REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental, Materials, and Biological Chemistry

明尼苏达大学化学系将在2009- 2011年夏季为10名来自全国各地的环境、材料或生物化学本科生开展NSF-REU项目。参与者将在一所主要的研究型大学获得在高度跨学科领域的化学前沿的尖端研究经验。这种广泛的研究暴露将辅以短期课程，高技术仪器的实际培训，并参观当地政府和工业实验室。学生们还可以参加“化学家在图书馆”项目，在该项目中，40-70名儿童将在当地社区图书馆一次进行动手实验。参与者将通过全国范围内的广告来选择，大二学生，少数群体，以及通常不会得到这样机会的1或2个大器晚成的人将成为目标。这将最大限度地发挥我们项目的影响，并导致新科学家的发展，他们追求化学科学的职业生涯，否则会选择不同的职业道路。

The Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota will be running an NSF-REU program for ten undergraduate students from around the country in environmental, materials, or biological chemistry during the summers of 2009- 2011. Participants will gain a cutting edge research experience at a major research University at the forefront of chemistry in highly interdisciplinary areas. This broad research exposure will be supplemented with short classes, hands on training with high tech instruments, and visits to local government and industrial laboratories. Students will also be able to participate in the Chemists-in-the-library program, where hands-on experiments are carried out by 40-70 children at a time in local community libraries. Participants will be selected by advertising nationally and sophomores, under-represented minority groups, and 1 or 2 late bloomers who ordinarily would not get such an opportunity will be targeted. This will maximize the impact of our program and lead to the development of new scientists who pursue careers in the chemical sciences that otherwise would have picked different career pathways.