REU SITE: Interfacing Sustainable Energy and Materials

特拉华大学的本科生研究体验(REU)网站为不同和有才华的学生提供多学科材料研究和能源和可持续发展应用的研究经验，包括来自少数族裔服务机构和该地区主要本科院校的学生。学生的研究项目通过开发可持续能源技术对社会产生有意义和积极的影响，主题涵盖从生物质产生的能源到下一代燃料电池膜的开发。REU网站旨在通过发展多样化和参与性的劳动力队伍来增强美国的竞争力，使学生能够：获得实用的和参与性的研究经验，培养他们对攻读研究生学位教育的兴趣，了解研究生院的经验和招生过程，并与其他参与者、研究生和教职员工建立长期的专业和社会关系。REU网站为本科生提供了机会，使用最先进的方法，就尖端主题进行全面的研究体验，这些方法巩固和加强了他们的课堂知识，并鼓励他们追求研究生教育。在为期10周的体验中，学生们将进行材料工程和科学研究项目，涉及光伏设备、催化材料或纳米材料和纳米复合材料。这些学生与化学和生物分子工程或材料科学与工程的一名教师导师以及一名训练有素的研究生和博士后导师合作。他们还参加专业发展计划，其中包括沟通和研究方法技能培训、研究生院信息会议以及关于研究伦理和技术伦理的研讨会。学生们有机会在夏末举行的研究研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并参加对附近(化学、材料和能源公司)研究和开发设施的实地考察，以加强实验室研究活动，举例说明科学和工程进步如何转化为商业实践。该计划与11所学院、大学和项目合作，作为全面招聘计划的一部分，以确保REU网站有多样化和有才华的申请者。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Delaware offers research experiences in multidisciplinary materials research with energy and sustainability applications to diverse and talented cohorts of students, including those from minority serving institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions in the region. The students' research projects have meaningful and positive impacts on society by developing sustainable energy technologies, with topics spanning from energy generated from biomass to the development of next-generation fuel cell membranes. The REU Site aims to enhance U.S. competitiveness through the development of a diverse and engaged workforce by enabling students to: acquire a practical and engaging research experience, develop their interest in pursuing a graduate degree education, understand the graduate school experience and admissions process, and develop long-term professional and social connections with fellow participants, graduate students, and faculty. The REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in comprehensive research experiences on cutting-edge topics, using state-of-the-art methods, which reinforce and strengthen their classroom knowledge and encourage pursuit of graduate education. During the 10-week experience, students perform materials engineering and science research projects involving photovoltaic devices, catalytic materials, or nanomaterials and nanocomposites. The students collaborate with a faculty mentor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering or Materials Science and Engineering along with a trained graduate student and post-doc mentors. They also participate in a professional development program that includes training in communications and research methods skills, graduate school information sessions, and workshops on research ethics and ethics of technologies. The students are provided with opportunities to present their research results in a research symposium held at the end of the summer and participate in field trips to nearby research and development facilities (of chemical, materials, and energy companies) to augment laboratory research activities with examples of the translation of science and engineering advances to commercial practice. The program is partnering with 11 colleges, universities and programs as part of comprehensive recruitment plan to ensure a diverse and talented applicant pool for the REU Site.This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.