Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry at Iowa State University

这项联合化学部和材料研究部的奖项支持爱荷华州立大学本科生研究经验(REU)网站。马克·戈登是该网站的项目主管。詹姆斯·埃文斯、布鲁斯·哈蒙、何启明和威廉·詹克斯是联席导演。来自数学系、物理系和化学系的7名教职员工将担任REU的学生导师。在颁奖期间(2002-2004)，每年夏天将有八名学生在为期十周的计划中得到支持。招聘的重点将放在有个人联系的地区本科机构和几所HBCU大学。研究的重点将是计算化学和物理，特别强调在材料科学中的应用。具体的研究领域是量子化学、表面动力学、固态性质和动力学以及生物分子的动力学。学生将参加一系列关于高性能计算的短期(半天)课程。每周举行一次会议，学生们在暑假后半段时间展示他们的研究成果。暑期结束时，学生们将在海报展示环节中展示他们的研究成果。该项目评估的一部分将是对每一名学生的毕业面试。所有参与者都将被跟踪，直到他们完成本科教育。

This joint Chemistry Division and Materials Research Division award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the Iowa State University. Mark Gordon is the site's Program Director. James Evans, Bruce Harmon, Kai Ming Ho, and William Jenks are the Co-Directors. Seven faculty members from the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry will serve as REU student mentors. Over the award period (2002-2004), eight students will be supported each summer in a ten-week program. The recruitment focus will be directed towards regional undergraduate institutions and several HBCU universities where personal contacts exist. The research focus will be computational chemistry and physics with special emphasis on applications in materials science. The specific areas of research are quantum chemistry, surface dynamics, solid state properties and dynamics, and dynamics of biomolecules. Students will participate in a series of short (half-day) courses on high performance computing. Weekly meetings will be held, where students, during the later part of the summer, present their research. At the end of the summer students will present their research in a poster session. Part of the assessment of the program will be exit interviews with each of the students. All participants will be tracked until they complete their undergraduate educations.