Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU): Research Participation in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

一项针对30名在校本科生的长期荣誉项目已成功地与NSF-REU现场项目相结合。合并后的项目增加了学生参与的总人数，并为招收校外参与者提供了资源。REU站点的延续允许该计划广泛地作为夏季本科生研究的州和区域中心。该活动的具体目标是提供深入的研究经验，引导有才华的学生走向研究事业，让参与者接触各种研究，主题，并提高学生交流研究计划和结果的能力。研究项目包括：(1)用于高分辨率扫描、隧道显微镜的过冷液态金属薄膜；(2)单细胞生长测量；(3)聚合物混合体系的双层膜表征；(4)基因扩增对生物催化速率的影响。

A long-standing honors program for 30 on-campus undergraduates has been successfully integrated with the NSF-REU site program. The combined program has increased the total number of student participants and provided resources for the recruitment of off- campus participants. Continuation of the REU site permits the program to serve broadly as a state and regional Center for summer undergraduate research. The specific goals of this activity are to provide in-depth research experience, guide talented students towards a research career, expose participants to a variety of research, topics, and increase the ability of the students to communicate research plans and results. Research projects include: (1) supercooled liquid metal films for high resolution scanning, tunneling microscopy, (2) growth measurements on single cells, (3) bilayer film characterization of polymer blending systems, and (4) effect of gene amplification in the rate of biocatalysis.