IRES: U.S.-Netherlands Forensic Research Collaboration in Cultural Heritage Science

文化遗产科学研究是STEM研究生和本科教育中跨学科、综合和全球科学培训的有力工具，一直超过STEM性别包容的基准。这个美国-荷兰学生国际研究经验（IRES）项目支持三个学生小组，每个小组由一名本科生和四名研究生组成，对荷兰进行研究访问，研究文化遗产的材料、结构和老化。该项目将艺术分析作为一种方式，为化学、材料科学、电气工程和计算机科学的美国学生参与者提供独特的研究和教育体验。在首席研究员马克·沃尔顿的领导下，与荷兰同行的合作活动旨在为跨学科文化遗产科学提供先进的基础设施，同时促进美国和荷兰公认的卓越中心之间的长期合作伙伴关系。其目标是促进我们对复杂系统变化的理解，其结果可能导致我们访问，解释和关心艺术的方式的改进。在成功的情况下，在多个时间尺度上，痕量着色剂检测、远距离化学传感、材料变化的经验和预测模型等先进技术的发展，可以成为从法医、安全到高性能涂料等领域创新的重要驱动力。为期八周的IRES体验将以阿姆斯特丹的Atelier Building （Ateliergebouw）为中心，这是一个汇集了阿姆斯特丹大学、国立博物馆、荷兰文化遗产局科学研究部门、代尔夫特理工大学和荷兰法医研究所的核心设施。除了来自这些机构的荷兰专家导师外，与芝加哥艺术学院、大都会艺术博物馆和华盛顿特区国家美术馆等美国主要博物馆的科学家合作，将确保IRES学生及时关注与识别和表征重要艺术作品相关的技术问题。通过与在各自领域处于领先地位的文化遗产科学家的接触，IRES参与者有望为理解和监测复杂系统变化的中心主题做出贡献，包括以下领域：1)艺术和法医学中的微观分析工具，2)复杂涂料系统中的变化和反应性，以及3)成像和数据挖掘。返回美国后，IRES的参与者将在戈登文化遗产研究科学方法研究研讨会以及科学和保护方面的专业会议上展示他们的工作成果。总的来说，这个IRES将为全球参与的美国科学和工程劳动力做出贡献，能够在跨学科和国际研究环境中表现出色，科学可以变革。

Scientific research in cultural heritage is a powerful vehicle for interdisciplinary, integrated and global science training in STEM graduate and undergraduate education and consistently exceeds STEM benchmarks of gender inclusion. This U.S.-Netherlands International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project supports three student cohorts, each consisting of one undergraduate and four graduate students, for research visits to the Netherlands to study the materials, structures and aging of cultural heritage artifacts. The program approaches the analysis of art as a way to provide unique research and educational experiences for U.S. student participants in chemistry, materials science, electrical engineering, and computer science. Led by Principal Investigator, Marc Walton, the cooperative activities with Dutch counterparts are designed to provide access to advanced infrastructure for interdisciplinary cultural heritage science while fostering long-term partnerships between recognized centers of excellence in the U.S. and the Netherlands. The goal is to advance our understanding of change in complex systems where results may lead to improvements in the way we access, interpret, and care for art. Where successful, resulting development of advanced technologies for detection of trace colorants, stand-off chemical sensing, and empirical and predictive models of materials alteration and change, at multiple time scales, can be important drivers for innovation in fields that range from forensics and security to high performance coatings.The eight-week IRES experience will be centered at the Atelier Building (Ateliergebouw) in Amsterdam, a core facility that brings together the University of Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum, the scientific research arm of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, the Delft University of Technology, and the Netherlands Forensic Institute. In addition to the Dutch expert mentors from these institutions, collaborations with scientists at major U.S. museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., will ensure timely focus to the IRES students' examination of technical questions related to identifying and characterizing important works of art. With access to cultural heritage scientists who are leaders in their field, the IRES participants are expected to contribute to the central theme of understanding and monitoring change in complex systems, including these areas: 1) microanalytical tools in art and forensics, 2) change and reactivity in complex paint systems, and 3) imaging and data mining. Upon return to the U.S., IRES participants are to present the results of their work at the Gordon Research Seminars on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research and at professional meetings in the sciences and in conservation. Overall, this IRES will contribute to a globally engaged U.S. science and engineering workforce, capable of excelling in interdisciplinary and international research environments, where science can be transformative.