IRES for Technologies to Mitigate Global Climate Change

这个国际学生研究经验（IRES）项目侧重于与减缓全球气候变化相关的工程和技术项目，是北达科他州大学（UND）、加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校（CPP）和英国利兹大学能源研究所（ERI）之间的合作。学生的研究项目将包括：提取、回收和处理藻类和生物质衍生油成分的新方法，用于可再生燃料、化石衍生商品化学品和其他高价值特种化学品的替代品；纳米粒子吸收太阳能的基础研究，改善太阳能系统；整合生物质热解/发电系统；确定消除障碍的方法，以实现更可持续的民用航空业；研究如何在美国和欧洲加快采用区域能源技术供热和供冷。该研究将通过增加英国一家领先研究机构的合作者，利用UND与CPP之间正在进行的伙伴关系。通过该奖项，本科生和研究生研究人员将致力于正在进行的研究工作的关键组成部分，旨在开发有助于减少化石衍生碳排放的技术，主要来自能源的供应和使用，对大气的影响。每年有五名学生将参加为期一年的项目，在利兹大学为期九周的研究经历将成为该项目的核心。该主题旨在提供广泛的跨学科项目，以丰富学生的经验。参与者将从UND（研究型大学）和CPP（非博士西班牙裔服务大学）中抽取，这两所大学与多种途径建立了强有力的合作关系，以鼓励CPP学生将研究作为未来的职业道路。

This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program focuses on engineering and technology projects related to mitigating global climate change, and is a collaboration between the University of North Dakota (UND), California State Polytechnic University at Pomona (CPP), and the Energy Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Leeds, UK. The student research projects will include: novel methods to extract, recover, and process the constituents of algae and biomass-derived oils for use as renewable fuels, replacements for fossil-derived commodity chemicals, and other high value specialty chemicals; fundamental studies of solar energy absorption by nanoparticles to improve solar energy systems; integrating biomass pyrolysis/electrical generation systems; identifying ways to remove barriers for a more sustainable civilian aviation industry; and studying ways to accelerate the adoption of district energy technologies for the supply of heating and cooling in both the US and Europe. The research will leverage an ongoing partnership between UND and CPP by adding collaborators at a leading UK research institute.Through this award, undergraduate and graduate student investigators will work on key components of ongoing research efforts aimed at developing technologies that help to mitigate the overall emission of fossil-derived carbon, primarily from the supply and use of energy resources, upon the atmosphere. An annual cohort of five students will participate in a year-long program, and a nine week research experience at Leeds will form the core of the program. The topic theme is designed to provide a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary projects that will enrich the student experience. Participants will be drawn from UND (a research university) and CPP (a nondoctoral Hispanic serving university) that have a strong partnership with multiple pathways to encourage CPP students to consider research as a future career path.