THE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

ELECTRON CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS AT INTERFACES

电子化学和表面催化领域研究 -- 国际研究和教育合作团队

LOCAL STEERING COMMITTEE

The on-campus Steering Committee will meet quarterly to provide advice on the detailed implementation of the programs. As the PIRE will have strong interactions with the International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), the Technology Management Program (TMP), the Chinese Language Program (CLP), the Education Abroad Program (EAP) and the Multi-cultural center (MCC), the Directors of all of these entities have agreed to serve on the local steering committee. In addition as a sign of the institutional importance of this program UCSB's Chancellor, Henry Yang, has agreed to serve on this committee.

Dr. Henry Yang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chancellor of UCSB, Henry T. Yang was named UCSB's fifth chancellor in 1994. He was formerly the Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University, where he also served as the dean of engineering for ten years. Dr. Yang is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Tony Cheetham, Professor of Materials and Chemistry, Director of International Center for Materials Research, Dr. Cheetham was a member of the Chemistry faculty at Oxford before moving to UCSB in 1991where he was the first Director of the Materials Research Laboratory. His primary interests are in the synthesis and properties of novel open-framework systems, especially phosphates, and the study of transition metal oxides and the development of analytical tools for polycrystalline samples.

Gary Hansen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the UCSB Technology Management Program, Gary Hansen joined the UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2003 after 15 years on the University of Washington faculty. Past positions include visiting research professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, vice president of marketing for Auto-Train Corporation, special assistant to the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and industry specialist for the Cost of Living Council.

Hsiao-Jung (Sharon) Yu, Prof. of East Asian Language and Culture and Director of the Chinese Language Program at UCSB. Hsiao-jung Yu's research in Chinese linguistics focuses primarily on two areas: historical linguistics and applied linguistics. In historical linguistics she has conducted research on the study of grammar and lexicon. Professor Yu has also extended her research in applying linguistic analysis to solving authorship problems, identifying translators of Buddhist sutras, and dating Chinese literary works. Since 1999, while she has continued her work in these two areas, Professor Yu has concentrated primarily on exploring external influences on the changes of the Chinese language, such as the influence of translated Chinese Buddhist sutras. In applied linguistics, her primary interests are on three topics: language teaching theory and methodology, context and culture in language learning, and the use of computers in teaching foreign languages. Professor Yu feels that she has learned tremendously while working on these above mentioned areas and topics and wholeheartedly welcomes everyone who shares similar interests to come and join her to explore these areas.

John A. Marcum, Director UC Education Abroad Program & UC Associate Provost, International Academic Activities University-wide Office of Education Abroad Program. A Stanford and Columbia educated Californian, John A. Marcum was "internationalized" as a Fulbright student in France (1952-54). At Colgate University, where he began his teaching career in political science/international relations, he became immersed in the study of decolonization in Africa and the first of a long series of programs focused on educational exchange and scholarship programs with Africa. A former president of the African Studies Association, author of a two-volume study of the Angolan Revolution, PBS television panelist, and journal editor, he has been on the faculty of the University of California since 1972, served as a College Provost and Academic Vice Chancellor at the Santa Cruz campus, and has directed the Universitywide Education Abroad Program since 1990. In 2001, he was named Associate Provost, International Academic Activities, and in this role Professor Marcum is focusing on integrating academic programs abroad with research and public service to broaden and coordinate UC's international dimensions.

Zaveeni Khan-Marcus, founding Director of UCSB's MultiCultural Center. The Center currently attracts over 40,000 people per year to attend programs presented by the MCC, student organizations and departments. In its quest to increase awareness and understanding of diverse cultures, the Center offers a broad spectrum of events including lectures, panel discussions, films and videos, musical, dance, dramatic performances and art exhibitions. Ms. Khan-Marcus was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the U.S. in 1982. She received a B.A. in English literature from California State University, Long Beach and a Master's degree in education from UCSB in 1989. She has lived in Egypt and is an active member of the Asian community in Santa Barbara.

Together with Tony Cheetham, one of our campus's most distinguished chemists; other members of the steering committee provide a strong technical orientation.

Galen Stucky: Professor of Chemistry and Materials, Galen Stucky received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Iowa State University under the supervision of R. E. Rundle. After postdoctoral study at MIT with C. G. Shull, he held positions at the University of Illinois, Sandia National Laboratory, and DuPont Central Research and Development before joining the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1985. He is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and in the Materials Department, and a member of the Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering. He has published over 580 scientific articles and has been awarded 13 patents. Recent honors include one of three lecturers at the Symposium in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Chemical Institutes at "Hessische Strasse" (2000), the Humboldt Research Prize (2000), the ACS Award in Chemistry of Materials (2002), an IBM Faculty Award (2003), and the IMMS Award (2004). He was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. His current research interests include synthesis and characterization of composite materials; understanding Nature's routes to organic/inorganic bio-assembly; and the chemistry associated with efficient utilization of energy resources.

Dr. Steve Golden: Chief Technical Officer, Catalytic Solutions, Inc. Steve Golden received his doctorate, in 1988, from Imperial College in London, focusing on thin film electrochromic devices based on mixed-metal oxide intercalation. On completion of his PhD, Steve traveled to UCSB to work as a post-doc with Professor Fred Lange in the Materials Department. Spin-on solution processes were developed and optimized to synthesize high-T_c superconducting thin films. Breakthroughs were made in the understanding of solid solution effects in these quaternary systems. These have major implications for the real defect structures that drive important fundamental electronic and related properties. Collaborations with TEM experts in Manfred Ruhle's group and with inter-disciplinary programs at UCSB (Electrical Engineering and Physics) helped to define some of the structural fundamentals in addition to device applications. In 1992 he took up a postdoctoral position at Queensland University working with a multi-disciplinary group based at the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis. Bulk processing routes for high-T_c oxide powder synthesis were developed and sintered forms were protoyped for magnetic shielding applications. Phase diagrams were defined to control sinterability in a number of mixed-metal oxide systems. Returning to the Santa Barbara area in 1994, Steve was hired as the head of research at Driesbach Electromotive Inc. concentrating on catalyst development for secondary zinc-air batteries. As part of the management team he was heavily involved in investor relations and fund-raising. In early 1996 Steve founded Catalytic Solutions, Inc (CSI) to develop and manufacture new mixed-metal oxide based catalytic converters for the automotive industry. Through the successful completion of the research phase and development of the Mixed-Phase Catalyst platform, supply contracts with Honda, Ford and GM were established offering very large precious metal savings over competitive products. CSI is established in Oxnard, California with major research and manufacturing capability. As CTO, Steve runs an R&D staff of 30 staff and is currently focused on establishing breakthrough catalyst products in diesel, energy and petrochemical markets for major global customers.

Dr. Robert J. Pangborn: served as Vice President of Central and New Business R & D at Dow Chemical from 1993 - 1998. At Dow, Dr. Pangborn managed over 400 people and a budget of $100MM. Programs in his organization varied from advanced materials development for electronics and fuel cells to computer modeling and catalyst development.