REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CheMIE)

德克萨斯州立大学圣马科斯分校化学和生物化学系的本科生研究体验(REU)项目将在每年夏天将12名学生带到校园，在支持性的研究环境中进行为期10周的研究。暑期研究项目旨在建立一个多学科的化学研究社区，重点是分子创新和创业(Chemie)。12名学生将参与为期10周的传统研究体验，同时探索基础研究如何为分子科学中的分子创新、创业和经济发展做出贡献。化学REU将在德克萨斯州建立一个研究社区，为原本无法参与本科生研究的学生提供一个研究环境。这些学生将加入德克萨斯州现有的活跃的研究社区，并参与化学、生物化学和材料科学的研究经验，这些研究经验将导致专业演讲和同行评议的出版物。与此同时，学生们将参加由商业学院和理学院材料科学、工程和商业化项目的教员指导的创新和创业跨学科小组学习。这种研究和创新培训的结合将使学生有机会了解学术和产业研究。德克萨斯州立大学在学术上的多样化，以及科学和商业教师之间现有的合作，使德克萨斯州立大学成为追求这种新颖的REU模式的理想地点。化学REU的参与者将是传统上在科学界代表性较低的学生，以及那些否则无法参与本科生研究的学生。主要的招聘重点将是德克萨斯州50英里以内的本科院校(PUI)和两年制大学的学生。该地区包括八所PUI和六所两年制学院，其中包括两所历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和十所西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)。这14所合作学校的学生获得本科生研究机会的机会有限，培养了超过12.8万名学生，其中50%是代表不足的少数族裔。化学REU的整体体验将增加这些学生对化学、生物化学和材料科学研究生课程的参与。

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas State University- San Marcos will bring 12 students to campus for ten weeks each summer to conduct research in a supportive research environment. The summer research project seeks to build a multidisciplinary chemistry research community with a focus on Molecular Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CheMIE). The twelve student participants will engage in a 10 week traditional research experience while exploring how basic research contributes to molecular innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development in the molecular sciences. The CheMIE REU will build a research community at Texas State that will provide a research environment for students who otherwise would not be able to participate in undergraduate research. The students will join the active research community that exists at Texas State and participate in research experiences in chemistry, biochemistry, and material science that will lead to professional presentations and peer-reviewed publications. At the same time, the students will be participating in an interdisciplinary group study of innovation and entrepreneurship guided by faculty from the College of Business and the College of Science program in Material Science, Engineering and Commercialization. This combination of research and innovation training will give students the opportunity to understand both academic and industrial research. The academically diverse faculty at Texas State and the existing collaborations between the science and the business faculty make Texas State an ideal location to pursue this novel REU model.The CheMIE REU participants will be students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences and those who would otherwise be unable to participate in undergraduate research. The primary recruitment focus will be students at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) and two year colleges within 50 miles of Texas State. This region includes eight PUIs and six two year colleges, including two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and ten Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The fourteen partner schools, whose students have limited access to undergraduate research opportunities, educate over 128,000 students, 50% of whom are underrepresented minorities. The overall CheMIE REU experience will increase the participation of these students in graduate programs in chemistry, biochemistry and material science.