Columbia University's REU Site in Chemistry

该化学部门奖支持哥伦比亚大学本科生研究经验（REU）网站的延续。Leonard Fine是该网站的项目总监，Bhawana Venkataraman是联合项目总监。24名教师将担任REU学生导师。在奖励期间（2002-2004年），每年夏天将支持10名学生参加为期10周的项目。为了将少数族裔学生的比例从过去的15%提高到至少20%，他们将积极发展与少数族裔服务机构的教职员工和管理人员的个人联系。提供给学生的研究包括分析和理论化学、合成和生物化学、物理和无机化学、固体和纳米化学、聚合物化学和材料研究。学生将定期参加小组会议和研讨会。计划进行为期两天的实地考察——一次到国家实验室，另一次到工业实验室。除了学生和研究导师在项目开始和结束时完成一项调查外，还正在制定一项外部评估。该项目的学生将在随后的几年中被跟踪。

This Chemistry Division award supports the continuation of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Columbia University. Leonard Fine is the site's Program Director and Bhawana Venkataraman is the Co-Program Director. Twenty-four faculty will serve as REU student mentors. Over the award period (2002-2004), ten students will be supported each summer in a ten-week program. To increase their record in the past of 15% minority students to at least 20%, they will actively develop personal contacts at minority serving institutions with faculty and administrators. Research available to the students includes analytical and theoretical chemistry, synthetic and biological chemistry, physical and inorganic chemistry, solid state and nanochemistry, polymer chemistry and materials research. Students will participate on a regular basis in group meetings and seminars. Two daylong field trips are planned -- one to a national laboratory and the other to an industrial laboratory. An external review is being developed in addition to students and research mentors completing a survey both at the start and at the end of the program. Students in the program will be tracked in subsequent years.