REU Site: A Chemical Engineering Approach to the Materials/Biology Interface

REU 网站：材料/生物界面的化学工程方法

• 批准号: 0552655
• 负责人: Perla Balbuena
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0552655&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Chemical; Engineering; Approach

Abstract for REU Site: A Chemical Engineering Approach to the Materials/Biology InterfaceInstitution: Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University (TAMU)Principal Investigator: David M. FordThis REU award for a 3 year Site on research at the interface of biology and materials supports 10 undergraduate students per year for three years in an 8-week summer research program and 1 student during the academic year at TAMU. The objectives of this REU Site are to: (1) actively recruit underrepresented students for participation; (2) open new research opportunities to students who have had little or no previous research experience, providing insights into research methodologies, self-discipline, team integration, and reporting and exchanging new knowledge; (3) provide information on benefits of attending graduate school, the application process, and encourage students to attend graduate school in Chemical Engineering at TAMU; (4) provide community building opportunities among REU students, TAMU graduate students and faculty mentors; and (5) provide opportunities for REU students to present and publish with faculty mentors.The intellectual merit of the research is to bring the rigorous analytical approach characteristic of chemical engineering to problems at the materials/biology interface. The REU students will participate in developing the next generation of products and processes on biological molecules and organisms.Recruiting will be targeted at rising junior and senior students in chemical engineering, and from chemistry, physics, biology, or mathematics who express an interest in engineering graduate school. Students will be recruited from TAMU as well as through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), three Hispanic Serving Institutions and through student engineering organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), National Society of Black Engineering (NSBE), Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) and the Society of Hispanic Engineering (SHPE) to ensure a diverse student population of participants.This program has the potential to make a significant contribution toward enhancing the diversity of research and education infrastructure at Texas A&M University and toward increasing the production of African American and Hispanic engineers and scientists. The project creates a model program for diverse populations that addresses the exposure to research by undergraduates as well as awareness of the pathway to graduate school.

REU站点摘要：材料/生物界面的化学工程方法机构：德克萨斯工程实验站德克萨斯A M大学（TAMU）首席研究员：大卫M。FordThis REU奖在生物学和材料的接口研究3年网站支持每年10名本科生在为期8周的夏季研究计划和1名学生在学年期间在TAMU三年。 该网站的目标是：（1）积极招募代表性不足的学生参与;（2）为以前几乎没有研究经验的学生提供新的研究机会，提供研究方法，自律，团队整合以及报告和交流新知识的见解;（3）提供有关参加研究生院的好处，申请过程的信息，并鼓励学生参加TAMU化学工程研究生院;（4）在REU学生，TAMU研究生和教师导师之间提供社区建设机会;以及（5）为REU学生提供与教师导师一起展示和发表的机会。研究的智力价值是将化学的严格分析方法特征解决材料/生物界面的问题。 REU学生将参与开发下一代生物分子和生物体的产品和工艺。招聘对象为化学工程专业的初、高年级学生，以及对工程研究生院感兴趣的化学、物理、生物或数学专业的学生。 学生将从TAMU以及通过历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），三个西班牙裔服务机构和通过学生工程组织，如女工程师协会（SWE），黑人工程全国协会（NSBE），墨西哥裔美国工程师和科学家协会（MAES）和西班牙裔工程协会（SHPE）该计划有可能为提高德克萨斯A M大学研究和教育基础设施的多样性&以及增加非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔工程师和科学家的产量做出重大贡献。该项目为不同人群创建了一个示范项目，解决了本科生接触研究以及对研究生入学途径的认识。