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年夏季为来自全国各地的环境、材料或生物化学专业的10名本科生开展NSF-REU项目。参与者将在一所处于高度跨学科领域化学前沿的主要研究型大学获得尖端研究经验。这种广泛的研究接触将通过短期课程、使用高科技仪器的实践培训以及参观当地政府和工业实验室来补充。学生们还将能够参加图书馆化学家项目，在该项目中，当地社区图书馆一次由40-70名儿童进行动手实验。参与者将通过在全国范围内和大二学生、代表性不足的少数群体的广告来挑选，通常不会获得这样的机会的一两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，他们追求的是化学科学领域的职业，否则他们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.