REU Site: Materials Education and Research on Far-From-Equilibrium Materials, Structures, Properties, and Processes

该奖项由材料研究部资助，将有助于建立一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站：材料教育和研究远离平衡材料，结构，性能和过程在爱荷华州州立大学。 随着社会的发展越来越快，对日常技术中使用的材料的需求增加，并将手机和电脑等设备推向其操作的极限。 这就要求我们必须依靠材料在其非平衡性质-结构竞技场中的性能，并使在非平衡条件下对材料结构、性质和加工的研究、理解和控制与未来的科学进步密切相关。这个REU网站将从事跨学科的研究项目，增加学科课程曝光九名本科生。 示例研究项目包括下一代锂电池阳极材料、超高强度生物启发材料和耐磨复合材料的非平衡表面处理。 这个为期10周的暑期项目的招聘将来自全国范围的人才库，重点是代表性不足的少数民族，包括妇女和社区大学的学生。 除了材料研究培训，REU学生将参加研究研讨会，参加专业发展活动，并通过与教师，研究生和同行之间的互动接受职业指导。

This award, funded by the Division of Materials Research, will help establish a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Materials Education and Research on Far-From-Equilibrium Materials, Structures, Properties, and Processes at Iowa State University. As society moves more rapidly, demands from the materials used in everyday technology increases and pushes devices such as cell phones and computers to the extreme limits of their operation. This necessitates that we rely upon the performance of materials in their non-equilibrium property-structure arena and makes the study, understanding, and control of materials structure, properties, and processing under non- equilibrium conditions very relevant to scientific advances in the future. This REU site will engage nine undergraduate students in cross-disciplinary research projects that augment disciplinary curricular exposure. Example research projects include materials for next generation lithium battery anodes, ultra-high strength bio-inspired materials, and non-equilibrium surface processing of wear-resistant composites. Recruitment for this 10-week summer program will be from a nation-wide pool with a focus on underrepresented minorities including women and students from community colleges. In addition to materials research training, REU students will attend research seminars, participate in professional development activities, and receive career guidance through interactions with faculty, graduate students, and among peers.