REU Site: Soft Materials at Penn State University

REU 站点：宾夕法尼亚州立大学软材料

• 批准号: 0851897
• 负责人: Coray Colina
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851897&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Soft; Materials; Penn

This award establishes a new Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Site in Soft Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Pennsylvania State University. The program aims to train undergraduate students with knowledge, perspective, and teamwork experience to inspire them to pursue advanced degrees and careers in Engineering and Science disciplines. Each year, eleven undergraduate students are recruited nationally to work closely with faculty mentors across Materials Science, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry departments in computational and experimental research projects. Research is organized around polymers, biological macromolecules and self-assembled bio-structures which have potential use in pharmaceutical, agricultural and other industries. In addition to student research projects, the program includes seminars on research topics, guidance on career development, informal social activities to promote interaction among peers and with mentors, and final symposium where REU students present their research results. This REU site is envisioned as nucleating a "center-of-excellence for undergraduate research" in the field of soft materials while strengthening the education and research experience of future science and engineering workforce.This REU Site is funded by the NSF Division of Materials Research.

该奖项在宾夕法尼亚州立大学材料科学与工程系建立了一个新的软材料本科生研究经验（REU）网站。该计划旨在培养具有知识，观点和团队合作经验的本科生，以激励他们追求工程和科学学科的高级学位和职业。每年，11名本科生在全国范围内被招募，与材料科学、化学工程和化学系的教师导师密切合作，进行计算和实验研究项目。研究围绕聚合物、生物大分子和自组装生物结构进行，这些研究在制药、农业和其他行业具有潜在的用途。除了学生的研究项目，该计划还包括研究课题的研讨会，职业发展指导，促进同龄人之间和导师之间互动的非正式社交活动，以及REU学生展示研究成果的最后研讨会。这个REU基地被设想为软材料领域的“卓越本科研究中心”，同时加强未来科学和工程劳动力的教育和研究经验。本REU网站由美国国家科学基金会材料研究部资助。