶瓷复合材料和金属陶瓷材料、聚合物分子结构对自修复的影响、自修复生物聚合物复合材料的动力学、自修复建筑混凝土材料、高速公路的自修复以及热障涂层的自修复模型。拟议的项目将带来新的进展，以指导可持续技术中未来材料的开发。该计划的总体目标是让学生在全球范围内了解新一代材料如何影响环境和社会需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This IRES project is co-funded by Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).Part 1:This program will train a diverse group of U.S. students in interdisciplinary and global research settings at the Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft) in the Netherlands to conduct collaborative experimental and computational research on self-healing materials. Participating students will gain fundamental knowledge and international experience on new materials’ developments as well as appreciation of cultural and social aspects of conducting research abroad. While one objective is to advance the field of materials from which the entire society will benefit, an ultimate goal of this project is to enhance diversity and provide students with unique hands-on educational opportunities through international experience, thus enhancing future US global competitiveness. Eighteen U.S. students during a three year period will participate in the program who will gain research experience while facing challenges and opportunities of international research collaborations. Part 2: The proposed research projects aim at the development of self-healable materials with enhanced sustainability and durability in high-tech and commodity applications. The following cutting edge projects that students will conduct are: self-Healing ceramic composites and metallo-ceramics materials, the Influence of polymer molecular structure on self-healing, dynamics of self-healing biopolymer composites, self-healing construction concrete materials, self-healing of motorways, and modelling of self-healing of thermal barrier coatings. The proposed projects will lead to new advances that will guide developments of future materials in sustainable technologies. The overall goal of the program is to provide students with a global awareness how new generations of materials may impact environment and societal needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.