REU/RET Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Teachers (RET) in Materials

非技术部分：该项目将在每年夏天为10名本科生提供材料研究入门课程，同时鼓励有兴趣的学生攻读材料相关领域的研究生学位。在为期10周的项目中，学生将在康奈尔大学教职员工的指导下参与独立研究项目。将通过领导力研讨会、每周研讨会、实地考察、陈述研讨会、总结研讨会和各种非正式活动，创造一种激动人心的队列经验。此外，一项专门针对少数族裔和社会经济地位较低人群的学校教师的教师培训计划将通过每年为5名初中和高中教师提供专业发展活动来提高学生在科学方面的成就。为期两年的暑期进阶课程将包括为期六周的团队研究体验，向教师介绍材料研究，以及为期六周的独立研究体验，以进行深入的探索。这两个计划都将包括课程开发活动。技术部分：在这个计划下，将完成非常广泛的科学和工程研究，探索与材料有关的主题，如生物材料、能源、软材料和硬材料。各个项目的范围将从开发高性能电池的新材料，到研究受损软骨的机械性能退化，再到下一代微电子材料的计算设计。在顶尖研究人员及其团队的指导下，参与的本科生和教师将构建科学仪器，进行实验，模拟材料性质，分析数据，并为通用材料知识库和自己的教育和培训做出贡献。

NON-TECHNICAL PART: This project will provide 10 undergraduate students each summer with an introduction to materials research while encouraging interested students to pursue a graduate degree in a materials-related field. During the 10-week program, students will participate in independent research projects under the guidance of Cornell faculty. A stimulating cohort experience will be created through a leadership workshop, weekly seminars, field trips, a presentation workshop, a concluding symposium, and a variety of informal activities. In addition, a teacher-training program that specifically targets teachers in schools that serve large underrepresented minority and low socioeconomic status populations will increase student achievement in science by providing professional development activities for 5 middle school and high school teachers per year. The two-summer progressive program will include both a six-week team-research experience that introduces teachers to materials research as well as a six-week independent research experience to enable in-depth exploration. Both programs will include curriculum development activities.TECHNICAL PART: An exceedingly wide variety of scientific and engineering research will be accomplished under this program, exploring materials-related topics in biomaterials, energy, soft materials, and hard materials. Individual projects will range from the development of new materials for high performance batteries to studies of mechanical properties degradation in injured cartilage to the computational design of materials for next-generation microelectronics. With the guidance of top researchers and their groups, participating undergraduates and teachers will construct scientific apparatus, perform experiments, model material properties, analyze data, and contribute to the general materials knowledge base and to their own education and training.