Planning Visit to set up an International Chemistry REU Program at Lund University, Sweden

[0446651]化学专业的本科生出国留学的机会往往有限，因为他们必须修的专业课程太多，而且这些课程的修课顺序相当严格。反过来，海外留学项目很少提供化学课程，因此，希望按时完成专业的化学学生负担不起国外一个学期的费用。该奖项将使两名学生有可能在夏季前往瑞典进行双重目标，即与隆德大学的研究人员进行先前商定的研究合作，并计划在瑞典隆德大学开展更永久的国际REU化学项目。学生从参与研究经验中受益匪浅。通过在国外做研究，更广泛的影响是，学生将学习如何做科学，同时接触到不同的文化和看待同一研究问题的不同方式。获得REU奖项后，学生将能够扩展他们的专业网络，包括来自不同背景的科学家，并将被鼓励更全球化地思考科学。他们还将通过接触在不同文化中如何进行科学研究来了解科学的广度和历史。这些本科生将于2004年夏天前往隆德大学，在PIS及其同事Olle Soderman（物理化学系1）和Sofi Elmroth和Ebbe Nordlander（无机和生物无机化学系）的指导下进行为期6-8周的研究。学生将与各自院系的研究生密切合作，并可以选择以下合作项目：烷基糖苷膜对酶活性的影响；新型表面活性剂和聚合物体系的研究金属酶活性位点的合成与建模。在夏季结束时，学生们将以书面报告的形式展示他们夏季研究的结果。雷德兰兹大学的学生将在9月份的雷德兰兹大学科学中心夏季研究海报会议上展示他们的夏季研究海报。

0446651WhiddonChemistry undergraduates are often limited in their opportunities to study abroad due to both the number of major classes they must take and the rather rigid order in which these courses should be taken. In turn, study abroad programs seldom offer any chemistry courses, so that a chemistry student who wishes to finish a major on time cannot afford a semester abroad. This award will make it possible for two students to go to Sweden for the summer with the two-fold goal of working on research collaborations previously agreed on with investigators at Lund University, and of planning for a more permanent international REU chemistry program at Lund University in Sweden.Students benefit greatly from participation in research experiences. By doing research abroad, the broader impact is that students will learn how to do science while at the same time being exposed to a different culture and different ways of looking at the same research problem. As a result of this REU award, students will be able to expand their professional networks to include scientists from different backgrounds and will be encouraged to think of science more globally. They will also get an understanding of the breadth and history of science by exposure to how science is done in a different culture.The undergraduate research students will go to Lund University in the summer of 2004, to do research for a period of 6-8 weeks, under the supervision of the PIS and their colleagues, Olle Soderman (Department of Physical Chemistry 1), and Sofi Elmroth and Ebbe Nordlander (Department of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry) at the Lund University Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. T he students will work closely with graduate students in the respective departments and be able to choose from the following collaborative projects: Effects of Alkylglucside Membranes on Enzyme Activities; Investigations of Novel Surfactant and Polymer Systems; and Synthesis and Modeling of MetalloEnzyme Active Sites.At the end of the summer, the students will present results from their summer research in a written report. Redlands students will present a poster on their summer research at the University of Redlands Science Center Summer Research Poster Session in September.