Environmental Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemistry and Physics at the University of Oregon

该奖项由化学部（CHE）和国防部（ASSURE计划）提供，支持俄勒冈大学杰拉尔丁·里士满领导的本科生研究经验（REU）项目。本网站支持的研究项目是在环境化学领域。本网站将从主要本科院校招收本科生。该网站每年夏天将为12名学生提供为期10周的课程。本科生将参与的项目样本包括：(1)油水界面油分散体的光谱和热力学研究；(2)先进光伏材料纳米结构薄膜的合成与研究；(3)功能化无机纳米颗粒的绿色合成；(4)新型固氮催化剂的开发；(5)在用于太阳能转换的导电聚合物中使用“离子结”；(6)开发新的超分子螯合有害金属的方法。除了在夏季进行研究外，参加该计划的学生还将参加一些专业发展活动，包括通过读书俱乐部讨论科学伦理，并与其他专业人士（商人，律师等）会面，讨论环境问题如何影响商业和法律/政策。作为培训的一部分，年轻科学家需要接触现代研究方法和工具。该REU网站旨在提供化学科学方面的前沿研究培训，重点是环境科学。这些研究项目涉及化学的不同领域，其中许多将对国家需要的领域产生影响。在这里参与研究的不同学生群体将为读研做好充分准备，并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the Department of Defense (ASSURE Program) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Geraldine Richmond at the University of Oregon. The research projects supported in this site are in areas of environmental chemistry. Undergraduates will be recruited to this site from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions. The site will support twelve students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates would work on include: (1) the spectroscopic and thermodynamic study of oil dispersions at the oil/water interface; (2) the synthesis and study of nanostructured films for advanced photovoltaic materials; (3) the green synthesis of functionalized inorganic nanoparticles; (4) the development of new catalysts for nitrogen fixation; (5) the use of "ionic junctions" in conducting polymers for use in solar energy conversion; and (6) the development of new supramolecular methods for chelation of hazardous metals. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in a number of professional development activities, including a discussion of ethics in science, via a book club, and meetings with other professionals (businessmen, lawyers, etc.) to discuss how issues of environment impact business and law/policy. Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide cutting-edge research training in the chemical sciences, with a strong emphasis on environmental science. The research projects are in diverse areas of chemistry, many of which will have an impact in areas of national need. The diverse student cohort participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce.