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.

这个为期三年的REU网站计划在奥本大学是跨学科的性质，并有一个强烈的关注微观和纳米材料科学和技术。具体的主题将包括材料合成和表征，微/纳米颗粒形成过程，薄膜，碳纳米管，无机纳米棒，MEMS，纳米颗粒系统和药物输送微膜，纳米纤维纱线和织物，纳米颗粒薄膜的纳米力学等。该计划涉及来自不同学术部门的14名教师导师，包括化学工程，化学，机械和材料工程，聚合物和纤维工程，制药和生物系统工程。REU参与者将与研究教师导师配对，在他们的实验室工作，专注于微/纳米结构材料，治疗和设备的项目。学生将被介绍到技能，如文献检索和审查，研究设计，实验室研究技术，书面和口头陈述，以及在团队环境中工作。学生将作为一个小组参加每周的研讨会和讲习班，允许个人研究经验的交叉培养，以及解决专业发展（例如，研究方法，转入学士学位课程，研究生院申请过程中的步骤，技术写作，有效的演讲技巧，专业礼仪培训，科学和工程道德，专利和商业化等。拟议项目的更广泛影响包括：1）为来自亚拉巴马和海湾州立大学四年制院校和社区学院的不同本科生群体提供跨学科研究环境，这些大学生参与研究活动的机会有限; 2）增加妇女和少数民族参与研究的人数;（三）鼓励社区学院的学生及兄弟姊妹修读科技学士学位课程;（四）鼓励本科院校的学生及兄弟姊妹修读研究生课程; 5）加强专业发展和职业指导;6）在整个奥本大学培养本科生研究机会; 7）通过本科生研究指导经验促进教师发展。