REU Site: Innovations in Nanotechnology at the University of Houston

近年来，休斯顿大学通过在纳米制造、纳米磁学、生物传感器、纳米复合材料、纳米级过滤和自组装等领域开发和改进技术，在纳米技术领域建立了良好的声誉。为了利用这些集体的专业知识和经验，2013-2015年度的REU网站将以“纳米技术创新”为主题。2013-2015年的计划将完全利用卡伦工程学院各系正在进行的跨学科纳米技术研究的优势，包括化学工程、土木工程和环境工程、电气和计算机工程以及机械工程。卡伦工程学院纳米技术相关研究的研究氛围是一种创新和跨学科合作的环境，并由国家科学基金会支持的国家资助的研究项目推动。UH“纳米技术创新”REU项目的学生参与者将有机会在国家公认的纳米技术领域专家的指导下进行研究。根据种族或性别在工程领域任职人数不足的学生，以及来自西班牙裔和非裔美国人在职机构的学生将被招募参加。参加我们REU项目的学生可能会继续接受研究生教育，以促进他们对研究的兴趣，提高以研究为导向的技术领导者的多样性和数量，并帮助满足我国建立和保持一支多元化的技术劳动力的需求。休斯顿大学的REU网站得到了国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部门的支持。

In recent years, the University of Houston has established an excellent reputation in the field of nanotechnology by developing and refining techniques in the areas of nanofabrication, nanomagnetics, biosensors, nanocomposites, nanoscale filtration, and self-assembly. To draw on this collective expertise and experience, the 2013-2015 REU Site will be a themed "Innovations in Nanotechnology" program. The 2013-2015 program will draw exclusively on the strengths of the interdisciplinary nanotechnology research being conducted across various departments of the Cullen College of Engineering, including Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The research climate for nanotechnology-related research in the Cullen College of Engineering is one of innovation and interdisciplinary cooperation, and is fueled by nationally-funded research programs supported by the National Science Foundation. Student participants in the UH "Innovations in Nanotechnology" REU program will be afforded the opportunity to conduct research under nationally recognized experts in the field of nanotechnology. Students who are under-represented in the field of engineering on the basis of their ethnicity or gender, as well as students from Hispanic and African-American serving institutions will be recruited for participation. The students who participate in our REU program are likely to pursue graduate education to further their interests in research, enhancing the diversity and number of research oriented technological leaders, and helping to fill our nation's need to establish and maintain a diverse, technological workforce. The REU Site at the University of Houston is supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers at the National Science Foundation.