REU Site: Analysis, Fabrication and Engineering of Surfaces and Materials in Information Technology

该奖项由圣何塞州立大学化学和材料科学部颁发，支持2006-2008年夏季本科生研究经验（REU）和教师研究经验（RET）项目。项目主管是约瑟夫·佩塞克。每年，八名学生和两名高中教师将在IBM阿尔马登研究实验室进行最先进的研究，与圣何塞州立大学的教师合作开展项目。参与者将有机会体验实验室的挑战，在实验室中，当前的技术（光刻胶、半导体、存储设备和介质、纳米技术）正在得到改进，新的技术正在被发明。学生和教师将与其他本科生实习生、来自世界各地的博士后研究人员、IBM科学家和上海州立大学教授在世界一流的技术实验室之一的环境中进行互动。他们深入了解了工业研究中固有的团队合作和决策。他们将获得专业重要技能方面的经验，如口头和海报展示，他们每周参加特别的研讨会，由IT研究前沿的科学家进行演讲（演讲者被要求花一些时间讲述他们是如何做出自己的职业选择的）。将作出重大努力选择参与者，使该小组在性别、种族和教育背景方面保持平衡。该REU站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作支持，数学和物理科学理事会多学科事务办公室为RET组件提供支持。

This award by the Chemistry and Materials Science Divisions supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) sites at San Jose State University for the summers of 2006-2008. The program director is Joseph Pesek. Eight students and two high school teachers each year will do state-of-the-art research at the IBM Almaden Research lab, working on collaborative projects with San Jose State faculty. The participants will have an opportunity to experience the challenges of a lab where current technologies (photoresists, semiconductors, storage devices and media, nanotechnology) are being improved and new ones are being invented. The students and teachers will interact with other undergraduate interns, with postdoctoral researchers from around the world, with IBM scientists and with SJSU professors in the environment of one of the premier technology labs in the world. They gain insight into the teamwork and decision-making inherent in industrial research. They will gain experience in professionally significant skills such as oral and poster presentations, and they attend special weekly seminar meetings which feature presentations by scientists on the frontiers of IT research (speakers are asked to spend some time on how they made their own career choices). Significant efforts will be made to select participants such that the group is balanced in terms of gender, ethnicity and educational background. This REU site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program and the Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs provides support for the RET component.