IRES: US-Brazil International Research Experience for Students: Sustainability Research: An Integrative Undergraduate Experience

在这个由国际科学与工程办公室支持的国际学生研究体验(IRES)项目中，匹兹堡大学的Eric J.Beckman博士和他的同事们将在匹兹堡大学和巴西圣保罗的坎皮纳斯大学(UNICAMP)为22名美国本科生建立一个国际研究体验项目。重点将放在促进绿化、建筑环境和更可持续地使用水的复杂工程问题上。下一代建筑构件和用水技术的设计必须是可持续的，才能继续提高全球生活质量。这个为期三年的项目将在匹兹堡大学的Mascaro可持续发展倡议(MSI)为学生提供暑期实习机会，然后在巴西UNICAMP轮流实习。处于工程生涯早期阶段的美国本科生将以竞争的方式从匹兹堡大学、波多黎各大学和德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校选拔。该活动的目的是教本科工程专业的学生将可持续发展作为设计的约束，在设计团队中工作，以及如何在跨文化环境中发挥作用。这项IRES活动应该培养一批有才华的年轻研究人员，他们来自不同的背景，具有国际经验和联系。美国本科生来自传统上在科学领域代表性较低的群体，他们正处于职业生涯的形成阶段，此时他们仍在发展自己的研究技能，确定自己的研究方向和问题。IRES项目将在美国学生的教育阶段为他们提供一个国际合作的研究机会，因为这种国际指导和专业关系可能对研究问题的选择、研究设计、研究系统和研究地点产生最大的影响。

0623539BeckmanIn this International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering, Dr. Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues will establish an international research-experience program for 22 U.S. undergraduate students at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The focus will be on the complex engineering issues that advance greening the built environment and the more sustainable use of water. Next-generation design of building components and water-use technology will need to be sustainable to continue the advance in global quality of life. This three-year program will give students summer internships at the University of Pittsburgh's Mascaro Sustainability Initiative (MSI), followed by a rotation in Brazil at UNICAMP. U.S. undergraduate students in the early stages of their engineering careers will be selected on a competitive basis from the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and the University of Texas, El Paso. The objectives are to teach undergraduate engineering students to incorporate sustainability as a design constraint, to work in design teams and how to function in cross-cultural environments.This IRES activity should develop a cadre of talented young researchers, from a variety of backgrounds, with international experience and connections. The U.S. undergraduate students, drawn from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, are at a formative phase in their careers, when they are still developing their research skills and defining their research direction and questions. This IRES project will offer an international, collaborative research opportunity to U.S. students at a point in their education when such international mentorship and professional relationships can have the greatest impact on the selection of research questions, research design, study systems, and study locations.