Joint Undertaking for an African Materials Institute (JUAMI)

非洲材料研究所联合项目 (JUAMI)

• 批准号: 2023698
• 负责人: Sossina Haile
• 金额: $ 33.37万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2023698&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Joint; Undertaking; African; Materials; Institute

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Joint Undertaking for African Materials Institute (JUAMI) is an Advanced Studies Institute that serves to connect materials researchers in Africa with those in the United States. The December 6-18, 2020 school in Nairobi, Kenya on "Materials for Sustainable Energy" will enable participants to explore shared scientific challenges and to co-generate new knowledge and innovative solutions with colleagues who bring different national, cultural and institutional perspectives. World-renowned experts will teach courses and provide opportunities for hands-on learning. The Institute promises to strengthen the capacity of the African Materials Science community by providing short-term graduate level training of African students and researchers by some of the world's top scientists during a two-week school. It benefits U.S. participants by not only providing access to these same top scientists, but also because it immerses the US participants in a rich, transcontinental network of collaborators.TECHNICAL DETAILS: Motivated by the need to develop and sustain positive international scientific relationships between the scientific communities in the United States and Africa, JUAMI employs a unique format to address three primary concerns: the creation of new knowledge and innovative solutions through cross-cultural collaborations, the need for U.S. graduate students and faculty to be engaged in international research collaborations and networks, and the value to the United States of remaining a desired collaboration partner for African counterparts. This two-week school, which follows on earlier such schools, focuses on "Materials for Sustainable Energy", a topic at the frontier of materials research, with lectures offered by world-renowned experts recruited both internationally and locally. The curriculum includes directed hands-on activities, lectures, and the preparation/presentation of group proposals that give rise to ongoing cross-cultural collaborative research projects. Experts from the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching at Northwestern University provide ongoing assessment to quantify educational outcomes and improve pedagogy and program structure. In addition, a graduate student in Northwestern’s acclaimed media arts program is recruited to document the activities for subsequent public dissemination of JUAMI activities. The 2020 school takes advantage of JUAMI's existing clearing house, a virtual gathering place, to connect researchers and resources across international boundaries. The institute’s unique format, essentially a hybrid between a state-of-the-art conference offering advanced seminars and a school with hands-on learning opportunities, is key to achieving mutual benefit for the United States and Africa.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.

非技术描述：非洲材料研究所（JUAMI）的联合企业是一家高级研究所，可将非洲的材料研究人员与美国的研究人员联系起来。 2020年12月6日至18日在肯尼亚内罗毕的“可持续能源材料”的学校将使参与者能够探索共同的科学挑战，并与带来不同国家，文化和机构观点的同事共同生成新的知识和创新解决方案。世界知名的专家将教课程并为动手学习提供机会。该研究所承诺通过在为期两周的学校中为世界上一些顶级科学家提供非洲学生和研究人员的短期研究生培训，从而增强非洲材料科学界的能力。它不仅可以通过提供这些同一顶级科学家的访问权，还因为它使美国参与者融入了一个丰富的，跨国的合作者网络中，这使美国参与者受益。技术细节：需要建立和维持积极的国际科学关系的动机，以解决美国和非洲的科学社区之间的科学社区，以解决三种基本知识，以解决新知识，以解决新的知识：创建新的知识，创造新的社会，以解决新的知识。美国的研究生和教职员工从事国际研究合作和网络，以及对美国仍然是非洲同行的理想合作伙伴的价值。这座为期两周的学校是较早的学校，重点是“可持续能源材料”，这是材料研究边界的一个主题，由世界知名的专家在国际和本地招募的世界著名专家提供的讲座。该课程包括实践活动，讲座以及群体提案的准备/呈现，这些建议会导致持续正在进行的跨文化协作研究项目。西北大学西北大学学习和教学中心的专家提供了持续的评估，以量化教育成果并改善教学法和计划结构。此外，还招募了西北著名媒体艺术计划的一名研究生，以记录随后公开传播JUAMI活动的活动。 2020年的学校利用了Juami现有的空地杂货店（虚拟聚会场所），将研究人员和资源跨越国际边界联系起来。该研究所的独特格式本质上是一个最先进的会议，提供高级准则和具有动手学习机会的学校之间的混合性，是为美国和非洲赢得共同利益的关键。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的智力功能和广泛的影响来评估CRETERIA，以评估的支持是珍贵的。