REU Site: Combining Career Preparation with Environmental Research in Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science at the University of Oregon

REU 网站：俄勒冈大学化学、物理和材料科学领域的职业准备与环境研究相结合

• 批准号: 1355196
• 负责人: Geraldine Richmond
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355196&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Combining; Career; Preparation

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site led by Professor Geraldine Richmond at the University of Oregon. This Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemistry and Physics program combines a cutting edge interdisciplinary research experience with career building and mentoring activities that provide a robust research experience for the undergraduate participants. The experience will also involve professional skills training workshops to help the students in future career success in the next stage of their education, and/or their first full employment opportunity. This REU Program has been continually funded by the National Science Foundation since 1987 and has a 90% success rate of REU students going on to graduate school, over 60% have been women, URM groups comprise almost 40%. The 10 students per year selected for participation in this program over the summer months will be primarily from undergraduate institutions that do not have the resources to provide an undergraduate experience. The faculty involved with this interdisciplinary REU program come from chemistry, physics and materials science fields, allowing students to cross the traditional academic boundaries and giving them an advantage that is not often found in other programs. The projects are carefully selected to match with the students' interests. Examples of the projects include using environmentally friendly organic and inorganic synthetic methods to develop "greener" materials through organic/inorganic synthetic methods, the preparation and characterization of solar energy materials, the study of the assembly of chemical dispersants at oil-water interfaces, the examination of toxic metal remediation through supramolecular chemistry and the basics of computer modeling methods. The broader impact of this project is that it will increase the numbers and potential career success of many science undergraduate students from underrepresented groups and those from predominately undergraduate institutions by giving them the opportunity to do hands-on research, to learn to use state-of-the-art instrumentation and exposure to research at a research university.

该奖项由国家科学基金会化学部（CHE）颁发，支持由俄勒冈州大学Geraldine里士满教授领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。化学和物理专业本科生的这种研究经验将前沿的跨学科研究经验与职业生涯建设和指导活动相结合，为本科生参与者提供强大的研究经验。该经验还将涉及专业技能培训研讨会，以帮助学生在未来的职业生涯中取得成功，在他们的教育的下一阶段，和/或他们的第一个充分就业机会。该REU方案自1987年以来一直得到国家科学基金会的资助，REU学生进入研究生院的成功率为90%，其中60%以上为女性，URM团体占近40%。每年10名学生选择参加这个程序在夏季的几个月将主要来自本科院校，没有资源提供本科经验。参与这个跨学科REU计划的教师来自化学，物理和材料科学领域，允许学生跨越传统的学术界限，并为他们提供在其他计划中不常见的优势。这些项目都是精心挑选的，以符合学生的兴趣。这些项目的例子包括使用无害环境的有机和无机合成方法，通过有机/无机合成方法开发“更绿色”的材料、太阳能材料的制备和特性、研究化学分散剂在油-水界面的组合、通过超分子化学检查有毒金属补救和计算机模拟方法的基础。这个项目的更广泛的影响是，它将增加许多科学本科生的人数和潜在的职业成功，这些学生来自代表性不足的群体和那些主要的本科院校，让他们有机会做动手研究，学习使用最先进的仪器和接触研究型大学的研究。