REU Site:Interdisciplinary Research Experience on Decarbonization: Path to 2035

这个REU网站提供了一个为期九周的跨学科暑期课程，与加州大学欧文分校(UCI)工程学院和物理科学学院的可持续能源途径有关。REU的学生将接触到全面的脱碳研究课题，并学习跨学科方法来应对实现净零碳排放的科学和工程挑战。该计划每年将支持10名非加州大学本科生参加这项为期三年的计划。学生将主要从代表性不足的群体和不同的背景中招收。他们将参加工作坊，即实力寻找者工作坊、职业发展工作坊、研究方法工作坊，以发展研究、领导力、职业发展和团队建设技能。通过本计划中拟议的实验和模型研究，学生将通过为实现零净碳排放的研究做出贡献，从而影响社会。加州大学欧文分校(UCI)为期三年的REU项目将使学生获得极具挑战性的脱碳技术的研究和培训机会。每年10名学生将讨论与脱碳路线相关的广泛学科和应用的基本问题，包括可持续氢气生产、能源储存、高效燃料电池的使用、高价值化学品的电化学和热化学生产、先进的核燃料循环和废物管理；用于二氧化碳和质子减少的新型功能化纳米材料和复合氧化物、高效射频热传输、先进燃烧技术以及燃气轮机和内燃机中可再生氢的使用。该REU网站将为本科生、研究生和教职员工提供一个合作研究平台，以应对与脱碳相关的挑战。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site offers a nine-week interdisciplinary summer program related to sustainable energy pathways in the Schools of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The REU students will be exposed to comprehensive decarbonization research topics and learn interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the science and engineering challenges of achieving net-zero carbon emissions. The program will support ten non-UCI undergraduate students each year for the three-year program. Students will mainly be recruited from underrepresented groups and diverse backgrounds. They will participate in workshops, i.e., Strength Finder Workshop, Career Development Workshops, Research Methodologies Workshop, to develop research, leadership, career development, and team-building skills. Through the proposed experimental and modeling studies in this program, the students will impact society by contributing to research conducted to achieve zero-net carbon emissions. The three-year REU program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) will expose the students to research and training opportunities in highly challenging decarbonization technologies. The ten students per year students will address fundamental questions across a broad range of disciplines and applications related to decarbonization routes, including sustainable hydrogen production, energy storage, use of efficient fuel cells, electrochemical and thermochemical production of high-value chemicals, advanced nuclear fuel cycle, and waste management; novel functionalized nanomaterials and complex oxides for carbon dioxide and proton reduction, efficient radiofrequency heat delivery, advanced combustion technologies and use of renewable hydrogen in gas turbines and internal combustion engines. This REU site will provide a collaborative research platform for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty to address challenges associated with decarbonization.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.