REU Site: Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050 (REALIZE-2050)

由辛辛那提大学（UC）主办的REU 2050年美国零排放行业领导力现场研究经验（REALIZE-2050）将建立一个跨学科的研究培训计划，以加速技术创新，以实现美国到2050年的净零碳排放目标。气候变化是我们这个时代的决定性问题，二氧化碳排放是气候变化的主要催化剂，不能仅靠任何单一的战略来缓解。这个为期十周的计划将使30名具有不同背景的本科生接触到能源效率，工业电气化，能源储存，低碳燃料，可再生能源和碳捕获/利用的前沿研究。学生将与五个部门和两个学院的12位世界级教师导师以及UC最先进的研究设施密切合作，以解决能源生产，制造，基础设施和运输脱碳的基础研究挑战，并全面了解缓解气候变化的全球挑战。REU的经验将显着影响学生的整体发展和职业轨迹。对于来自代表性不足的群体和非研究密集型机构的学生来说，这种影响可能更大。学生将把他们的知识，专业知识和连接到他们的家庭机构，积极影响他们更广泛的社区。由辛辛那提大学（UC）主办的REU网站REALIZE-2050（到2050年实现零排放的美国工业领导力的研究经验）将建立一个跨学科的研究培训计划，以加速技术创新，实现美国到2050年的净零碳排放目标。REALIZE-2050项目向学生参与者介绍了融合的研究方法，以满足美国的脱碳目标，利用国内制造业，人机界面和新能源经济的重大转变。在这个以学习者为中心的计划中，学生将研究脱碳技术的多个方面，并评估技术成熟度，可行性和新兴替代品的影响。研究活动将由脱碳专家导师监督，确保学生获得技能，知识和关键技术的意识，以实现净零排放。利用UC靠近美国制造业投资中心的位置，综合队列活动旨在通过制造业创新提高学生对工业脱碳工作的认识。参与者将通过播客报告他们的发现，旨在扩大公众对科学研究在脱碳中的作用的理解。强调从少数民族服务机构招聘将使REALIZE-2050 REU能够展示STEM中的声音多样性，同时在制造业，能源，安全，气候和经济快速变化的时期为全国对话做出持久的贡献。评估活动的结果将被严格评估并在工程教育界传播，从而有助于全国本科生研究计划的创新。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The REU Site Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050 (REALIZE-2050), hosted by the University of Cincinnati (UC), will build an interdisciplinary research training program to accelerate technology innovations for meeting the U.S. net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050. Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and CO2 emissions are a major catalyst of climate change that cannot be mitigated by any single strategy alone. This ten-week program will expose 30 undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds to cutting-edge research in energy efficiency, industrial electrification, energy storage, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, and carbon capture/utilization. Students will work closely with 12 world-class faculty mentors across five departments and two colleges and in UC’s state-of-the-art research facilities to address fundamental research challenges in decarbonization of energy generation, manufacturing, infrastructure, and transportation and gain a holistic understanding of the global challenge of mitigating climate change. The REU experience will significantly impact students’ overall development and career trajectory. This impact can be more substantial for students from underrepresented groups and institutions that are not research-intensive. Students will bring their knowledge, expertise, and connections to their home institutions to positively impact their broader community. The REU Site hosted by the University of Cincinnati (UC), REALIZE-2050 (Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050), will build an interdisciplinary research training program to accelerate technology innovations for meeting the U.S. net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050. The REALIZE-2050 project introduces student participants to convergent research approaches to meet the U.S. decarbonization targets, leveraging major transformations in domestic manufacturing, human-technology interfaces, and the new energy economy. In this learner-centered program, students will research multiple facets of the decarbonization technologies and assess the technological maturity, feasibility, and impacts of emerging alternatives. The research activities will be supervised by faculty mentors who are decarbonization experts, ensuring that students gain skills, knowledge, and awareness of critical technologies to achieve net-zero emissions. Leveraging UC’s location near the center of U.S. manufacturing investments, the integrated cohort activities are designed to raise students’ awareness of industrial decarbonation efforts through manufacturing innovations. Participants will report their findings through podcasts designed to broaden public understanding of the role of scientific research in decarbonization. An emphasis on recruiting from minority-serving institutions will enable the REALIZE-2050 REU to showcase the diversity of voices in STEM while creating a lasting contribution to the national dialogue in a time of rapid change in manufacturing, energy, security, climate, and the economy. Results from the assessment activities will be critically evaluated and disseminated in the engineering education community and thus contribute to innovation in undergraduate research programs nationwide.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.