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The PIRE-ECCI is a new program initiated after a call for proposals from the National Science Foundation in 2005 to establish international partnerships for multidisciplinary graduate training with foreign institutes. The PIRE-ECCI is a special graduate program that seeks to train Ph.D.s in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Chemical Engineer-ing at the fore-fronts of their fields with the added benefits of international collaborative science experiences focused on multidisciplinary research on heterogeneous catalysis. This is the first and so far only US-China partnership. Students will emerge from the program with technical skills and ability to think and work independently in the field. In addition, they will have already had opportunities to learn Mandarin, create networks of friends and colleagues overseas, learn the culture of modern China and engage in technology transfer educational opportunities. We believe the people emerging from this program will be future leaders in academia and industry. The purpose of this workshop is: to continue the process of Pacific-Rim cross-fertilization between scientists at the two partner institutions: the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the University of California Santa Barbara, to begin to expose our continuing graduate student body to the opportunities available through the PIRE-ECCI and to present the new program to the UCSB and local community. Below is the agenda from this introductory PIRE-ECCI workshop.
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