iREU Site: Chemical Sciences in China

该奖项由化学系（CHE）颁发，国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）和材料研究系（DMR）共同资助，支持2008-2010年夏季在密歇根大学安阿伯（UM）和北京大学（PKU）建立一个新的国际本科生研究经验（iREU）网站。 该计划将由化学UM系副主任Brian Coppola组织和管理，并由文学，科学和艺术UM学院自然科学研究副主任James Penner-Hahn协助。 北京大学化学系副主任李子晨教授将担任REU项目在北京的协调人。十三名大三或大四本科生（10名由NSF资助，3名由机构基金资助）将前往中国北京参加北京大学化学系为期十周半的课程。 在项目的前两周半，美国REU学生将参加一个集中的中国语言和文化的方向，主要是通过在北京的沉浸进行。 学生们将用剩下的八周时间在北大的研究小组内进行独立的研究项目。 北京大学是中国首屈一指的研究型大学，支持化学的传统核心领域和化学科学的跨学科工作。超过50%的化学教师在与其他主要科学领域重叠的领域工作，包括：药物化学，材料科学工程，高分子化学，化学工程，生物化学和生命科学。这个项目是一个双边交流项目，利用中国方面的资金，让中国学生在澳大做研究。 在为期十周半的课程结束时，美国REU学生将与在美国工作的中国学生一起参加一个联合的洲际电子海报会议。

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.