US-Ethiopia Planning Visit: Physics and Geophysics Research and Education Collaboration with Addis Ababa University

Bililign 0422821该奖项资助规划活动，以启动北卡罗来纳州AT州立大学（NCAT）物理系与埃塞俄比亚阿迪斯大学（AAU）物理系和地质与地球物理系之间的研究和教育合作。在规划阶段将确定两个合作领域：1）所罗门比利兰博士（NCAT）和穆卢盖塔·贝克尔博士（AAU），一位在理论统计物理学方面具有专长的理论物理学家，将研究使用统计模型研究过渡金属有机金属化合物的光致碎裂动力学的可行性，以帮助理解以下纳米团簇内发生的化学反应的实验研究过渡金属羰基化合物的多光子电离和解离。计划访问将允许双方物理学家的实验室互访。(2)该奖项还支持美国和埃塞俄比亚地球物理学家的互访，他们将制定计划，为NCAT学生提供国际研究经验，与美国和埃塞俄比亚科学家合作在埃塞俄比亚进行地球物理研究。在其他NSF奖项的支持下，环境物理学学位课程正在NCAT开发; AAU的地球物理学和物理学系在地球科学方面有着悠久的研究经验和强大的国际合作历史。此外，埃塞俄比亚为许多有趣的地球物理现象提供了天然实验室。这次规划访问应该为建立强大的研究和教育合作奠定基础，这将为NCAT学生提供参与国际实地研究的机会。在全球化的时代，任何地方的行动都会影响和影响其他地方的人，我们的学生将受益于在其他国家进行科学，体验其他文化，并为全球经济做出贡献显着。在这一规划请求中的合作将有助于这一努力。该项目也将对美国非裔学生参与地球科学教育和研究产生重大影响。S.在埃塞俄比亚。 我们希望为NCAT学生提供强大的国际研究经验将加强他们的地球科学课程学习，提供第一手的实地经验和地球科学研究技能，并提高他们在地球科学领域从事学术和/或行业职业的能力和可能性。该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室和化学部共同资助。

Bililign0422821This award funds planning activities to initiate a research and educational collaboration between the Department of Physics at North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) and the Department of Physics and Department of Geology and Geophysics at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia. Two areas of collaboration will be developed in the planning phase: 1) Dr. Solomon Bililign (NCAT) and Dr. Mulugeta Bekele (AAU), a theoretical physicist with expertise in theoretical statistical physics, will study the feasibility of using statistical models to study the photofragmentation dynamics of transition metal organometallics in order to help understand the experimental studies of chemical reaction that take place within nanoclusters following multiphoton ionization and dissociation of transition metal carbonyls. The planning visit will allow reciprocal visits to the labs of both physicists. (2) Also supported by this award are reciprocal visits by U.S. and Ethiopian geophysicists who will develop plans for providing international research experiences for NCAT students to work with U.S. and Ethiopian scientists collaborating on geophysical research in Ethiopia. With the support of other NSF awards, the environmental geophysics degree track is under development at NCAT; the Departments of Geophysics and Physics at AAU have a long history of research experience and strong international collaborations in geosciences. Furthermore, Ethiopia provides a natural laboratory for a number of interesting geophysical phenomena. This planning visit should lay the groundwork for building a strong research and education collaboration that will provide NCAT students the opportunity to participate in international field research. In an era of globalization where actions anywhere will affect and influence others elsewhere, our students will benefit significantly from conducting science in other countries, experiencing other cultures, and contributing to the global economy. The collaborations in this planning request will help in this effort. This project can also have a significant impact on the participation of African-American students in geoscience education and research in the U. S. and in Ethiopia. We expect that providing strong international research experiences for NCAT students will strengthen their geoscience course study, providing first-hand field experience and research skills in geosciences, and enhancing their ability and likelihood of pursuing academic and/or industry careers in geosciences. This award is co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Chemistry.