Chemistry REU Site at Clemson: A Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

该化学系奖项支持克莱姆森大学2005-2007年夏季的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该项目的负责人是路易斯·埃切戈扬，他得到了共同的PI·卢尔德·埃切戈扬的协助。从其他院校招募的九名学生将参加为期十周的项目。学生在全国范围内招生，重点放在克莱姆森周围的十个州地区，那里有大量的HBCU机构。此外，特别招聘工作针对波多黎各机构，采取了一项新举措，从克莱姆森附近的两年制技术学院招聘。学生将参加小组活动，旨在丰富他们的研究经验，并促进学生与学生和师生之间的互动。这些活动包括初步研究报告、仪器设备工作坊、信息午餐研讨会和参观当地行业的研发设施。研究经验在最后一次研讨会上达到高潮，在研讨会上，学生们以海报的形式展示他们的工作成果。归根结底，该计划旨在鼓励并成功地为参与者继续研究生水平的学习做好准备，并引导他们走向成功的科学和教学生涯。

This Chemistry Division award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Clemson University for the summers of 2005-2007. The program director is Luis Echegoyen who is assisted by co-PI Lourdes Echegoyen. Nine students, recruited from other institutions, will participate in a ten-week program. Students are recruited nationwide with emphasis on the ten-state region surrounding Clemson where a large number of institutions are HBCUs. In addition, special recruiting efforts target Puerto Rican institutions with a new initiative to recruit from 2-year technical colleges in the vicinity of Clemson. Students will participate in group activities aimed at enriching their research experience and at fostering student-student and faculty-student interactions. These activities include a preliminary research presentation, instrumentation workshops, informational lunch seminars and a visit to the R & D facilities at a local industry. The research experience culminates in a final symposium at which students present the results of their work in a poster format. Ultimately, the program is intended to encourage and successfully prepare participants to continue studies at the graduate level and to lead them to a successful scientific and teaching career.