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REU Site in Interdisciplinary Materials Research

REU 跨学科材料研究网站

基本信息

批准号：
1461255
负责人：
Boyd Goodson
金额：
$ 33万
依托单位：
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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：
2015-04-01 至 2019-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461255&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Interdisciplinary Materials Research

项目摘要

NON-TECHNICAL PART: The REU Site at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will provide research opportunities for an average of 14 undergraduates per year (including 2 supported internally) for a 9 week period each summer. Students will be involved in interdisciplinary projects in the broadly defined area of materials research. Inclusion of faculty mentors from various disciplines (Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Microbiology, and the Materials Technology Center) will enable the REU students to develop skills needed to excel in both academic and industrial research environments, where interdisciplinary teams are standard and researchers must communicate effectively across disciplines. Students will also be required to think about the application of their research to new technologies and the manufacturing of new devices, and they will have the opportunity to present their results to a diverse audience. Primary goals of the site include: (1) creating a positive image of science and engineering as a career choice, (2) providing a nurturing environment and instilling a sense of confidence in the art of discussing and practicing science, (3) improving the participants' oral and written communication skills, (4) teaching of basic research tools, including literature searches and the operation of modern instrumentation, (5) fostering a collaborative teamwork approach to research, and (6) increasing the number of domestic students, especially those from underrepresented groups, who choose to pursue STEM careers. A detailed assessment plan will evaluate the success of the activity.TECHNICAL PART: The Site will recruit primarily from 2 and 4-year institutions residing in neighboring states or the Mississippi Delta region, and from those institutions with traditionally high enrollments of students from underrepresented groups. Students participating in the Site will learn to network with other scientists and engineers through various social activities including weekly lunches with faculty mentors and weekend trips to cultural, industrial, and recreational locations. The available mentored research projects promise to be excellent training grounds for working in materials and related fields. Students will be exposed to a variety of transformative projects at the forefront of science and engineering, including: (1) studies related to the synthesis of advanced functional materials (graphene, two-dimensional layered chalcogenides, metal oxide nanowires and functionalized structures, inorganic heterostructures, nanocomposites, nanoscale catalysts, novel electron-accepting materials, electrospun nanofibers, etc.), (2) materials characterization (via electron microscopies, solid- and solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, low-temperature electronic, optical/magnetic transport measurements, ultraviolet/visible/infrared spectroscopies, etc.), (3) theoretical/computational studies (wherein students will learn how to study materials via density functional theory calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, etc.), and (4) materials applications varying from energy storage and photovoltaics, to biosensors and nanoparticle-based antigen-delivery vehicles.

非技术部分：南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校的REU网站将为每年平均14名本科生（包括2名内部支持的学生）提供研究机会，每年夏季为期9周。学生将参与广泛定义的材料研究领域的跨学科项目。来自各个学科（化学，物理，工程，微生物学和材料技术中心）的教师导师的加入将使REU学生能够培养在学术和工业研究环境中脱颖而出所需的技能，其中跨学科团队是标准的，研究人员必须跨学科有效沟通。学生还将被要求考虑他们的研究应用到新技术和新设备的制造，他们将有机会向不同的观众展示他们的成果。该网站的主要目标包括：（1）创造科学和工程作为职业选择的积极形象，（2）提供一个培养环境，并灌输对讨论和实践科学的艺术的信心，（3）提高参与者的口头和书面沟通技巧，（4）教授基本研究工具，包括文献检索和现代仪器的操作，（5）培养合作团队的研究方法，（6）增加国内学生的数量，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，他们选择从事STEM职业。详细的评估计划将评估活动的成功。技术部分：该网站将主要从居住在邻近州或密西西比三角洲地区的2年制和4年制院校，以及那些传统上来自代表性不足群体的学生入学率高的院校招募。参加该网站的学生将学习通过各种社交活动与其他科学家和工程师建立联系，包括每周与教师导师共进午餐，周末前往文化，工业和娱乐场所。现有的指导研究项目有望成为材料和相关领域工作的绝佳培训场所。学生将接触到科学和工程前沿的各种变革性项目，包括：（1）与先进功能材料（石墨烯，二维层状硫属化物，金属氧化物纳米线和功能化结构，无机异质结构，纳米复合材料，纳米催化剂，新型电子接受材料，电纺纳米纤维等）合成相关的研究，(2)材料表征（通过电子显微镜、固态和溶液态核磁共振光谱、质谱、低温电子、光学/磁性输运测量、紫外/可见/红外光谱等），(3)理论/计算研究（其中学生将学习如何通过密度泛函理论计算，分子动力学模拟等来研究材料），以及（4）材料应用，从能量存储和光致发光到生物传感器和基于纳米颗粒的抗原递送载体。