Columbia University's REU Site in Chemistry

该化学部奖支持继续在哥伦比亚大学本科生（REU）的研究经验网站。 伦纳德罚款是该网站的项目总监和Bhawana文卡塔拉曼是联合项目总监。24名教师将担任REU学生导师。 在奖励期间（2002-2004年），每年夏天将有10名学生参加为期10周的方案。 为了将过去15%的少数民族学生的记录提高到至少20%，他们将积极发展与教师和管理人员在少数民族服务机构的个人联系。 学生可进行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，固态和纳米化学，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-一次前往国家实验室，另一次前往工业实验室。 除了学生和研究导师在项目开始和结束时完成调查外，还正在进行外部审查。 该计划的学生将在随后的几年中进行跟踪。

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.