REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemistry and Physics at the University of Oregon

该奖项支持续订俄勒冈大学尤金分校2008-2010年夏季的本科生成功研究经验(REU)网站。该网站由国防部与化学部(CHE)的NSF REU计划合作支持。该计划将由化学系教员杰拉尔丁·里士满指导，并通过俄勒冈大学材料科学研究所进行。这个REU网站将在每年夏天将10名学生带到校园进行为期10周的化学和物理前沿研究。学生将从全国各地以本科为主的机构和当地社区大学招生，预计将完成本科生、大三或大二年级的化学或物理课程。REU的参与者将能够从17名化学和物理教职员工的实验室中选择他们的研究项目。为了进一步丰富学生的经验，在整个10周的时间里，计划了实验室外的活动，包括专业发展和职业决策方面的指导和培训。在项目结束时，每个学生将就他们的项目结果做一次陈述，并提交一份书面报告，总结他们的研究活动。

This award supports the renewal of a successful Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Oregon Eugene for the summers of 2008-2010. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU Program in the Division of Chemistry (CHE). The program will be directed by Geraldine Richmond, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, and run through the University of Oregon's Materials Science Institute. This REU site will bring ten students to campus for a ten-week period each summer to conduct cutting edge research in chemistry and physics. Students will be recruited from predominately undergraduate institutions around the country and local community colleges and are expected to have completed coursework in chemistry or physics at the undergraduate junior or advanced sophomore level. REU participants will be able to choose their research projects among the laboratories of 17 faculty members in chemistry and physics. To further enrich the students' experience, activities outside of the laboratory have been planned throughout the ten-week period including mentoring and training in professional development and career decision-making. At the end of the program, each student will provide a presentation on the results of their project and submit a written report that summarizes their research activities.