Research Experience For Undergraduates (REU): Preparation and Properties of Electronic Materials

建立了一个以电子材料的制备和性能为重点的REU。学生每年将参与半导体材料、光学材料和电子陶瓷领域的学年和暑期研究项目。所有项目的共同重点将是开发和理解对应用很重要的具有电学或光学性质的材料。具体的研究项目包括：(1)非晶陶瓷的结晶，(2)红外透射玻璃纤维，(3)外延半导体材料的测绘，(4)掺杂溶胶-凝胶材料的合成和光学性质，(5)高导电性氧化物的晶体生长，光学活性染料陶瓷复合材料，导电聚合物的表征。本学年部分课程的学生将从各种本科专业中挑选，包括材料科学、电气工程和化学。这些学生将获得学年研究活动的支持，然后鼓励他们在夏季继续参与正在进行的项目。该项目夏季部分的学生将从各种高质量的本科院校招募，如哈维马德和波莫纳学院，这些院校无法提供研究生水平的研究环境。夏季系列研讨会将进行，学生可以在研究环境中展示他们的工作，并与研究生和教师进行专业互动。每年将选出几名学生在全国会议上展示他们的作品。

A REU that would focus on the preparation and properties of electronic materials is established. Students would be involved each year in both academic year and summer research projects in the areas of semiconductor materials, optical materials, and electronic ceramics. The common focus of all the projects will be the development and understanding of materials with electrical or optical properties that are important for applications. Specific research projects include: (1) crystallization of amorphous ceramics, (2) infrared transmitting glass fibers, (3) mapping of epitaxial semiconductor materials, (4) synthesis and optical properties of doped sol-gel materials, (5) crystal growth of high conductivity oxides, optically active dyes-in-ceramic composites, and characterization of conducting polymers. Students for the academic year part of the program will be selected from a variety of undergraduate programs, including materials science, electrical engineering and chemistry. These students will receive academic year support for research activities and then be encouraged to continue as participants in on-going projects during the summer. Students for the summer part of the program will be recruited from a variety of high quality undergraduate institutions, such as Harvey Mudd and the Pomona Colleges, which are not able to provide a graduate-level research environment. A summer seminar series will be conducted in which students can present their work and interact professionally with graduate students and faculty in a research environment. Several of the students will be selected each year to present their work at national meetings.