REU Site in Nanoscale Science and Engineering

美国西北大学（NU）纳米科学与工程REU站点项目为期三年，将在夏季为期9周的时间里，支持来自全国各地高校的10名本科生进行有意义的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研讨会、道德研讨会、每周会议/研讨会以及对阿贡国家实验室的实地考察。在项目结束时，参与者将有机会；通过撰写并提交一篇可能发表在《纳米景观：纳米科学本科研究期刊》或专业技术期刊上的论文，提高他们在闭幕研讨会上使用的技能。该网站计划建立在9年的经验，开发和提供有意义的动手研究和教育机会的本科生来自全国各地，通过NU纳米尺度科学与工程中心（NSEC）。该项目将为不同的学生群体提供支持，使他们能够完成暑期研究项目，并为研究生教育做好准备。招聘工作将针对代表性不足的少数民族和妇女。过去已经建立的伙伴关系导致了高度多样化的参与者群体，这一伙伴关系将在本项目中继续存在。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、芝加哥州立大学和哈罗德华盛顿学院。其他项目招聘工作包括参加年度招聘博览会和社会会议（例如，全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE）），直接向全国114所历史悠久的黑人大学邮寄宣传海报，并通过奇卡诺人和印第安人促进协会（SACNAS），美国印第安人科学与工程协会（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）和女性科学协会（AWIS）。研究结果将通过《纳米景观》杂志和其他专业出版物广泛传播。在纳米科学和工程研究中纳入本科生将有助于推动研究向有可能显著造福社会的应用领域发展。

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.