REU Site: Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering at Vanderbilt University

REU 站点：范德比尔特大学纳米材料科学与工程

• 批准号: 1005023
• 负责人: Clare McCabe
• 金额: $ 34.2万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nanoscale; Materials; Science

The Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) summer REU program will offer science and engineering undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on research projects in the field of nanoscale science and engineering. VINSE faculty will provide REU students with an interdisciplinary research experience in an environment where physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers collaboratively solve problems and create new scientific understanding. The overarching theme of the research is nano-materials innovation and fabrication for a wide range of applications from materials for drug delivery to efficient solar energy conversion. In nano-materials, the key structural features are about 1 thousandth of the width of a human hair.Nanoscience and nanotechnology are based on the ability to synthesize, organize, characterize, and manipulate matter systematically at the nanoscale, creating uniquely functional materials which can be inorganic, organic or biological, or a hybrid of any two or more of these. Consequently, nanoscience and nanotechnology pose formidable challenges that cut across traditionally distinct disciplines. Clearly, to meet these demands, the training of future scientists and engineers in the broad field of nanotechnology is of paramount importance. The interdisciplinary nature of nanoscale science and engineering means it inherently involves all of the sciences and engineering, resulting in the need to train students at all levels in an interdisciplinary manner. This should include an appreciation for the way a solid grounding in the undergraduate major program prepares for interdisciplinary research, and gaining a real-world perspective of the need for their research to progress "beyond the bench". This REU will provide precisely this opportunity by combining Vanderbilt's unique interdisciplinary research opportunities at the nanoscale, with participation in research in a discipline-based experimental laboratory or computational setting. Consequently, students trained through this interdisciplinary summer program will leave with an appreciation of the skills needed to successfully contribute to the emerging disciplines of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The REU students will also be offered the opportunity for training in the integration of research with education and outreach through participation in the Vanderbilt Summer Academy for gifted high school students who have expressed an interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology.This REU site is co-funded by the NSF Divisions of Materials Science (DMR) and Engineering Education and Centers (ENG/EEC).

范德比尔特纳米科学与工程学院（VINSE）夏季REU项目将为理工科本科生提供与教师密切合作的机会，在纳米科学与工程领域开展研究项目。VINSE教师将为REU学生提供跨学科的研究经验，在物理学家，化学家，生物学家和工程师合作解决问题并创造新的科学理解的环境中。该研究的首要主题是纳米材料的创新和制造，用于从药物输送材料到高效太阳能转换的广泛应用。在纳米材料中，关键的结构特征大约是人类头发宽度的千分之一。纳米科学和纳米技术是基于在纳米尺度上系统地合成、组织、表征和操纵物质的能力，创造出独特的功能材料，这些材料可以是无机的、有机的或生物的，也可以是其中任何两种或两种以上的混合体。因此，纳米科学和纳米技术构成了跨越传统上不同学科的巨大挑战。显然，为了满足这些需求，在广阔的纳米技术领域培养未来的科学家和工程师是至关重要的。纳米科学与工程的跨学科性质意味着它本质上涉及所有的科学和工程，因此需要以跨学科的方式培养各级学生。这应该包括欣赏本科专业项目的坚实基础为跨学科研究做准备的方式，以及获得他们的研究需要“超越板凳”的现实视角。该REU将结合范德比尔特大学独特的纳米级跨学科研究机会，并参与基于学科的实验实验室或计算环境的研究，从而提供这一机会。因此，通过这个跨学科的暑期项目训练的学生将带着对成功地为纳米科学和纳米技术的新兴学科做出贡献所需的技能的赞赏离开。REU的学生还将有机会通过参加范德比尔特暑期学院（Vanderbilt Summer Academy），为对纳米科学和纳米技术感兴趣的天才高中生提供整合研究与教育和推广的培训。这个REU网站是由NSF材料科学部（DMR）和工程教育和中心（ENG/EEC）共同资助的。