NSERC CREATE-IRTG for the Alberta/TUM International Graduate School for Hybrid Functional Materials

NSERC CREATE-IRTG为阿尔伯塔/TUM混合功能材料国际研究生院（ATUMS）是阿尔伯塔大学和Technische Universität m<e:1> nchen的国际培训合作伙伴关系。ATUMS的目的是培养年轻的精英科学家和工程师的基本技术和非学科技能，使他们在革新和振兴加拿大经济的聚合物/材料部门中发挥关键作用。我们还将使学员成为不断发展的材料科学领域的世界领导者。这个全面整合的国际培训项目也为学员提供了获得宝贵经验和全球视野的独特机会，这对他们的职业成功至关重要。现代社会越来越依赖于先进的材料和它们所支持的技术。混合功能材料（HFMs）是一种尚未开发的资源；一些革命性的好处已经在航空航天、汽车和医疗行业得到了体现。就其本质而言，HFMs的发展和实施需要广泛的跨学科技能，现在和未来都需要训练有素的HFMs专业人员。ATUMS项目将为学员提供技能，以满足这些快速出现的需求，同时在负责任的能源管理应用（例如，电池技术，改进照明/ led，太阳能电池等）中研究HFMs的目标应用。

The NSERC CREATE-IRTG for the Alberta/TUM International Graduate School for Hybrid Functional Materials (ATUMS) is an international training partnership of the University of Alberta and the Technische Universität München. The purpose of ATUMS is to train young elite scientists and engineers in the essential technical and out-of-discipline skills that will enable them to play key roles in revolutionizing and revitalizing the polymer/materials sector of the Canadian economy. We will also equip trainees to become world leaders in the growing field of materials science. This fully integrated international training program also provides trainees with the unique opportunity to gain invaluable experience and global perspective crucial to their professional success. Modern society is becoming increasingly reliant upon advanced materials and the technology they support. Hybrid functional materials (HFMs) represent a largely untapped resource; some of their revolutionary benefits are already being felt in the aerospace, automotive, and medical industries. By their very nature, the development and implementation of HFMs require a broad and interdisciplinary skill set and there is a present and future demand for highly trained HFM professionals. The ATUMS program will provide trainees with the skill sets to satisfy these rapidly emerging needs while investigating HFMs with targeted applications in responsible energy management application (e.g., battery technologies, improved lighting/LEDs, solar cells, etc.).