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

这个为期三年的REU网站计划的重点是基于颗粒的功能材料领域。该项目的总体目标是为本科生项目开发研究经验，不仅为研究流畅奠定基础，而且提高学生整合知识的能力。REU计划的具体目标包括：1)培养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)开展综合实习，对REU学生进行交叉培训，使他们不仅能获得广泛的经验，还能提高对重点领域相互联系的认识；3)通过结对实习，提高学生的团队合作能力；4)通过研究实习配对和系列研讨会，提高学生在重点领域内和跨重点领域整合知识的能力。除了研究项目外，社会活动将主要由实验学习办公室协调，该办公室将帮助组织这些活动，以促进群体体验。建议的活动有何更广泛的影响？招生工作将主要针对本科院校的学生和来自代表性不足群体的学生。研究成果将在国家社会会议（AIChE， APS， MRS和ASEE）以及部门网页（http://www.che.pitt.edu）上发布。此外，研究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.