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

REU/RET 网站：材料领域本科生 (REU) 和教师 (RET) 的跨学科研究经验

• 批准号: 1460428
• 负责人: Gregory Fuchs
• 金额: $ 45万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460428&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research

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.

非技术部分：该项目将提供10名本科生每年夏天与材料研究的介绍，同时鼓励感兴趣的学生追求在材料相关领域的研究生学位。 在为期10周的课程中，学生将在康奈尔大学教师的指导下参加独立的研究项目。 将通过领导力讲习班、每周研讨会、实地考察、演示讲习班、总结研讨会和各种非正式活动创造一种激励性的群组经验。 此外，一项专门针对为大量代表性不足的少数民族和社会经济地位低下的人口服务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的科学成绩。 为期两个夏天的渐进式课程将包括为期六周的团队研究经验，向教师介绍材料研究以及为期六周的独立研究经验，以进行深入探索。 两个项目都将包括课程开发活动。技术部分：在这个项目下将完成非常广泛的科学和工程研究，探索生物材料，能源，软材料和硬材料中与材料相关的主题。 个别项目将从高性能电池新材料的开发到受伤软骨机械性能退化的研究，再到下一代微电子材料的计算设计。 在顶级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，模拟材料特性，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。