REU Site: A Partnership of NSF-funded Centers to Advance California Community College Students in Science and Engineering

REU 网站：NSF 资助的中心合作伙伴关系，旨在提高加州社区学院学生的科学与工程水平

• 批准号: 1157089
• 负责人: Tsu-Jae King-Liu
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-15 至 2016-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1157089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Partnership; NSF; funded

Intellectual MeritThe Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S) at the University of California Berkeley will expand the existing Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program into a TTE REU Site program with the following objectives: 1) increase the number of community college students, particularly women and underrepresented minority students who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering; 2) help expand and diversify the pipeline of future graduate school students; and 3) attract a diverse body of community college students to science and engineering disciplines that are seeking solutions to the nation's energy problems. To accomplish these goals, this REU Site will bring together E3S and two other NSF-funded centers, the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) and the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), to expand the research opportunities available to community college students, particularly in the science and engineering fields of clean energy, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. In addition, this site will collaborate with the UC Berkeley Transfer Alliance Project (TAP), to provide academic advising and enrichment programs that prepare community colleges students to be competitive applicants to 4-year colleges.Broader ImpactsServing as a bridge between two- and four-year colleges, this REU Site's primary goals are to: 1) increase the number of community college students, particularly women and underrepresented minority students, who go on to receive baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering; 2) help grow and diversify the pipeline of future graduate school students; and 3) attract students to science and engineering disciplines that are seeking solutions to the nation's energy problems. These goals support America's need for a clean energy revolution and to accelerate biotechnology and nanotechnology advancements. In addition, the REU Site leverages and contributes to the missions of three of NSF's funded centers.

Intellectual MeritThe Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S) at the University of California Berkeley will expand the existing Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program into a TTE REU Site program with the following objectives: 1) increase the number of community college students, particularly women and underrepresented minority students who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering; 2）有助于扩大和多样化未来研究生毕业生的管道； 3）吸引各种各样的社区大学生进入科学和工程学科，这些学科正在寻求解决国家能源问题的解决方案。为了实现这些目标，该REU站点将汇集E3和其他两个由NSF资助的中心，综合纳米力学系统（COINS）和合成生物学工程研究中心（Synberc），以扩大社区大学生可用的研究机会，尤其是在清洁能源和清洁能源领域，纳米技术和生物技术学领域。此外，该网站将与加州大学伯克利分校转会联盟项目（TAP）合作，提供学术咨询和丰富计划，使社区大学学生成为4年级大学的竞争申请人。Broader对两年年级和四年制大学之间的桥梁有影响力，这一REU站点的主要目标是：1）尤其是社区学生的数量，并增加了社区学生的数量。科学和工程学学位； 2）帮助发展和多样化未来研究生院的学生的管道； 3）吸引学生进入正在寻求解决国家能源问题的科学和工程学科。这些目标支持美国对清洁能源革命的需求，并加速生物技术和纳米技术的进步。此外，REU网站利用并为NSF资助中心的三个任务做出了贡献。