REU Site: CollaborativE Multidisciplinary Investigations Through Undergraduate Research Experiences (CEMITURE)

化学部（CHE）的这一奖项支持格鲁吉亚南方大学的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，名为通过本科生研究经验（CEMITURE）的合作多学科调查，由教授卡雷尔艾肯和埃文斯Afriyie-Gyawuwill领导。他们将让学生参与密集的研究和专业发展活动，这将使科学家的持续增长。CEMITURE学生参与者将直接与教师导师在他们各自的研究项目中工作，在那里他们发展必要的技能，并获得巩固他们作为科学家的自我认同的经验。CEMITURE的经验将通过参与者积极参与教育，社会和专业发展活动来增强，其中包括科学交流培训和职业准备，领导力和道德研讨会。该计划的目的是使参与者将建立一个学者与他们的同行和GSU教师社区;加强他们在研究生课程未来成功的准备;奋进利用他们在科学方面的知识和专业知识，为自己的社区和更广泛的社会做出重大贡献;并获得STEM领域的全球视角。为期十周，该计划，由格鲁吉亚南方大学（GSU）化学系主办，将利用分析，材料，有机和生物化学的合作和多学科项目的本科生。重点将放在从研究机会有限的机构招收学生，特别是妇女，少数民族，以及来自美国东南部农村和服务不足地区的学生。项目将涉及设计生物活性分子的新有机合成方法;开发具有增强的机械、热和电化学性能的材料;设计和探索材料在治疗癌症和创伤性脑损伤方面的潜力;合成和研究用于检测重过渡金属阳离子的新型有机分子;以及发展有机和无机食品污染物的鉴定和定量技术。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Georgia Southern University entitled CollaborativE Multidisciplinary Investigations Through Undergraduate Research Experiences (CEMITURE) that is led by Professors Karelle Aiken and Evans Afriyie-Gyawuwill. They will engage student participants in intensive research and professional development activities, which will allow for sustained growth as scientists. CEMITURE student participants will work directly with faculty mentors on their respective research projects in an environment where they develop the necessary skills and gain experiences that solidify their self-identities as scientists. The CEMITURE experience will be augmented by the active involvement of participants in educational, social and professional development activities, which will include training in scientific communication and workshops on career preparation, leadership, and ethics. The program is designed so that participants will build a community of scholars with their peers and GSU faculty; enhance their preparation for future success in graduate programs; endeavor to use their knowledge and expertise in science to make significant contributions to their own communities and the wider society; and gain a global perspective of STEM fields.For ten weeks, the program, hosted by the Georgia Southern University (GSU) Chemistry Department, will engage undergraduate students in collaborative and multidisciplinary projects using analytical, material, organic, and bio-chemistry. Emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from institutions with limited research opportunities, particularly women, minorities, and students from rural and underserved areas of the southeastern United States. Projects will entail the design of new organic synthetic methodology for bioactive molecules; the development of materials with enhanced mechanical, thermal, and electrochemical properties; the design and probing of materials for their potential in the treatment of cancer and traumatic brain injury; the synthesis and investigation of novel organic molecules for detection of heavy transition metal cations; and the development of techniques for identification and quantification of organic and inorganic food contaminants.