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

IRES：美国-荷兰文化遗产科学法医研究合作

• 批准号: 1460143
• 负责人: Marc Walton
• 金额: $ 24.7万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460143&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; U.S.; Netherlands; Forensic; Research

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.

文化遗产科学研究是 STEM 研究生和本科生教育中跨学科、综合和全球科学培训的强大工具，并且始终超越 STEM 的性别包容基准。美国-荷兰国际学生研究体验 (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，前往荷兰进行研究访问，研究文化遗产文物的材料、结构和老化情况。 该项目将艺术分析作为为化学、材料科学、电气工程和计算机科学领域的美国学生参与者提供独特研究和教育体验的一种方式。 在首席研究员马克·沃尔顿 (Marc Walton) 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。目标是增进我们对复杂系统变化的理解，其结果可能会改善我们获取、解释和关心艺术的方式。 如果成功的话，在多个时间尺度上检测痕量着色剂、隔离化学传感以及材料改变和变化的经验和预测模型的先进技术的开发可能成为法证学和安全等领域创新的重要驱动力为期八周的 IRES 体验将集中在阿姆斯特丹的工作室大楼 (Ateliergebouw)，这是一个核心设施，汇集了阿姆斯特丹大学、国立博物馆、文化遗产局的科学研究部门荷兰、代尔夫特理工大学和荷兰法医研究所。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，将确保及时关注 IRES 学生的考试与识别和表征重要艺术作品相关的技术问题。 通过接触在各自领域处于领先地位的文化遗产科学家，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) 变化和分析复杂涂料系统中的反应性，3) 成像和数据挖掘。 返回美国后，IRES 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领域的专业会议上展示他们的工作成果。 总体而言，该 IRES 将为美国科学和工程人员的全球参与做出贡献，他们能够在跨学科和国际研究环境中表现出色，在这些环境中，科学可以带来变革。