REU Site for Interdisciplinary Materials Research

REU 跨学科材料研究网站

• 批准号: 0852004
• 负责人: Boyd Goodson
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 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: 2009-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0852004&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Materials; Research

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.

该奖项由材料研究和化学部和美国国家科学基金会共同资助，支持南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校本科生（REU）研究经验项目的继续。REU网站计划支持14名本科生在2009年至2011年期间，每年夏天10周。 参与REU学生在材料研究的跨学科项目上工作，并得到化学，物理和/或工程部门教师导师的密切指导。跨学科的环境鼓励REU学生从广义上思考各自的项目，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学生有机会在课程期间和课程结束时的海报展示以及区域和国家会议上向不同学科的观众展示他们的研究。 与同行，教师导师和其他科学家和工程师建立联系的机会是通过该计划中包括的晚间和周末社交和文化活动提供的。学生在全国范围内招募，特别重视科学和工程专业人数不足的群体的学生，以及社会经济弱势群体和第一代大学生。 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）提供一个培养研究环境; 3）提高参与者的沟通技巧; 4）教授基础研究工具（包括现代仪器）; 5）促进合作研究; 6）增加选择科学和工程职业的国内学生人数，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生。