REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Grand Challenges of Chemistry

REU 网站：本科生应对化学重大挑战的研究经验

• 批准号: 0648964
• 负责人: Timothy Hanks
• 金额: $ 27万
• 依托单位: Furman University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0648964&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

This Chemistry Division award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at Furman University for the summers of 2007-2009. Timothy Hanks of Furman University is the site's Program Director. Ten students will be supported each summer in a ten-week program. Ten Furman faculty members along with visiting faculty from regional partner institutions will serve as the REU mentors. The partner institutions include an HBCU, a technical college, and small community colleges. Priority will be given to students (particularly members of underrepresented groups) who otherwise might not have research opportunities. Each visiting faculty member will be accompanied by 1 or 2 students (for a total of 5 visiting students) each summer. The visiting faculty/student teams will collaborate with a Furman faculty/student team on research projects of mutual interest. In addition to research, each summer will feature a structured educational program focusing on a Grand Challenge in Chemistry as well as a professional outreach project. Student development will be monitored through several tools, including electronic portfolios. The latter will be designed not only to help mentors and the Program Director to assess the effectiveness of REU program components, but also to help students to develop research and communication skills. A unique feature of this site is the commitment by the Furman mentors to work with the visiting partner institutions to improve their research infrastructures.

该化学部门奖项支持弗曼大学 2007-2009 年夏季的本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站。 弗曼大学的蒂莫西·汉克斯 (Timothy Hanks) 是该网站的项目总监。 每年夏天，十名学生将在为期十周的项目中获得支持。十名弗曼教员以及来自地区合作机构的客座教员将担任 REU 导师。合作机构包括 HBCU、技术学院和小型社区学院。将优先考虑否则可能没有研究机会的学生（特别是代表性不足群体的成员）。每年夏天，每位访问教师将由 1 或 2 名学生陪同（总共 5 名访问学生）。来访的教职员工/学生团队将与弗曼教职员工/学生团队合作开展共同感兴趣的研究项目。除了研究之外，每年夏天还将举办一个结构化的教育计划，重点关注化学大挑战以及专业外展项目。学生的发展将通过多种工具进行监控，包括电子档案袋。后者的设计不仅可以帮助导师和项目总监评估 REU 项目组成部分的有效性，还可以帮助学生发展研究和沟通技能。 该网站的一个独特之处是弗曼导师承诺与来访的合作机构合作，改善他们的研究基础设施。