REU Site: Sustainable Energy Alternatives and the Advanced Materials (SEAM)

REU 网站：可持续替代能源和先进材料 (SEAM)

• 批准号: 0851973
• 负责人: Sylvia Thomas
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851973&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Sustainable; Energy; Alternatives

Proposal: 0851973PI Name: Sylvia Thomas"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."The renewal REU site award will provide research experiences for 10 undergraduate students each year over a three year period. The students will be engaged in state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research projects in the fields of solar cell characterization, developing nanofibrous and nanospherical conducting polymeric materials for hydrogen storage to be used in mobile applications, renewable production of hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel production, organic solar cell arrays for on-chip application, and solar energy conversion. The primary emphasis of the program is to encourage talented undergraduate students, in particular women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and community college students, to pursue graduate studies in the interdisciplinary STEM fields. The program provides not only stimulating research opportunities, but it also offers a seminar series, enrichment activities, workshops and journal club sessions on ethical and societal research impacts, graduate education spotlights, and career strategy highlights. Faculty and graduate student mentors will also be afforded professional development opportunities. They will attend a mentoring workshop where they will receive invaluable lessons in skills assessment, providing supportive environments for underrepresented minorities, and mentoring. This REU program will culminate with a Research Summer Fest, where students will participate in a poster session and conduct oral presentations. All REU participants will be encouraged to submit research abstracts and papers to publications and regional and national conferences.In order to accomplish the recruitment goals of the program, the Principal Investigator will work closely with minority and female student organizations, targeted institutions with significant minority student populations and community colleges. This REU program aims to increase the number of US advanced degree holders, especially for underrepresented minorities, females, and an underutilized pool of talent from community colleges. A long-term study will be conducted to investigate the impact of undergraduate research participation on the students' careers.

提案：0851973 PI姓名：西尔维亚托马斯“这个奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。“REU网站更新奖将提供研究经验，每年为10名本科生在三年内。 学生将从事太阳能电池表征领域最先进的跨学科研究项目，开发用于移动的应用的储氢纳米纤维和纳米球形导电聚合物材料，可再生生产碳氢化合物和氢燃料生产，用于芯片应用的有机太阳能电池阵列，以及太阳能转换。 该计划的主要重点是鼓励有才华的本科生，特别是妇女，少数民族，残疾人和社区大学的学生，在跨学科STEM领域攻读研究生课程。该计划不仅提供了刺激的研究机会，而且还提供了一系列研讨会，丰富活动，研讨会和期刊俱乐部会议的道德和社会研究的影响，研究生教育的聚光灯，和职业战略亮点。 教师和研究生导师也将获得专业发展机会。 他们将参加一个辅导讲习班，在那里他们将获得宝贵的经验教训，在技能评估，提供支持性的环境，为代表性不足的少数民族，和辅导。 该REU计划将以研究夏季节为高潮，学生将参加海报会议并进行口头演讲。 所有REU参与者将被鼓励提交研究摘要和论文的出版物和区域和国家会议。为了实现该计划的招聘目标，首席研究员将与少数民族和女性学生组织密切合作，有大量少数民族学生人口的目标机构和社区学院。 该REU计划旨在增加美国高级学位持有者的数量，特别是针对代表性不足的少数民族，女性和社区学院未充分利用的人才库。将进行一项长期研究，以调查本科生参与研究对学生职业生涯的影响。