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经验（REU）项目每年夏天将带12名学生到校园进行为期10周的支持性研究环境中进行研究。夏季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领域的分子创新、创业和经济发展做出贡献。化学REU将在德克萨斯州立大学建立一个研究社区，为那些无法参与本科研究的学生提供一个研究环境。学生们将加入德克萨斯州立大学活跃的研究社区，并参与化学、生物化学和材料科学方面的研究经验，这些研究经验将导致专业报告和同行评审的出版物。与此同时，学生们将参加一个跨学科的创新和创业小组研究，由商学院和理学院材料科学、工程和商业化项目的教师指导。这种研究和创新培训的结合将使学生有机会了解学术和工业研究。德克萨斯州立大学学术多元化的师资队伍，以及现有的科学和商业师资之间的合作，使德克萨斯州立大学成为追求这种新型REU模式的理想场所。化学REU的参与者将是传统上在科学领域代表性不足的学生，以及那些无法参与本科研究的学生。主要的招聘重点将是德克萨斯州50英里内的初级本科院校（PUIs）和两年制大学的学生。该地区包括八所公立大学和六所两年制学院，其中包括两所传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）和十所西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）。14所合作学校的学生获得本科研究机会的机会有限，但却教育了12.8万多名学生，其中50%是代表性不足的少数民族。CheMIE REU的整体经验将增加这些学生在化学，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.