Inter-Americas Collaboration in Materials Research and Education

该计划将致力于加强非洲和美洲在基础设施材料研究和教育领域的新兴合作。 它将由普林斯顿大学的Wole Soboyejo教授指导。 该计划将为基础设施材料设计，合成和表征方面的材料研究和教育提供一个基于伊顿的环境。 在普林斯顿，该项目将联合收割机与普林斯顿材料研究所（PMI）、高级研究所（阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的工作场所）、美国/非洲材料研究所、卡尔·菲尔兹中心和研究生院为来访的材料科学家和学生提供一流的环境。 除了普林斯顿大学，该研究所还将协调美国6所大学之间的互动，这些大学包括：哈佛、西北大学、美国大学。加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB），俄亥俄州州立大学，罗格斯大学和爱荷华州州立大学。 每年将支持5名南美科学家与来自巴西和哥伦比亚的美国同行合作9周。 该计划将侧重于基础设施材料的研究，可以导致更多的负担得起的住房在美洲。 特别是，天然纤维素纤维和工业废料的水泥基材料的增强将在一个综合的理论和实验框架内进行探索。 复合力学概念将用于指导基础设施材料的设计，这些材料可用于在美洲和全球环境中提供更负担得起的住房。 联合讲习班将用于促进合作和传播该方案的信息。 该项目由工程局和国际方案司共同资助。

Abstract The proposed program will work to strengthen emerging collaborations between Africa and the Americas in the area of infrastructure materials research and education. It will be directed by Prof. Wole Soboyejo at Princeton University. The program will provide a Princeton-based setting for transforming materials research and education in infrastructure materials design, synthesis and characterization. At Princeton, theprogram will combine forces with the Princeton Materials Institute (PMI), the Institute for Advanced Studies (the workplace of Albert Einstein), the U.S./Africa Materials Institute, the Carl Fields Center and the Graduate School to provide a first- rate environment for Visiting materials scientists and students. Beyond Princeton, the Institute will coordinate interactions between 6 universities in the U.S. These include: Harvard, Northwestern University, U. of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), the Ohio State U., Rutgers University and Iowa State University. A total of 5 South American scientists will be supported (per year) to spend nine weeks of each year working with their counterparts in the U.S. from Brazil and Colombia. The program will focus on infrastructure materials research that can lead to more affordable housing in the Americas. In particular, the reinforcement of cementitious materials with natural cellulose fibers and industrial wastes will be explored within a combined theoretical and experimental framework. Composite mechanics concepts will be used to guide the design of infrastructure materials that can be used to provide more affordable housing in the Americas and the global environment. Joint workshops will be used to facilitate the collaboration and dissemination of information from the program. The project is funded jointly by the Engineering Directorate and the Division of International Programs.