Inter-American Materials Collaboration: Chicago-Chile

这一美洲材料合作项目启动了芝加哥大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)与智利大学、圣地亚哥大学和智利洛斯安第斯大学的一组智利研究人员之间的交流项目。合作研究解决了参与研究人员共同感兴趣的非线性物理问题。其中一个问题是研究弹性薄板中的奇异性。第二个是颗粒状材料中流动性的开始。第三个是流体界面上不稳定和奇点的形成。合作项目包括高级研究人员、研究生和本科生的双向访问。它还改善了两个机构之间的互联网交流。这种互动加强了芝加哥的研究，并为智利的研究提供了信息。这次交流活跃了芝加哥中心和智利中心的研究环境，从另一个中心带来了聪明、消息灵通和志同道合的新同事。最后，该交流利用了芝加哥中心通过他们的研究在几个层面上培养年轻科学家的成功。该奖项由材料研究部、国际科学和工程办公室以及数学和物理科学局的多学科活动办公室提供支持。

This Inter-American Materials Collaboration project launches an exchange program between the University of Chicago Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and a group of Chilean researchers at the University of Chile, University of Santiago, and University of Los Andes, Chile. The collaborative research addresses nonlinear physics problems of common interest to the researchers involved. One such problem is the study of singularities in thin elastic sheets. A second is the onset of mobility in granular materials. A third is the formation of instabilities and singularities at a fluid interface. The collaborative program incorporates visits in both directions by senior researchers, graduate students and undergraduates. It also develops improved Internet communication between the institutions.The interaction strengthens and informs the Chicago research as well as the Chileans'. The exchange enlivens the research environment of the Chicago Center and the Chilean centers by bringing bright, well-informed and like-minded new colleagues from the other center. Finally, the exchange capitalizes on the Chicago Center's success at developing young scientists at several levels via their research. This award is supported by the Division of Materials Research, the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.