REU site: Advancing polymer materials by integrating chemistry and chemical engineering

REU 网站：通过整合化学和化学工程推进聚合物材料的发展

• 批准号: 1460712
• 负责人: Stephen Boyes
• 金额: $ 34.21万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-12-01 至 2018-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; site; Advancing; polymer; materials

This renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Colorado School of Mines (CSM) offers unique interdisciplinary research experiences especially related to cutting edge technologies like fuel cells, solar materials, sustainability, and health care to highly qualified chemistry and chemical engineering students from diverse backgrounds. Polymer materials improve the daily lives of nearly every person in the United States. At the end of the 20th century, many mass-produced items, like car bumpers, started to be made with polymers due to combining good mechanical properties with being lightweight and cost effective. Technological innovation in the 21st century will also leverage polymer materials in the areas of renewable energy, sustainability, and medicine. Introducing undergraduate research experiences such as this will train our future human resources and help drive the plastic and polymer industry toward more advanced technology, innovative products, and efficient processes.The REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in a 10-week summer research experience on cutting-edge projects integrating polymer science and engineering, using state-of-the-art methods, which reinforce and strengthen their classroom knowledge and encourage pursuit of graduate education. This will be achieved through integration of chemistry and chemical engineering. Unique aspects of this program include the exchanges between chemistry and chemical engineering students, as well as the range of application areas to be addressed - from renewable energy to sustainability to health care. Summer research activities are also supplemented with technical lectures as well as collaborations with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Children's Hospital Colorado. Another unique aspect of this program is the proposed workshop on the challenges inherent in commercializing new technologies, as innovations move from lab to market. This approach complements the strong professional development program that will prepare students to consider advanced studies in the field.

科罗拉多矿业学院(CSM)的本科生研究体验更新(REU)网站为来自不同背景的高素质化学和化学工程专业的学生提供独特的跨学科研究经验，特别是与燃料电池、太阳能材料、可持续性和医疗保健等尖端技术相关的研究经验。聚合物材料改善了几乎每个美国人的日常生活。20世纪末，许多大批量生产的产品，如汽车保险杠，开始使用聚合物制造，因为它结合了良好的机械性能和轻便且成本效益高的特点。21世纪的技术创新还将在可再生能源、可持续发展和医学领域利用聚合物材料。引入这样的本科生研究经验将培训我们未来的人力资源，并有助于推动塑料和聚合物行业走向更先进的技术、创新的产品和更高效的工艺。REU网站为本科生提供机会，利用最先进的方法，参与为期10周的将聚合物科学与工程相结合的尖端项目的暑期研究体验，以巩固和加强他们的课堂知识，并鼓励他们追求研究生教育。这将通过化学和化学工程的整合来实现。该项目的独特之处包括化学和化学工程专业学生之间的交流，以及需要解决的应用领域的范围--从可再生能源到可持续发展到医疗保健。夏季研究活动还辅之以技术讲座以及与国家可再生能源实验室(NREL)和科罗拉多州儿童医院的合作。该计划的另一个独特方面是拟议的研讨会，主题是随着创新从实验室转移到市场，新技术商业化所固有的挑战。这种方法是对强大的专业发展计划的补充，该计划将为学生考虑在该领域进行更深层次的学习做好准备。