REU-Site: A Two-Summer Research Experience in Polymers

小行星9531507 这个REU网站奖将为本科生提供一种新型的教育机会，结合两个夏天的研究经验，首先在学术网站，然后在工业之一。 正在崛起的大三学生将首先参加USM接受聚合物科学，仪器分析和安全方面的广泛培训（第一周短期课程），然后与工业合作伙伴合作开展研究项目。 学生和教师的两个单独的每周会议将涉及：5分钟的学生总结他们的项目结合选定的主题的工业演示;和介绍分子建模结合职业道德的讨论。 最后的会谈将给予联合USM工业参与者。 即将到来的大四学生将在夏天继续在工业场所（如合作社或实习）的项目，但项目基础已经建立。 每周电话会议将与教师合作伙伴举行。 最后的演讲将在USM在同一个夏季结束会议的第一个夏天的学生。 每年夏天共有15名学生计划参加USM计划，10名由NSF资助，5名由工业赠款资助（每人10 X 2500美元）。 第二个夏天的工业住宿将完全由行业资助，将前往USM的最后计划。 10个工业合作伙伴中的每一个将根据自然减员情况招收1或2名第二个暑期学生。 学生招聘将建立在USM现有的强大计划，但将扩展到包括行业在寻找当地和区域参与者的积极参与。 少数民族和妇女参与者将通过USM广泛的支线学校网络和本科生招生办公室寻求。 项目将由USM教授和工业科学家共同开发，并将涉及对现实世界问题的基本探索（包括示例）。 到该项目的第四年，10个工业合作伙伴将被要求增加他们的支持（每个7500美元），使之成为一个自我维持的计划，为在聚合物行业和研究生院的职业培训本科生。 ***

9531507 Mathias This REU site award will provide a new type of educational opportunity for undergraduates that combines research experiences over two summers, first at an academic site and then at an industrial one. Rising juniors will first attend USM to receive broad training (first week short-courses) in polymer science, instrumental analysis, and safety followed by a research project carried out in collaboration with industrial partners. Two separate weekly meetings of students and faculty will involve: 5 minute student summaries of their projects combined with an industrial presentation on selected topics; and an introduction to molecular modeling combined with discussions on professional ethics. Final talks will be given to combined USM-industrial participants. Rising seniors will spend their summer continuing the projects at industrial sites (like a co-op or internship) but with project groundwork already established. Weekly teleconferences will be held with the faculty partner. Final presentations will be given at USM in the same summer-end meeting for the first-summer students. A total of 15 students are planned for the USM program each summer, 10 funded by NSF and 5 by industrial grants (10 X $2500 each). Second-summer industrial stays will be totally funded by industry, as will travel to USM for the final program. Each of 10 industrial partners will take 1 or 2 second-summer students, depending on attrition. Student recruitment will build on existing strong programs at USM, but will extend to include active participation by industry in finding local and regional participants. Minorities and women participants will be sought through USM's extensive network of feeder schools and the undergraduate recruitment office. Projects will be jointly developed by USM professors and industrial scientists, and will involve basic exploration of real-world problems (examples are included). By year four of this project, the 10 industrial partner s will be asked to increase their support (to $7500 each) to make this a self-sustaining program for training undergraduates for careers in the polymer industry and graduate school. ***