REU Site: Characterization of Advanced Materials

华盛顿州立大学运营着一个关于材料表征的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。每年在全国范围内招募12名学生，进行为期10周的暑期研究体验，招聘重点是太平洋西北地区。学生参与研究项目，利用现代表征技术来了解材料的加工，结构和性能之间的关系，例如晶体取向对金属腐蚀和有机薄膜机械行为的影响。学生们被分成以项目为基础的小组，每个项目都被设计在夏季完成，并要求小组成员完成加工、结构表征或性能测量方面的任务。夏季研究经历的高潮是学生们在研讨会上展示他们的工作成果。

Washington State University operates a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site on materials characterization. Twelve students are recruited nationwide every year for a ten-week summer research experience, with a recruitment focus in the Pacific Northwest region. Students participate in research projects that utilize modern characterization techniques to understand the relationships between processing, structure and properties of materials, such as the effects of crystal grain orientation on the corrosion of metals and the mechanical behavior of organic thin films. Students are grouped into project-based teams, each project is designed to be finished during the summer and requires team members to complete tasks in processing, structural characterization or properties measurements. The summer research experience culminates with a symposium where the students present the results of their work.