Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellowship: Musical Science: Chemistry of Historical Organ Pipe Materials

Catherine M. Oertel，康奈尔大学，2004-2005学年和2005-2006学年探索队博士后研究员。Oertel将把她在音乐、材料化学和教育方面的才能和经验整合到一个关于历史管风琴化学的项目中。数百年历史的管风琴为研究长期腐蚀提供了独特的机会，特别是锡合金成分、微观结构和环境因素对腐蚀的影响。作为补充，欧特尔将为学生开发学习活动，使用音乐和乐器来教授物理、化学和材料科学的概念。她还将参与哥德堡管风琴艺术中心、瑞典查尔姆斯理工大学和康奈尔大学之间的国际跨学科合作，这将在康奈尔大学产生一个新的、历史悠久的管风琴。这个发现队博士后奖学金是由化学部和MPS多学科活动办公室支持的。探索队奖学金计划是一个试点项目，旨在寻求新的博士后和专业发展模式，将研究专长与专业服务相结合。探索队成员通过解决国家需要领域的项目利用他们的研究专长。他们的项目提高了研究能力和基础设施，有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。探索队项目同时支持博士后和高级研究员。

Catherine M. Oertel, Cornell University, is a Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 academic years. Oertel will integrate her talents and experiences in music, materials chemistry and education in a project on the chemistry of historical pipe organs. Centuries-old pipe organs provide unique opportunities to study long-term corrosion, specifically how tin alloy composition, microstructure and environmental factors contribute to corrosion. In complementary efforts, Oertel will develop learning activites for students that use music and musical instruments to teach concepts of physics, chemistry and materials science. She will also participate in an international and interdisciplinary partnership between the Goteborg Organ Art Center and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and Cornell University that will result in a new, historically informed pipe organ at Cornell. This Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellowship is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program is a pilot program seeking new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.