REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Integrated Nanoscience

化学系支持俄克拉荷马州立大学(OSU)2007-2009年夏季的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该节目的导演是巴里·K·拉文，杰夫·怀特和约翰·盖尔德是联合导演。参与者将从研究机会有限的机构招募，特别强调当地大学的美洲原住民学生。八名学生将开展纳米科学研究，围绕国土安全、先进仪器、环境分析、催化和化学传感器等主题。该项目还将提供将纳米科学与生物技术相结合的本科生研究项目。生物技术和纳米科学之间的联系，加上专业发展活动，将向学生传达化学研究的兴奋和跨学科性质。REU的参与者将参加涵盖所有暑期研究项目共同的重要化学和材料科学概念的研讨会。学生还将接受使用包括核磁共振、X射线结晶学、拉曼光谱、GC-MS和LC-MS在内的仪器的培训。将根据与会者的兴趣，每两周举办一次系列研讨会。学生将在每周小组会议和期末研讨会上非正式地介绍他们的研究，每个学生都将做海报和口头报告。每一名REU学生都将有机会在OSU的暑期研究经验之后，在春季的ACS会议上展示他们的暑期研究成果。

The Division of Chemistry supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at Oklahoma State University (OSU) for the summers of 2007-2009. The program director is Barry K. Lavine, and Jeff White and John Gelder are co-directors. Participants will be recruited from institutions with limited research opportunities with a special emphasis on Native American students from local colleges. Eight students will carry out research in nanoscience, centered on the themes of homeland security, advanced instrumentation, environmental analysis, catalysis, and chemical sensors. The program also will offer undergraduate research projects that integrate nanoscience with biotechnology. The linkage between biotechnology and nanoscience coupled with professional development activities will convey to the students both the excitement and the interdisciplinary nature of chemical research. REU participants will attend workshops covering important chemical and material science concepts common to all of the summer research projects. Students also will receive training in the use of instrumentation including NMR, X-ray crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, GC-MS and LC-MS. A biweekly seminar series will be geared to the interest of the participants. Students will present their research informally in weekly group meetings and at a final symposium, where each student will give both a poster and oral presentation. Every REU student will have the opportunity to present the results of their summer research at the Spring ACS Meeting following their summer research experience at OSU.