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

REU 网站：脱碳跨学科研究经验：通向 2035 年之路

• 批准号: 2150523
• 负责人: Erdem Sasmaz
• 金额: $ 44.41万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research; Experience

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.

该 REU 站点在加州大学欧文分校 (UCI) 工程与物理科学学院提供为期九周的跨学科夏季课程，与可持续能源途径相关。 REU 的学生将接触全面的脱碳研究主题，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。该项目每年将支持 10 名非 UCI 本科生参加为期三年的项目。学生将主要从代表性不足的群体和不同背景中招募。他们将参加研讨会，即优势发现研讨会、职业发展研讨会、研究方法研讨会，以发展研究、领导力、职业发展和团队建设技能。通过该计划中拟议的实验和建模研究，学生们将通过为实现零净碳排放的研究做出贡献来影响社会。 加州大学欧文分校 (UCI) 为期三年的 REU 项目将为学生提供极具挑战性的脱碳技术的研究和培训机会。每年十名学生将解决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、先进核燃料循环和废物管理；用于二氧化碳和质子还原的新型功能化纳米材料和复合氧化物、高效射频热传递、先进燃烧技术以及在燃气轮机和内燃机中使用可再生氢。该 REU 网站将为本科生、研究生和教师提供一个协作研究平台，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价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。