REU Site: nano@illinois REU--Summer Nanotechnology Research Experience for Undergraduates

REU 网站：nano@illinois REU——本科生夏季纳米技术研究体验

• 批准号: 1359454
• 负责人: Catherine Murphy
• 金额: $ 37.53万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 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: 2014-03-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359454&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; nano; illinois; Summer

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The purpose of this project is to establish an REU site in the area of nanotechnology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with support from the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers. Students participating in the program will be embedded in a rich environment providing integrated research and educational experiences in a wide range of nanotechnology areas, from nanoelectronics to nanophotonics, nanomaterials and nanobiotechnology. The ultimate goal is to solidify the students' interest in graduate research and education and contribute to the diversity of the national workforce pipeline, through experiences designed not only to expose the participants to cutting edge and interdisciplinary technical aspects of nanotechnology but also to infuse critical thinking, leadership, communication, team-building, and ethics training. Additionally, the assessment and evaluation activities will be embedded throughout the program to determine the effectiveness of the various training components and students will be tracked longitudinally to determine the impact of the program on individuals, institutions and the field as a whole. The REU program will engage ten domestic undergraduate students (rising sophomores to rising seniors) in a ten week summer curriculum on the University of Illinois campus each year, combining a range of common activities (orientations, seminars and workshops) with personalized experiences in the laboratories affiliated with this effort. Students will spend at least 30 hours per week doing research with faculty and graduate student mentors, and will be fully engaged in normal laboratory activities attending group meeting performing literature reviews, running experiments and simulations and keeping laboratory notebooks. Research topics will be assigned matching the interest of the participants and representative projects may include: design of plasmonic nanoparticles for live cell sensing; DNA sequencing through solid state nanopores; design and fabrication of nano-porous conformal films for photonic applications; simulation of charge transport in nanosystems. Capstone of the experience will be participation, during the tenth week of the program, in the campus-wide Illinois Summer Research Symposium where students will present the results of their work.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:Nanotechnology is a broad interdisciplinary field which holds the promise to address grand challenge problems, leading to the improvement of quality of life and providing new opportunities for economic growth. Progress in nanotechnology needs the availability of a qualified workforce with technical knowledge and interdisciplinary skills. The purpose of this project is to establish an REU site in the area of nanotechnology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with support from the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers. The program will engage each summer a diverse group of ten domestic undergraduate students recruited around the country for a ten week summer curriculum which combines a range of common professional development activities with personalized experiences in research laboratories. The goal is to provide, through an early experience in exciting cutting-edge areas of nanoscience and engineering, the motivation to choose a professional path in research. Through hands-on activities embedded in leading nanotechnology laboratories, students will have the opportunity to work next to faculty and graduate student mentors, contributing to the development of new materials that could enable further miniaturization of electronics chips or fabricating novel sensors for diagnostics and therapeutics in personalized medicine.

技术摘要：该项目的目的是在美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部的支持下，在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的纳米技术领域建立一个REU网站。参加该计划的学生将被嵌入在一个丰富的环境中，在广泛的纳米技术领域提供综合研究和教育经验，从纳米电子学到纳米光子学，纳米材料和纳米生物技术。 最终目标是巩固学生对研究生研究和教育的兴趣，并为国家劳动力管道的多样性做出贡献，通过设计的经验不仅使参与者接触纳米技术的前沿和跨学科技术方面，而且还注入批判性思维，领导力，沟通，团队建设和道德培训。 此外，评估和评价活动将嵌入整个计划，以确定各种培训内容的有效性，并将纵向跟踪学生，以确定该计划对个人，机构和整个领域的影响。 REU计划将每年在伊利诺伊大学校园举办为期十周的夏季课程，吸引十名国内本科生（从新生到新生），将一系列共同活动（方向，研讨会和研讨会）与实验室的个性化体验相结合。 学生每周将花费至少30个小时与教师和研究生导师一起进行研究，并将充分参与正常的实验室活动，参加小组会议进行文献综述，运行实验和模拟，并保持实验室笔记本。 研究课题将分配匹配的参与者和代表性的项目的兴趣可能包括：等离子体纳米粒子的设计活细胞传感; DNA测序通过固态纳米孔;设计和制造的纳米多孔保形膜的光子应用;模拟电荷传输的纳米系统。经验的顶点将是参与，在该计划的第十周，在校园范围内的伊利诺伊州夏季研究研讨会，学生将提出他们的工作成果。非技术总结：纳米技术是一个广泛的跨学科领域，它持有的承诺，以解决重大挑战问题，导致生活质量的提高，并为经济增长提供新的机会。 纳米技术的进步需要有一支具备技术知识和跨学科技能的合格劳动力队伍。该项目的目的是在美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部的支持下，在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的纳米技术领域建立一个REU网站。 该计划将每年夏天在全国各地招募十名国内本科生组成的多元化小组，进行为期十周的夏季课程，该课程将一系列常见的专业发展活动与研究实验室的个性化体验相结合。 我们的目标是通过在纳米科学和工程的令人兴奋的前沿领域的早期经验，提供选择研究专业道路的动力。通过嵌入领先的纳米技术实验室的实践活动，学生将有机会与教师和研究生导师一起工作，为新材料的开发做出贡献，这些新材料可以使电子芯片进一步小型化或制造用于诊断和治疗的新型传感器个性化医疗。