iREU Site: Chemical Sciences in China

这一奖项由化学系(CHE)颁发，国际科学与工程办公室(OISE)和材料研究部(DMR)共同资助，以支持北京密歇根大学安娜堡分校(UM)和北京大学(北京大学)2008-2010年夏季的一个新的本科生国际研究经验(IREU)站点-中国。该项目将由密歇根大学化学系副院长Brian Coppola组织和管理，并由UM文学、科学和艺术学院自然科学研究副院长James Penner-Hahn协助。北京大学化学系副院长李子珍教授将担任系内REU项目在北京的协调员。13名大三或大四的本科生(10名由国家自然科学基金资助，3名由机构基金资助)将前往北京，中国将参加北京大学化学系为期十周半的项目。在该项目的头两周半时间里，美国REU的学生将参加主要通过在北京沉浸的方式，对中国语言和文化进行密集的培训。学生们将在剩下的八周时间里在北大研究组内开展独立的研究项目。北京大学是中国的首屈一指的研究型大学，支持传统的核心化学领域和化学科学的跨学科工作。超过50%的化学教员在与其他主要科学领域重叠的领域工作，包括：药物化学、材料科学与工程、聚合物化学、化学工程、生物化学和生命科学。该项目是一个双边交流项目，利用中国方面的资助，让学生在密歇根大学做研究。在为期十周半的项目结束后，美国留学生将与在美国工作的中国学生一起参加洲际电子海报联合会议。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), with cofunding from the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Division of Materials Research (DMR), supports a new international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (iREU) site at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (UM) and Peking University (PKU) in Beijing, China for the summers of 2008-2010. The program will be organized and managed by Brian Coppola, Associate Dean of the UM Department of Chemistry, with assistance from James Penner-Hahn, Associate Dean for Research in the Natural Sciences in the UM College of Literature, Science and Arts. The PKU Chemistry Department Vice Dean, Professor Li Zi-Chen, will serve as the in-department REU program coordinator in Beijing. Thirteen junior or senior undergraduates (10 supported by NSF and 3 supported by institutional funds) will travel to Beijing, China to participate in a ten-and-a-half week program in the Department of Chemistry at Peking University (PKU). During the first two-and-a-half weeks of the program, the U.S. REU students will participate in an intensive orientation to the Chinese language and culture, conducted mainly by immersion in Beijing. The students will spend the remaining eight weeks conducting independent research projects within PKU research groups. Peking University is the premiere research university in China and supports the traditional core areas of chemistry and interdisciplinary work in the chemical sciences. Over 50% of the chemistry faculty works in areas that overlap with other major areas of science including: Medicinal Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biological Chemistry, and the Life Sciences. This program is being set up as a bilateral exchange, using funding from the China side for its students to do research at UM. At the end of the ten-and-a-half week program, the U.S. REU students will participate in a joint, intercontinental electronic poster session with their Chinese counterparts who are working in the U.S.