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

REU 网站：用于能源、生物医学和可持续发展的颗粒功能材料

• 批准号: 1005048
• 负责人: Joseph McCarthy
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 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 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005048&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Particle; Based; Functional

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.

这个为期三年的REU网站计划专注于基于颗粒的功能材料领域。 该项目的总体目标是为本科生课程开发一种研究体验，不仅为研究流畅性奠定基础，而且还提高了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）开发综合实习，交叉培训REU学生，使他们不仅可以获得广泛的经验，而且还可以增加对重点领域相互联系的认识; 3）通过配对学生进行实习，提高学生在团队中发挥作用的能力;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外整合知识的能力。 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，这将有助于组织这些活动，以促进队列经验。拟议活动的更广泛的影响是什么？招聘工作将主要针对本科院校的学生和代表性不足群体的学生。 研究结果将在全国性社会会议（AIChE、APS、MRS和ASEE）以及部门网页（http：//www.example.com）上传播。www.che.pitt.edu 此外，研究结果将发表在学科和教育期刊上。