ACE Implementation Grant: The New Energy Workforce: Sustainable Materials, Energy and Technology

南方大学通过参与下一代可持续材料，能源和技术的开发，将自己置于可持续发展前沿。基础科学，将奠定在SU STEM企业的这一举措的发展基础是农业科学，工程和物理科学，这将联合收割机支持三个主要研究方向-材料科学能源技术;生物质转化，生物燃料生物能源;和气候变化环境影响。计算科学信息技术将作为贯穿始终的基础连接。ACE实施项目名为：新能源劳动力-可持续材料，能源&技术，将在农业科学，工程和科学学院内发展浓度，并创建一个跨学科的国际学位课程，将研究，学术和体验式学习整合到解决路易斯安那州，这个国家和国际社会面临的可持续发展问题。该项目将使本科生接触可持续材料，能源，通过跨学科的双学位课程，将学术，研究和全球参与与国际大学相结合;汇集国际科学家和工程师的跨学科团队，以确定影响全球社会的可持续性挑战的解决方案;并参与跨学科的可持续材料、能源和技术研究活动，特别强调适合商业化和推广的清洁和可再生资源。建立合作伙伴关系，强调学生和教师交流，联合研究重点，联合课程和联合学术学位课程将促进全球STEM企业内的科学和技术理解。

Southern University is centering itself at the forefront of the sustainability frontier by engaging in the development of the next generation of sustainable materials, energy and technologies. Basic sciences that will lay the foundation for development of this initiative within the SU STEM enterprise are Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, and Physical Sciences, which will combine to support three primary research thrusts - Materials Science & Energy Technologies; Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy; and Climate Change & Environmental Impact. Computational Science & Information Technology will serve as an undergirding connection throughout. The ACE Implementation project entitled: The New Energy Workforce - Sustainable Materials, Energy & Technology, will develop concentrations within the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, and Sciences, and create an interdisciplinary international degree program that integrates research, academics and experiential learning toward resolving sustainability issues faced by Louisiana, this nation and the global community.The project will expose undergraduate students to sustainable materials, energy, and technologies through an interdisciplinary dual-degree curriculum that integrates academics, research and global engagement with international universities; assemble interdisciplinary teams of international scientists and engineers to identify solutions to sustainability challenges affecting the global community; and engage in interdisciplinary sustainable materials, energy and technologies research activities with special emphasis on clean and renewable resources suitable for commercialization and replication. Forging collaborative partnerships that emphasize student and faculty exchange, joint research foci, joint course offerings and joint academic degree programs will promote scientific and technological understanding within the global STEM Enterprise.