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

该奖项支持俄勒冈大学尤金分校2008-2010年夏季成功的本科生研究经验（REU）站点的更新。该网站由美国国防部与化学部门（CHE）的NSF REU项目合作支持。该项目将由化学系教员杰拉尔丁·里士满（Geraldine Richmond）指导，并由俄勒冈大学材料科学研究所（University of Oregon’s Materials Science Institute）负责。这个REU站点每年夏天将带十名学生到校园进行为期十周的化学和物理前沿研究。学生将主要从全国各地的本科院校和当地社区学院招募，预计将在本科、大三或高二阶段完成化学或物理课程。REU的参与者将能够在化学和物理领域的17名教员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，在十周的时间里，我们计划了实验室之外的活动，包括专业发展和职业决策方面的指导和培训。在课程结束时，每个学生将提供一个关于他们的项目结果的演示，并提交一份总结他们的研究活动的书面报告。

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.