REU Site: Particle-Based Functional Materials for Energy, Biomedicine, and Sustainability

这项为期三年的REU现场计划专注于颗粒功能材料领域。这个项目的总体目标是为本科生培养一种研究经验，不仅为研究的流畅性奠定基础，而且提高学生整合知识的能力。REU计划的具体目标包括：1)培训学生进行越来越独立的研究，特别是针对受功能材料影响的众多技术应用；2)发展综合实习，以交叉培训REU学生，使他们不仅获得广泛的经验，而且更多地认识到重点领域的相互联系；3)通过与学生进行实习配对，提高学生的团队合作能力；以及4)通过研究实习配对和研讨会系列，提高学生在重点领域内和跨重点领域整合知识的能力。除了研究项目，社会活动将在很大程度上由实验学习办公室协调，该办公室将帮助组织这些活动，以促进队列体验。拟议活动的更广泛影响是什么？招生工作将主要针对来自本科院校的学生和来自代表性不足群体的学生。研究成果将在全国性的社会会议(AIChE、APS、MRS和ASEE)以及部门网页(http://www.che.pitt.edu).)上传播此外，结果将发表在学科和教育期刊上。

This three-year REU Site program is focused in the area of particle-based functional materials. The overarching objective of this project is to develop a research experience for undergraduates program that not only builds a basis for research fluency, but also increases the students' ability to integrate knowledge. The specific goals of the REU program include: 1) Train students to perform increasingly independent research, specifically aimed at the multitude of technological applications that are impacted by functional materials; 2) Develop an integrated internship to cross-train REU students so that they can get not only a breadth of experience, but also an increased appreciation of the interconnectedness of the focus area; 3) Improve the students' ability to function in teams by pairing students for their internships; and 4) Increase the students' ability to integrate knowledge within and across the focus area via the research internship pairing and workshop series. In addition to the research projects, social activities will be largely coordinated by the Office of Experimental Learning that will aid in organizing these events to foster the cohort experience.What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?Recruitment efforts will target students from primarily undergraduate institutions and students from underrepresented groups. Research results will be disseminated at national societal conferences (AIChE, APS, MRS, and ASEE) as well as on the departmental web page (http://www.che.pitt.edu). Additionally, results will be published in both disciplinary and educational journals.