各有关学院:

经协商,我校现启动2013年“中国科学技术大学- Stanford大学SOE UGVR本科生暑期研究项目”。现将有关事项通知如下,请各有关单位按照项目的实施安排认真做好组织推荐工作。

一、项目简介

“中国科学技术大学- Stanford大学SOE UGVR本科生暑期研究项目”旨在为我校高素质学生提供在Stanford大学进行课题研究实习的机会,增进两校间在教育与科研方面的合作与交流。项目将从我校10级三年级本科生中择优选拔,于2013年暑期赴Stanford大学进行为期9周(2013年7月1日-9月3日)的课题研究。

二、项目实施范围

根据Stanford大学的导师安排,相关课题描述及录取要求如下:

1. William C. Chueh

Department
Materials Science and Engineering
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
The student will work on elucidating fundamental materials behavior in electrocatalysis for the conversion of sunlight, H2O and CO2 to chemical fuels, and from chemical fuels to electricity. In particular, the students will synthesize new compounds and utilize advanced electron and X-ray microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to uncover the never-before-seen dynamics of electrocatalysts.
Desired Skills & Background
The candidate should have a strong interest towards research in materials for energy conversion and storage, and demonstrate curiosity for fundamental problems in batteries, fuel cells, and photoelectrochemical cells. Candidate should have a proficient background in general materials chemistry and solid-state physics.

2. Prof. Yi Cui

Department
Materials Science and Engineering
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
Title: Nanostructure for Energy Conversion and Storage
Description: This project involves designing, synthesizing, characterizing inorganic nanostructured materials for next generation of solar cells, batteries and ultracapacitors.
Desired Skills & Background
Students with background in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science or Electrical Engineering are considered. Students with research background in nanomaterials are preferred.

3.Kerwyn Casey Huang

Department
Bioengineering
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
Our group is focused on mechanisms of cell shape detection, determination, and maintenance in bacteria. The student will develop a coarse-grained molecular dynamics model for cell mechanics that will be used to test models of cell growth. Goals are to understand how best to disrupt cell growth during bacterial infections. The student should be comfortable with basic microbiology and with computational modeling.
Desired Skills & Background
Programming in C, Perl, Matlab and familiarity with Linux

4.Michael Z. Lin

Department
Bioengineering
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
We have recently discovered that fluorescent proteins can be used as optogenetic controllers of protein activity (Zhou XX et al. Science 338: 810). The student will perform molecular engineering to construct or improve fluorescent protein-based light inducible proteins. The student will learn to apply knowledge of chemical features and atomic structures of fluorescent protein and enzyme domains to rationally create light-controllable proteins.
Desired Skills & Background
Students should have understanding of and some experience with at least one of the following: fluorescence spectroscopy, molecular biology, protein chemistry, biophysical methods for protein characterization.

5. Fan YANG

Department
Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
The student will work directly with Prof. Yang and a senior member of the Yang lab (e.g. postdoctoral fellow) on developing novel biomaterials to regulate stem cell differentiation or tissue regeneration. We work at the interface of materials science, stem cell biology, engineering and medicine. We are interested in developing 3D cell-instructive materials to promote desirable cellular fate processes, or deliver therapeutics in a controlled manner to guide desired tissue regeneration.
Desired Skills & Background
Passionate, inquisitive and dedicated individual desirable. Good oral and written communication skills in English. Prior research experience in one or more of the following areas would be a plus: biomaterials, controlled drug delivery, stem cells, tissue engineering.

6.Shan X. Wang

Department
Material Science and Engineering
UGVR Position Description (e.g. what is the type of project you have in mind for the student?)
Microfluidic based bioassays for automated Point-of-Care diagnostic devices

    - Characterize and test microfluidic chips
    - Perform microfluidic bioassays
    - Data analysis of experimental data
Desired Skills & Background
Background: Engineering of one of the flavors: Materials, Mechanical, Electrical, Bio or Micro-Nano Interest in cross disciplinary project between these fieldsMust have Skills: MATLAB data processing and analysis, 1 intro bio class, basic electric measurements

Preferred Skills: wet lab, LabVIEW, microscope

三、学生选拔及校内预选指标分布:

根据斯坦福大学项目要求,学校将为每个研究方向推荐3名学生,共推荐18名,最终由Stanford大学教授决定录取。

学生选拔采用学院预选,学校专家评审的两级选拔机制。根据每个研究方向涉及的学科和10级相关院系学生规模,各院系按照研究方向推荐的学生名额分配如下:

院系
研究方向1
研究方向2
研究方向3
研究方向4
研究方向5
研究方向6
小计
物理学院
3
2
5
化学院
2
2
3
4
3
3
17
信息学院
 
3
4
7
近代力学系
   
1
1
生命学院
   
2
2
2
1
7
少年班学院
1
1
1
1
4
小计
6
8
5/6
6/7
5/6
9/10
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四、报名条件及所需材料

报名条件:我校10级三年级本科生,成绩优秀;

所需材料:

1. 中国科学技术大学本科生境外暑期研究项目申请表(可填写2个研究意向),参加过大研项目或有科研经历的学生请提供相关材料说明和研究内容介绍;

2. 中文成绩单(院系开具);

3. Statement of purpose (in English);

4. CV (in English)

五、时间安排

1. 2013年1月10日中午前请各学院将推荐学生报名表汇总后并给出学院推荐排序,与学生申请表格一并交至教务处熊明艳老师处;

2. 1月15日左右下旬学校召开专家评审会议,决定推荐学生名单;

3. 2月24日获推荐学生将所有校外申请材料(另行通知)交至外办邱琳老师处;

4. 3月15日左右Stanford审核学生材料,决定录取名单;

5. 3月25日Stanford公布最终录取名单,并通知入围者提交申请表(校外)及护照扫描件等材料;

6. 其它事宜将另行通知。

六、费用

此次项目的相关费用(包括学费、机票、保险、住房和生活费用培训费)由Stanford提供(以斯坦福通知为准)。

其它费用,如护照、签证及赴美前的疫苗等,由学生个人自理。

附件:中国科学技术大学本科生境外暑期研究项目申请表

注:

1. 该项目竞争激烈,同时面向我校与清华与北大的学生,因此请有意申请该项目的同学认真充分准备书面材料及面试;

2. Stanford特别强调,不要与他们的老师直接联系,请予以理解并配合。

联系人:

教务处     熊明艳      63603497     myxiong@ustc.edu.cn

外办        邱    琳      63603301     lynnqiu@ustc.edu.cn

教务处、外办
2012年12月31日