University of Michigan REU Site in the Chemical Sciences

这一奖项来自化学部(CHE)，支持由密歇根大学Brian Coppola和Melanie Sanford领导的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站支持的研究项目涉及化学的广泛领域。本科生将主要从缺乏支持本科生研究的基础设施的机构招募，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。该网站将在为期十周的计划中，每年夏天为14名学生提供支持。本科生将从事的项目样本包括：(1)溶剂化动力学的超快激光光谱；(2)用于链生长聚合的镍基催化剂的研究；(3)新材料的双光子光谱；(4)半氟代烷基硅氧烷自组装单分子膜的形成和研究；(5)铂(II)二亚胺催化剂对CH的活化研究；(6)配体与树枝状纳米颗粒结合的动力学研究。除了在暑期进行研究外，参加这个项目的学生还将参加一些专业发展活动，并将扩大在国家纪律会议上展示研究成果的机会。作为培训的一部分，年轻科学家需要接触到现代研究方法和工具。这个REU网站旨在提供化学科学方面的前沿研究培训，重点放在具有重要社会影响的科学领域。参与这个网站的本科生研究人员将有机会接触到复杂的研究工具。参与该网站研究的不同学生群体将为进入研究生院并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分做好充分准备。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Brian Coppola and Melanie Sanford at the University of Michigan. The research projects supported in this site are in broad areas of chemistry. Undergraduates will be recruited to this site primarily from institutions that lack infrastructure to support undergraduate research, including students from underrepresented groups. The site will support fourteen students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates will work on include: (1) ultrafast laser spectroscopy of solvation dynamics; (2) the study of nickel-based catalysts for chain-growth polymerizations; (3) two-photon spectroscopy of novel materials; (4) the formation and study of semifluorinated alkylsiloxane self-assembled monolayers; (5) the study of CH activation with Pt(II) diimine catalysts (6) the study of the kinetics for ligand attachment to dendritic nanoparticles. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in a number of professional development activities, and will have expanded opportunities for presentation of research at national disciplinary meetings. 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 areas of science with important societal impacts. Undergraduate researchers participating in this site will have significant, hands-on access to sophisticated research tools. 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.