REU Site: Application of Microscopy and Microanalysis in Multidisciplinary Research

REU 网站：显微镜和微量分析在多学科研究中的应用

• 批准号: 1263339
• 负责人: Jun Jiao
• 金额: $ 31万
• 依托单位: Portland State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-15 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263339&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Application; Microscopy; Microanalysis

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The Division of Materials Research at the NSF will fund the summer REU site at Portland State University (PSU). While the objective of the program will continue to focus on inspiring undergraduate students to pursue careers in science and engineering by involving them in hands-on research, US military veterans will be added to the targeted demographic in order to fulfill a pressing need for educational and technical training for our returning troops. This addition to the program further broadens the reach of this multi-disciplinary program that encompasses seven fields of study represented by seventeen faculty mentors. The combination of faculty enthusiasm, cutting-edge research projects, and thoughtfully designed training activities motivates students to pursue further education and careers in related fields. Specifically, the site will offer students nationwide the opportunity to take part in cutting-edge research spanning nanomaterials synthesis, characterization of biological and geological samples, nanodevice fabrication and investigations concerning the impact of atmospheric trace gases on climate change. Through a concentrated summer program, the participants will obtain technical training, conduct independent research, visit local high-tech industries, present their research at an REU symposium, and publish their papers in a specially designed online journal. The summer program will begin with a three-day research orientation including workshops on laboratory safety, library database searches, and graduate school applications. Also offered is an intensive short course that trains students in using electron & focused ion beam microscopy and spectroscopy for material and device characterization. Students will then use these acquired skills in research projects offered by faculty from seven departments. It is highly anticipated that REU participants will leave the summer program with a quintessential skill (electron microscopy) applicable to all disciplines and a broader perspective of the impact and feasibility of sustainable technologies. NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYOver the last several funding cycles, the REU site at Portland State University has achieved a high level of participation from women and minorities and remains the first and only NSF sponsored REU site at PSU and the only one in the Portland metropolitan area as well. Concerning the broader impact, this site provides opportunities for underrepresented female and minority students as well as students who are veterans of the US Armed Services across disciplines to participate in research critical to their career development. Furthermore, the PIs have developed relationships with other principle investors and project leaders, allowing their interns and students to participate in well-structured training activities. This, in turn, exposes the REU participants to multiple perspectives. This dovetails nicely with the multi-disciplinary nature of this program and helps to magnify the program's effort to produce a unique cohort of graduates - a group that honors diversity, values teamwork, and prizes multi-disciplinary approaches to research and technology development.

技术概要：美国国家科学基金会的材料研究部门将为波特兰州立大学（PSU）的夏季REU站点提供资金。虽然该计划的目标将继续专注于鼓励本科生通过参与实践研究来追求科学和工程职业，但美国退伍军人将被添加到目标人群中，以满足对教育和技术培训的迫切需求。该计划的这一补充进一步扩大了这一多学科计划的范围，该计划涵盖了由17名教师导师代表的七个研究领域。教师的热情，前沿的研究项目和精心设计的培训活动相结合，激励学生追求进一步的教育和相关领域的职业。具体而言，该网站将为全国各地的学生提供参与尖端研究的机会，这些研究涵盖纳米材料合成，生物和地质样品的表征，纳米器件制造以及有关大气痕量气体对气候变化影响的调查。通过集中的夏季计划，参与者将获得技术培训，进行独立研究，参观当地的高科技产业，在REU研讨会上展示他们的研究，并在专门设计的在线期刊上发表论文。暑期课程将开始为期三天的研究方向，包括实验室安全，图书馆数据库搜索和研究生院应用研讨会。还提供了一个密集的短期课程，训练学生使用电子聚焦离子束显微镜和光谱学的材料和器件表征。然后，学生将在由七个部门的教师提供的研究项目中使用这些获得的技能。人们高度期待REU参与者将离开夏季课程，掌握适用于所有学科的典型技能（电子显微镜），并对可持续技术的影响和可行性有更广泛的认识。非技术总结在过去的几个资助周期中，波特兰州立大学的REU网站已经实现了妇女和少数民族的高水平参与，仍然是第一个也是唯一一个NSF赞助的PSU REU网站，也是波特兰大都市区的唯一一个。 关于更广泛的影响，这个网站提供了机会，为代表性不足的女性和少数民族学生，以及学生谁是美国武装部队的退伍军人跨学科参与研究对他们的职业发展至关重要。此外，项目执行机构还与其他主要投资者和项目负责人建立了关系，使其实习生和学生能够参加结构合理的培训活动。这反过来又将REU参与者暴露于多个视角。这与该计划的多学科性质很好地吻合，并有助于扩大该计划的努力，以产生一个独特的毕业生群体-一个尊重多样性，重视团队合作，并奖励多学科方法来研究和技术开发的群体。