REU Site - Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering, and Technology

REU 网站 - 纳米系统科学、工程和技术实习

• 批准号: 0453525
• 负责人: Evelyn Hu
• 金额: $ 37.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0453525&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Internships; Nanosystems; Science

This REU-site grant extends a highly successful program at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), which brings community college students from across California to engage in interdisciplinary research. This program, entitled "Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering and Technology" (INSET), expands opportunities for community college students, promoting their future academic and career success in science and engineering through multitiered mentorship. INSET program objectives are:o To promote the successful transfer of a diverse cohort of community college students to the University of California, support their eventual degree completion, and encourage their pursuit of advanced degrees;o To build a community of academic research mentors through campus-wide training workshops, forums and networking; ando To enhance the capacity of UCSB and other research universities to support community college transfer students by disseminating the factors which contribute to their transfer and future success.Intellectual Merit: The INSET program is hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), a research center established by the State of California, based jointly at UCSB and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). CNSI's focus on nanosystems looks to the richness of opportunities in forming new materials and complex systems by integrating nanoscale building blocks from both biological and electronic materials. Over 60 CNSI faculty researchers at UCSB represent disciplines ranging over the biological sciences, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics. Interns performing research within the CNSI gain hands-on experience in the development of cutting-edge technologies that fall outside the boundaries traditional of science and engineering disciplines.A critical factor in designing beneficial education opportunities for community college students is recognizing the unique needs and concerns of such students. INSET program evaluation, conducted jointly with the Graduate School of Education, surveys community-college research interns and university-student interns to identify differences in expectations, goals, motivations, personal gains and achievements. The findings of such research will be valuable for other programs and universities that aim to engage this highly under-served population.Broader Impacts: Community colleges offer a significantly underutilized pool of talent for science and engineering disciplines. Community colleges serve a disproportionate number of underrepresented minority and female students, as well as a hugely disproportionate number of nontraditional students. INSET recruitment efforts build on established relationships with California community colleges that have sizable underrepresented and disadvantaged populations. Of the 45 students who have participated in the first 3 years of the INSET program, 42% were female and 42% were underrepresented minorities so INSET has extensive impact on the greater UCSB community. INSET enhances the effectiveness of mentorship through organization of training workshops, discussion forums and networking. Additionally, program staff take a leadership role in coordinating activities with several other UCSB undergraduate research programs during the summer, including a campus-wide undergraduate research colloquium. Nationally, this program will enhance the capacity of other institutions to support community-college transfer students by raising the profile of high-achieving community-college-student researchers, promoting successful university/community college partnership models, and disseminating INSET evaluation findings through publications and professional conferences.

这个REU网站补助金扩展了加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的一个非常成功的项目，该项目将来自加州各地的社区大学生带到跨学科研究中。该计划名为“纳米系统科学，工程和技术实习”（INSET），扩大了社区大学生的机会，通过多层次的指导促进他们未来在科学和工程领域的学术和职业成功。INSET计划的目标是：o促进社区学院学生的多样化队列成功转移到加州大学，支持他们最终完成学位，并鼓励他们追求高级学位;o通过校园范围的培训研讨会，论坛和网络建立学术研究导师的社区;安藤通过传播有助于社区大学转学生和未来的因素，增强UCSB和其他研究型大学支持社区大学转学生的能力智力优势：INSET计划由加州纳米系统研究所（CNSI）主办，CNSI是由加州州建立的研究中心，总部设在UCSB和加州大学洛杉矶（UCLA）。CNSI对纳米系统的关注着眼于通过整合来自生物和电子材料的纳米级构建模块来形成新材料和复杂系统的丰富机会。UCSB的60多名CNSI教师研究人员代表了生物科学，化学，化学工程，计算机科学，电气工程，材料，数学，机械工程和物理学等学科。在CNSI内进行研究的实习生获得了在科学和工程学科传统界限之外的尖端技术开发方面的实践经验。为社区大学生设计有益教育机会的一个关键因素是认识到这些学生的独特需求和关注点。与教育研究生院联合进行的INSET项目评估调查了社区学院研究实习生和大学生实习生，以确定他们在期望、目标、动机、个人收益和成就方面的差异。这样的研究结果将是有价值的其他计划和大学，旨在吸引这一高度不足的人口。更广泛的影响：社区学院提供了一个显着未充分利用的人才库的科学和工程学科。社区学院为比例失调的少数民族和女性学生提供服务，同时也为比例失调的非传统学生提供服务。INSET的招聘工作建立在与加州社区学院建立的关系基础上，这些社区学院拥有相当大的代表性不足和弱势群体。在参加INSET计划前3年的45名学生中，42%是女性，42%是代表性不足的少数民族，因此INSET对更大的UCSB社区产生了广泛的影响。INSET通过组织培训讲习班、讨论论坛和建立网络，提高了导师制的有效性。此外，项目工作人员在夏季与其他几个UCSB本科研究项目协调活动中发挥领导作用，包括校园范围内的本科研究座谈会。在全国范围内，这一计划将提高其他机构的能力，以支持社区大学转学生提高高成就的社区大学学生研究人员的形象，促进成功的大学/社区学院的伙伴关系模式，并通过出版物和专业会议传播INSET评估结果。