REU Site in Nanoscale Science and Engineering

这三年更新REU网站计划在西北大学（NU）在纳米科学与工程将支持来自全国各地的学院和大学的十名本科生在有意义的动手纳米科学和工程为重点的研究在夏季为期9周。该计划将加强教育活动，包括技术写作和专业演讲研讨会，道德研讨会，每周会议/研讨会，并实地考察阿贡国家实验室。在该计划结束时，参与者将有机会;他们增强的技能，在闭幕研讨会上使用，并通过撰写和提交论文，以便可能在Nanoscape上发表：纳米科学本科研究杂志或专业技术期刊。该网站计划建立在九年的经验，开发和提供有意义的动手研究和教育机会，从全国各地的本科生通过NU纳米科学与工程中心（NSEC）。该计划将授权一个多元化的学生群体，使他们能够完成一个夏季研究项目，并准备他们的研究生教育。招聘工作将针对任职人数不足的少数民族和妇女。 已经建立的伙伴关系，这导致了一个高度多样化的参与者人口在过去，将继续为这一计划。 这些伙伴关系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。 其他计划招聘工作包括参加年度招聘会和社会会议（例如，全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE），直接向全国114所历史上的黑人学院邮寄宣传海报，并通过墨西哥裔和美洲土著人促进协会（SACNAS），美国印第安人科学与工程协会（AISES），女工程师协会（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）和妇女科学协会（AWIS）。研究结果将通过Nanoscape杂志和其他专业出版物广泛传播。 将本科生纳入NU的纳米科学和工程研究将有助于将研究推进到有可能显着造福社会的应用中。

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.