IRES: US-Uganda Undergraduate Research in Physical and Transport Properties of Materials in Support of Product and Process Development

IRES：美国-乌干达本科生研究材料的物理和传输特性，以支持产品和工艺开发

• 批准号: 0528062
• 负责人: William Kisaalita
• 金额: $ 10.45万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0528062&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; US; Uganda; Undergraduate; Research

0528062KisaalitaThis award aims to expand the international awareness and global competence of U. S. students through an eight-week international research and educational experience in Uganda. Such international engagement of students is increasing important because although the world has become more interdependent and technologically linked, the number of U. S. science and engineering undergraduate students participating in international experiences has remained troublingly small. In each of the three years of this award, four U. S. and two Ugandan students will work in teams on research projects associated with ongoing collaborative research between Dr. William Kisaalita (U.S.) and Dr. Muyanja (Uganda). The overarching theme of these projects is to characterize native mineral materials with respect to physical and transport properties. For example, students will characterize native zeolites for use in low cost coolers with applications ranging from vaccine protection to milk preservation in rural areas where there is no access to electricity. This project will provide students with a sound introduction to the principles and practice of engineering research, thus enhancing their ability to play leadership roles in creating appropriately complex or simple systems in both developed or developing countries. In the near term, the results from the students' research will contribute to developing products, devices, and processes that can add economic value to the host country in ways that also benefit the U.S. economy. The project will strengthen collaboration between the U. S. and Africa by building scientific and personal relationships; such relationships are the foundation for a better global community.

0528062KISAALITATHIS Award旨在通过乌干达的为期八周的国际研究和教育经验来扩大美国学生的国际意识和全球能力。 这种国际化学生的参与越来越重要，因为尽管世界已经变得更加相互依存和技术联系，但参加国际经验的美国科学和工程本科生的数量仍然很小。在该奖项的三年中的每一个中，美国和两名乌干达学生将在与William Kisaalita博士（美国）和Muyanja博士（乌干达）之间正在进行的合作研究有关的研究项目中工作。这些项目的总体主题是在物理和运输特性方面表征本地矿物质材料。例如，学生将以低成本冷却器的使用来表征本地沸石，其应用从疫苗保护到无法获得电力的农村地区的牛奶保存。该项目将为学生提供对工程研究的原则和实践的合理介绍，从而增强了他们在发达国家或发展中国家创建适当复杂或简单系统中发挥领导作用的能力。 在短期内，学生研究的结果将有助于开发产品，设备和流程，这些产品，设备和流程可以以也有利于美国经济的方式为东道国增加经济价值。该项目将通过建立科学和个人关系来加强美国和非洲之间的合作。这种关系是一个更好的全球社区的基础。