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

该奖项由化学系（CHE）颁发，支持佐治亚南方大学本科生研究经验（REU）网站，名为“通过本科生研究经验进行多学科合作调查”（CEMITURE），该网站由Karelle Aiken和Evans afriye - gyawuwill教授领导。他们将让学生参与深入的研究和专业发展活动，这将使他们成为科学家的持续成长。CEMITURE的学生参与者将直接与教师导师一起在各自的研究项目中工作，在这个环境中，他们可以发展必要的技能并获得巩固他们作为科学家自我身份的经验。参加者将积极参与教育、社会和专业发展活动，其中包括科学交流培训和职业准备、领导能力和道德方面的讲习班，从而增加CEMITURE的经验。该项目旨在让参与者与他们的同行和GSU教师建立一个学者社区；加强他们在研究生课程中取得成功的准备；努力运用他们在科学方面的知识和专长，为自己所在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。该项目由佐治亚南方大学（GSU）化学系主办，为期十周，将让本科生参与分析化学、材料化学、有机化学和生物化学的多学科合作项目。重点将放在招收来自研究机会有限的机构的学生，特别是妇女、少数民族和来自美国东南部农村和服务不足地区的学生。项目将需要设计新的生物活性分子的有机合成方法；开发具有增强机械、热学和电化学性能的材料；材料在治疗癌症和创伤性脑损伤方面的潜力的设计和探索；检测重金属过渡阳离子的新型有机分子的合成与研究有机和无机食品污染物鉴定和定量技术的发展。

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.