REU-Site Program at the Center for Nanoscale Systems

这个为期三年的REU现场项目位于康奈尔大学信息技术纳米系统中心(CNS)，每年将为12名本科生提供参与纳米技术跨学科领域实践研究的机会。该计划的目标是激励学生参与者在纳米工程和纳米科学方面进行研究生教育，并鼓励他们在行业或学术界从事纳米技术领域的研究生职业生涯。为了增强研究体验，我们还举办了各种活动。其中包括一系列的研讨会和工作坊，旨在向学生介绍纳米技术的“热门话题”，以及学术和工业纳米技术研究的职业机会。学生将就标准本科工程和科学课程中未涉及的主题进行简短的“纳米课程”，包括为期两天的“纳米科学与工程(NSE)实验室技术入门课程”。本实验技术纳米课程中涵盖的一些主题包括扫描探头仪器、光刻和图案转移。学生还将参加伦理研讨会、研究报告技巧研讨会和各种社区建设活动(如集体晚餐、实地考察和周末社交活动)。在暑期结束时，每个学生将在REU研究研讨会上口头报告他/她的研究项目。这个项目将集中招收工程和科学领域中代表性不足的学生。将鼓励和激励学生继续研究生教育，并在纳米技术或相关技术领域从事专业职业。

This three-year REU site program located at Cornell University, Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technologies (CNS) will provide an opportunity for twelve undergraduate students each year to participate in hands-on research in the interdisciplinary field of Nanotechnology. The objectives of the program are to motivate the student participants to pursue graduate education in nanoengineering and nanoscale science, and to encourage them to pursue post-graduate careers in the nanotechnology area, in either industry or academia. To enhance the research experience, a variety of activities have been incorporated. These include a series of seminars and workshops designed to introduce the students to, and inform them about "hot topics" in nanotechnology, and about career opportunities in both academic and industrial nanotechnology research. Students will take short "NanoCourses" on topics that are not addressed in the standard undergraduate engineering and science curriculum, including a two-day "Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Lab Techniques Course". Some of the topics covered in this Lab Techniques NanoCourse include scanned probe instrumentation, lithography, and pattern-transfer. The students will also participate in an ethics workshop, a workshop on research presentation techniques, and various community-building activities; (i.e. group dinners, field trips, and week-end social events). At the end of the summer, each student will present an oral report on his/her research project at the REU Research Symposium.This program will focus recruitment efforts on students from underrepresented groups in the engineering and science fields. Students will be encouraged and motivated to pursue graduate education and a professional career in nanotechnology or a related technical field.