Graduate Research Traineeships in Environmentally Friendly Natural Gas Technologies

增加天然气的使用以代替石油产品将有利于环境和国民经济。 然而，目前的技术障碍阻止了天然气在几个关键应用中的更多使用。 俄克拉荷马州大学化学工程与材料科学学院（CEMS）是一个多学科、多机构中心的牵头部门，该中心正在开发环境友好型天然气技术。 研究目标包括甲烷转化为高价值化学品的技术，在中等温度和压力下的高密度天然气储存，天然气汽车排放控制技术，以及改进的天然气燃料电池。 五个研究生研究培训将有助于建立新中心的基础，并有助于其使命。 将于1994年秋季向进入CEMS的五名研究生颁发培训名额。 学员将参与合作研究与同事在行业，在其他学科，并在其他大学。 学员还将有机会担任本科研究人员的导师，该计划旨在增强学员的研究经验，并影响本科生考虑研究生化学工程学习。

Increased utilization of natural gas in place of petroleum- based products would benefit the environment as well as the National economy. However, technological hurdles currently prevent much greater use of natural gas in several key applications. The School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences (CEMS) at the University of Oklahoma is the lead department in a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional center being formed to develop environmentally friendly natural gas technologies. Research goals include technologies for methane conversion to higher value chemicals, high density natural gas storage at moderate temperature and pressure, technologies for natural gas vehicles' emissions control, and improved natural gas fuel cells. The five Graduate Research Traineeships will help build the foundation of the new center and contribute to its mission. The traineeships will be awarded in Fall, 1994 to five graduate students entering CEMS. Trainees will be involved in collaborative research with colleagues in industry, in other disciplines, and at other universities. Trainees also will have the opportunity to serve as mentors for undergraduate researchers, a program designed to enhance the research experience of the trainee and influence the undergraduate to consider graduate chemical engineering study.