REU Site in Nanoscale Science and Engineering

西北大学(NU)纳米科学与工程专业的这项为期三年的REU站点续订计划将支持来自全国各地高校的10名本科生在夏季为期9周的有意义的实践纳米科学与工程重点研究。该计划将通过教育活动得到加强，包括技术写作和专业演讲讲习班、伦理研讨会、每周会议/研讨会以及对阿贡国家实验室的实地考察。在计划结束时，参与者将有机会在闭幕研讨会上使用他们增强的技能，并通过撰写和提交一篇论文可能在Nanoscape：纳米科学本科生研究杂志或专业技术期刊上发表。SITE计划建立在九年的经验基础上，通过NU纳米科学与工程中心(NSEC)为来自全国各地的本科生开发和提供有意义的动手研究和教育机会。该计划将增强不同的学生群体的能力，使他们能够完成暑期研究项目，并为研究生教育做好准备。招聘工作将以代表性不足的少数族裔和妇女为目标。已经建立的伙伴关系将继续用于这一计划，这种伙伴关系在过去导致了高度多样化的参与者群体。这些合作伙伴包括伊利诺伊州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)、芝加哥州立大学和哈罗德·华盛顿学院。其他计划招募工作包括出席年度招聘会和学会会议(例如，全国黑人工程师协会(NSBE))，直接向全国114所历史上有黑人的大学邮寄宣传海报，并通过奇卡诺人和美洲原住民促进协会(SACNAS)、美国印第安人科学与工程学会(AISES)、女性工程师协会(SWE)、NSBE、西班牙裔专业工程师协会(SHPE)、墨西哥裔美国工程师协会(MAES)和女性科学工作者协会(AWIS)传播互联网计划公告。结果将通过《纳米景观》杂志和其他专业出版物广泛传播。将本科生纳入南大纳米科学和工程研究将有助于将研究推进到有可能显著造福社会的应用领域。

This three year renewal REU Site program at Northwestern University(NU)in Nanoscale Science and Engineering will support a diverse group of ten undergraduates from colleges and universities around the country in meaningful hands-on nanoscale science and engineering focused research for a 9 week period over the summer. The program will be enhanced by educationl activities including technical writing and professional speaking workshops, an ethics seminar,weekly meetings/seminars,and a field trip to Argonne National Laboratory. At the close of the program, participants will have opportunities; to their enhanced skills to use at the Closing Symposium,and by writing and submitting a paper for possible publication in Nanoscape: The Journal for Undergraduate Research in Nanoscience or professional technical journals. The site program builds upon nine years of experience developing and providing meaningful hands-on research and educational opportunities for undergraduates from around the country through the NU Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center(NSEC).The program will empower a diverse group of students, enable them to complete a summer research project and prepare them for graduate education. Recruitment efforts will target underrepresented minorities and women. Already established partnerships, which have resulted in a highly diverse participant population in the past, will be continued for this program. These partnerships include, the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Chicago State University, and Harold Washington College. Additional program recruitment efforts include attendance at annual recruitment fairs and society conferences (e.g., The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), direct mailing of promotional posters to a list of 114 historically Black colleges around the country, and disseminating internet program announcements through the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS), the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), NSBE, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Mexican-American Engineers Society (MAES), and the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). Results will be disseminated broadly through the Nanoscape journal and other professional publications. The inclusion of undergraduates in the nanoscience and engineering research at NU will help to advance the research to applications that have the potential to significantly benefit society.