IGERT: Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes and Devices

IGERT：纳米结构太阳能电池：材料、工艺和设备

• 批准号: 0903685
• 负责人: Mary Berry
• 金额: $ 299.89万
• 依托单位: University of South Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903685&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Nanostructured; Solar; Cells; Materials

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project develops a novel, collaborative multidisciplinary program involving The University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Participating students will work toward the development of the next generation of solar energy devices, based on a broad background of academic training in chemistry, materials engineering, and electrical engineering. Student research opportunities include extended research rotations among the collaborating institutions and internships at NREL and in the solar energy industry. The goal of this program is to prepare students for leadership roles in education, research and development, and science-policy formulation. Reflecting this goal, the curriculum will include formal training in research ethics, public communication, and educational outreach. The South Dakota IGERT will produce a technical workforce in the critically important area of renewable energy and develop science leaders who are broadly trained within a culture of solving large-scale problems through an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach. This IGERT will recruit and retain students in groups underrepresented in science and engineering through interactions with a site for Research Experiences for Undergraduates, interactions with the Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center, and though a partnership with Sinte Gleska University. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

该综合研究生教育和研究实习 (IGERT) 项目开发了一个新颖的多学科协作项目，涉及南达科他大学、南达科他州立大学、南达科他矿业与技术学院以及国家可再生能源国家光伏中心实验室（NREL）。参与的学生将基于化学、材料工程和电气工程方面广泛的学术培训背景，致力于开发下一代太阳能设备。学生的研究机会包括合作机构之间的扩展研究轮换以及 NREL 和太阳能行业的实习。 该项目的目标是培养学生在教育、研究和开发以及科学政策制定方面发挥领导作用。为了反映这一目标，课程将包括研究伦理、公共沟通和教育推广方面的正式培训。南达科他州 IGERT 将在可再生能源这一至关重要的领域培养一支技术队伍，并培养在通过跨学科协作方法解决大规模问题的文化中接受广泛培训的科学领导者。该 IGERT 将通过与本科生研究体验网站的互动、与北部平原本科生研究中心的互动以及与辛特格莱斯卡大学的合作，招募和留住科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生。 IGERT 是一项 NSF 范围内的计划，旨在应对美国博士生教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景、对所选学科有深入了解以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的科学家和工程师。该计划旨在通过在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革。