REU Site in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices

REU 微/纳米结构材料、治疗和设备网站

• 批准号: 1063107
• 负责人: Mark Byrne
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1063107&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Micro; Nano; Structured

This three year REU Site program at Auburn University is interdisciplinary in nature and has a strong focus on micro and nano-material science and technology. Specific topics will include materials synthesis and characterization, micro/nano particle formation processes, nanomechanics of thin films, carbon-nanotubes, inorganic nano-rods, MEMS, nanoparticulate systems and micro films for drug delivery, nanofibers yarns and fabrics, nanoparticle thin films, and others. The program involves fourteen faculty mentors from diverse academic departments, including Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Polymer and Fiber Engineering, Pharmacy, and Biosystems Engineering.REU participants will be paired with research faculty mentors to work in their laboratories on projects focused on micro/nano-structured materials, therapeutics, and devices. Students will be introduced to skills such as literature searching and review, research design, laboratory research techniques, written and oral presentation, as well as working in a team environment. Students will participate as a group in weekly seminars and workshops that allow cross cultivation of the individual research experience as well as address professional development (e.g., research methods, transferring to a bachelor degree program, steps in the graduate school application process, technical writing, effective presentation skills, professional etiquette training, ethics in science and engineering, patents and commercialization, etc.)The broader impacts of the proposed project include: 1)providing an interdisciplinary research environment to a diverse group of undergraduate participants from Alabama and Gulf State four-year institutions and community colleges with limited opportunity to engage in research activities; 2)increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in research;3)encouraging community college students and siblings to pursue bachelor degrees in science and technology areas;4)encouraging students and siblings at undergraduate institutions to pursue graduate studies;5)enhancing professional development and career guidance;6)fostering undergraduate research opportunities throughout Auburn University; and 7)promoting faculty development through the undergraduate research mentoring experience.

奥本大学的三年REU网站计划本质上是跨学科的，并且非常关注微型和纳米材料科学技术。具体主题将包括材料合成和表征，微/纳米颗粒形成过程，薄膜的纳米力学，碳纳米管，无机纳米棒，MEMS，MEMS，纳米标志性系统和用于药物的微型膜，纳米纤维输送，纳米纤维Yarns and Fabrics and Nananoparticle薄膜和其他。该计划涉及来自不同学术部门的14位教师导师，包括化学工程，化学，机械和材料工程，聚合物和纤维工程，药学，药学和生物系统工程。REU参与者将与研究人员的参与者配对，以在其实验室从事其实验室的项目，专注于小型/NANO-NANO-NANO-NANOTORTRATION材料材料，材料，The TerapeiTick，The TerapeiTict，Devices和Devices和Devices。将向学生介绍诸如文学搜索和审查，研究设计，实验室研究技巧，书面和口头表现以及在团队环境中工作之类的技能。学生将作为一个每周的研讨会和研讨会参加，以允许跨越个人研究经验以及解决专业发展（例如，研究方法，转移到学士学位课程，研究生院申请过程，技术写作，有效的演讲技能，专业礼节，专业培训，在科学和工程学方面的伦理学，专业和商业化的计划）的阶段等方面的措施的阶段，包括一定的阶段，一定的Ispr Inverts Inter Invers Inter Inters：1）来自阿拉巴马州和海湾州四年制机构和社区大学的各种本科参与者的参与研究活动的机会有限； 2)increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in research;3)encouraging community college students and siblings to pursue bachelor degrees in science and technology areas;4)encouraging students and siblings at undergraduate institutions to pursue graduate studies;5)enhancing professional development and career guidance;6)fostering undergraduate research opportunities throughout Auburn University; 7）通过本科研究指导经验来促进教师发展。