CREATE Program in Materials for Enhanced Energy Technologies

我们正面临着一场全球能源危机，这是由于我们对化石燃料的依赖和低效率的消费。材料是避免这场危机的关键因素。通过将材料的性能控制到纳米级，我们可以提高能源应用的性能并降低总体成本。这在材料增强能源技术（MEET）的CREATE研究生培训计划将产生高素质的人才与技能，开发未来一代能源技术。 MEET将教授燃料电池，太阳能电池，生物燃料和温度控制系统之间的密切联系，为学员提供能源技术的广泛视野，同时提供推动创新的基础材料特性的专业知识。由MEET创建的两个独特的团队授课课程将在科学层面上建立联系（例如，燃料电池和太阳能电池中的纳米级电荷传输），以及在技术层面（例如，用于氢生产的光催化剂、燃料电池中的有效冷却）。专业培训，在课堂上，在选定的研讨会，并在实习，将准备学员为他们未来的职业生涯。工业合作伙伴将通过实习在培训以及研究和课程提供方面发挥积极作用。 该项目得到了学术界和工业界的大力支持。能源和材料长期以来一直是NSERC和参与大学的优先领域，所有这些大学都为该计划提供了大量的现金和实物承诺，并长期致力于该计划的可持续性。已为受训人员安排了工业实习，工业合作伙伴提供了大量现金和实物承诺，以支持该方案。

We are facing a global energy crisis led by our reliance on fossil fuels and our inefficient consumption. Materials are a key component to averting this crisis. By controlling the properties of materials down to the nanometer scale, we can improve performance in energy applications and reduce overall cost. This CREATE graduate training program in Materials for Enhanced Energy Technologies (MEET) will produce highly qualified personnel with skills to develop future generation energy technologies. MEET will teach the intimate connections between fuel cells, solar cells, biofuels, and temperature control systems to provide trainees with a broad view of energy technologies, while giving expertise in the foundational material properties that drive innovation. Two unique team-taught courses created by MEET will make connections both at the scientific level (e.g., nanoscale charge transport in fuel cells and solar cells), and at the technological level (e.g., photovoltaics for hydrogen production, efficient cooling in fuel cells). Professional training, in the classroom, at selected seminars, and in internships, will prepare trainees for their future careers. Industrial partners will play an active role in the training, through internships, as well as in the research and the course delivery. This CREATE program comes with strong support from academia and industry. Energy and Materials have long been priority areas for NSERC, and for the participating universities, all of which are providing significant cash and in-kind commitments to this program with a long-term commitment to the program's sustainability. Industrial internship placements have been secured for the trainees, and the industrial partners have offered significant cash and in-kind commitments to support the program.