IRES: US-Swedish Student Research Experience in Colloidal Science and Interfacial Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm

美国学生在斯德哥尔摩皇家理工学院(KTH)的美国-瑞典夏季研究项目中获得的经验主要集中在胶体科学和界面工程方面。由市立大学城市学院(CUNYCC)的首席研究员Ilona Kretzschmar与瑞典同行共同领导的这个跨学科项目涵盖了传统科学和工程学科的研究，并将来自不同背景的合格学生聚集在一起，进行为期十周的早期职业研究经验项目。项目范围从生物胶体到用于能量储存和转换的新材料，以及涉及胶体领域组装和相互作用的基础科学项目。总体而言，KTH的IRES项目有意依赖跨学科团队方法来培训研究生和本科生，使其能够适应新的学科，相互学习，并获得更多的全球视野和接触尖端胶体科学和界面工程的机会。为参与者提供的美国-瑞典研究经验每年为期十周，需要PI和KTH三个主要部门(表面科学和腐蚀、生物技术和化学技术)的同行提供指导。为了在最广泛的意义上审查胶体科学，计划的活动范围从在界面压缩分子和胶体层以及通过合成生物分子和基因测序测量胶体相互作用，到制造胶体电池和燃料电池。在实际的研究经验之前，IRES学者在CUNYCC实验室接受研究培训，与以前的学者会面，并与CUNYCC驻校的瑞典交换生建立网络。在最初的海外研究经历中，学生们通过每周和每月报告以及视频会议与PI保持联系。PI在项目的最后几周与IRES参与者一起在KTH与导师互动，确保个人进步，并与NYC-Louis Stokes for少数群体参与计划(NYC-LSAMP)合作准备一次累积会议，通过该计划可以招募许多IRES学生。KTH非常适合多样化的IRES项目，因为它培养了瑞典相当一部分工程专业的学生，而且是一所著名的瑞典公共机构，拥有出色的研究项目和与CUNYCC相似的学生群体。这个合作和多样化的IRES项目的总体成功建立在技术上强大的智力合作和互惠互利的工作计划结构上，事实证明，这种结构成功地促进了主要研究人员之间的协同作用，并为美国和瑞典的学生参与者提供了出色的早期职业团队经验。

The experience U.S. student participants obtain in the U.S.-Swedish summer research program at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), in Stockholm, focuses on colloidal science and interfacial engineering. Led by the prinicpal investigator, Ilona Kretzschmar of CUNY City College (CUNYCC), with Swedish counterparts,this interdisciplinary program encompasses research from traditional science and engineering disciplines and brings together qualified students from diverse backgrounds for a ten week program for early career research experience. Projects will range from biological colloids to new materials for energy storage and conversion, as well as fundamental science projects that address the assembly and interactions in the colloidal domain. Overall, the IRES program at KTH intentionally relies on an interdisciplinary team approach to train both graduate and undergraduate participants to be able to adapt to new disciplines, learn from each other, and to gain more global perspective and access to cutting edge colloidal science and interfacial engineering. The U.S.-Swedish research experiences for participants run for an annual ten week period and entail mentoring by the PI and counterparts centered in three major divisions of KTH, in Surface Science and Corrosion, Biotechnology, and Chemical Technology. To examine colloidal science in the broadest sense, planned activities range from work on compression of molecular and colloidal layers at interfaces and the measurement of colloidal interaction via the synthesis of biomolecules and sequencing of genes, to the fabrication of colloidal batteries and fuel cells. Prior to the actual research experience, IRES scholars receive research training at CUNYCC laboratories, meet with previous scholars, and network with Swedish exchange students in residence at CUNYCC. During the initial research experience abroad, students remain in touch with the PI via a combination of weekly and monthly reporting and video conferencing. The PI spends the final weeks of the program at KTH with the IRES participants to interact with mentors, ensure individual progress, and prepare for a cumulating conference in collaboration with the NYC-Louis Stokes for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP) Program through which many IRES students are recruited. KTH is ideally suited for a diverse IRES program as it educates a significant share of Sweden's engineering students and is a well-known Swedish public institution with an outstanding research portfolio and a student body similar to that of CUNYCC. The overall success of this cooperative and diverse IRES program is built on technically strong intellectual partnering and a mutually benefical working program structure that has proven successful in promoting synergy among lead researchers and excellent early-career team experiences for U.S. and Swedish student participants.