REU Site for Interdisciplinary Materials Research

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会材料研究与化学部联合资助，支持位于卡本代尔的南伊利诺伊大学本科生研究经验（REU）项目的延续。REU网站计划在2009年至2011年期间每年夏季为14名本科生提供10周的支持。参与REU的学生在化学，物理和/或工程部门的教师导师的密切指导下从事材料研究的跨学科项目。跨学科的环境鼓励REU学生从广义上思考他们各自的项目，并考虑将他们的研究应用于新技术和与新设备制造有关的问题。REU学生有机会在项目期间、项目结束时的海报展示以及在地区和国家会议上向不同学科的观众展示他们的研究。通过晚间和周末的社交和文化活动，学生将有机会与同行、教师导师以及其他科学家和工程师建立联系。学生在全国范围内招募，特别强调来自科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生，以及社会经济上处于不利地位的学生和第一代大学生。REU网站的目标包括：1)创造科学和工程作为职业选择的积极形象；2)提供良好的科研环境；3)提高参与者的沟通能力；4)教学基础研究工具（含现代仪器）；5)促进合作研究；6)增加国内学生的数量，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，他们选择科学和工程领域的职业。

This award, jointly funded by the Division of Materials Research and Chemistry a the National Science Foundation, supports the continuation of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The REU Site program supports 14 undergraduates for 10 weeks each summer during 2009 to 2011. Participating REU students work on interdisciplinary projects in materials research with close guidance from faculty mentors in Chemistry, Physics and/or Engineering departments. The interdisciplinary environment encourages the REU students to think about their respective projects in broad terms and to consider applications of their research to new technologies and issues relating to manufacturing of new devices. REU students have the opportunity to present their research to a diverse audience across disciplines during the program and at the end-of-program poster presentation as well as in regional and national conferences. Opportunities to network with peers, faculty mentors, and other scientists and engineers are provided through evening and week-end social and cultural activities included in the program. Students are recruited nationally, with particular emphasis on students from groups underrepresented in science and engineering, as well as socio-economically disadvantaged and first-generation college students. The goals of the REU site include: 1) creating a positive image of science and engineering as a career choice; 2) providing a nurturing research environment; 3) improving the participants' communication skills; 4) teaching basic research tools (including modern instrumentation); 5) fostering collaborative research; and 6) increasing the number of domestic students, especially those from underrepresented groups, who choose careers in science and engineering.