Hampton-Brandeis Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

****非技术摘要****汉普顿材料研究与教育合作伙伴关系（PREM）是汉普顿大学和布兰迪斯大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）之间的合作项目，包括合作研究、教育、培训和推广活动。汉普顿是一所以本科生为主的HBCU，有大量女性和非裔美国学生。HBCU校友获得STEM博士学位的比例，与在研究密集型机构获得本科学位的非裔美国人相比，一直存在差距。汉普顿PREM致力于进一步提高汉普顿和其他hbcu的本科材料科学教育和研究质量，以此减少博士学位的差距，最终扩大非裔美国人和女性在美国STEM劳动力中的参与。我们将开发和实施基于证据的创新模式和方法，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够从事与材料科学相关的研究生课程和/或职业。汉普顿PREM计划将在未来10年内，将每年攻读博士学位的本科生数量从1997-2006年的每100个学士学位中不到2个博士学位的比例提高到每100个学士学位中4.2个博士学位的水平。该研究将直接招收从事尖端材料研究的高中生和博士后，并使他们成为出版物的共同作者和研究会议的演讲者。****技术摘要****汉普顿-布兰迪斯PREM的研究部分包括三个主要的研究项目，作为教育、培训和推广部分的中心统一活动。这三个研究项目是：(1)研究了纳米级聚合物薄膜表面和内部聚电解质的动力学特性，并创建了新型的混合胶体棒-聚电解质多层给药系统；(2)制备了含有光敏两亲嵌段共聚物的给药胶束；(3)通过PREM试点项目计划增加一个研究项目，这将为汉普顿大学培育和培养新材料科学研究教师提供令人兴奋的机会。将特别强调在汉普顿大学招募未被充分代表的少数民族和/或女性早期职业教师。每个研究项目都需要汉普顿PREM研究团队和布兰代斯MRSEC之间的大量合作，特别是利用其在微流体和高分辨率单分子荧光（SMF）显微镜方面的优势。与每个项目相关的实验将由PREM研究小组进行，该小组是一个跨越教育和培训连续体的材料科学研究人员团队（高中，本科生，研究生和教授路径博士后研究员和PREM学院）。

****Non-technical Abstract****The Hampton Partnership for Research & Education in Materials (PREM) is a collaboration between Hampton University and the Brandeis University Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) that includes collaborative research, education, training and outreach activities. Hampton is a primarily undergraduate HBCU with a large representation of women and African-American students. There is a persistent disparity in the rate at which HBCU alumni receive doctorates in STEM compared to their African-American counterparts who obtain their undergraduate degrees at research intensive institutions. The Hampton PREM is committed to further enhancing the quality of undergraduate materials science education and research at Hampton and other HBCUs as a means to reduce the PhD-attainment disparity and ultimately broaden African-American and women participation in the nation's STEM workforce. We will develop and implement evidence-based innovative models and approaches to improve the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduates so they pursue materials science-related graduate programs and/or careers. The Hampton PREM will increase the number of Hampton undergraduates who annually pursue doctorates from the 1997-2006 rate of less than 2 doctorates per 100 bachelors to the level of 4.2 doctorates per 100 bachelors over the next 10 years. The proposed research will directly engage trainees from high school students to post-doctoral fellows in cutting-edge materials research and result in these trainees being co-authors on publications and presenters at research conferences. ****Technical Abstract****The research component of the Hampton-Brandeis PREM includes three primary research projects which serve as the central unifying activities for the education, training and outreach components. The three research projects are: (1) examination of the dynamics of polyelectrolytes at the surface and within nanoscale polymer thin films fabricated using layer-by-layer technique and the create novel hybrid colloidal rod-polyelectrolyte multilayer drug delivery systems, (2) the fabrication of drug-delivery micelle containing light-sensitive amphiphilic block copolymers , and (3) a research project to be added via a PREM Pilot Project Program which will provided an exciting opportunity to nurture and cultivate new materials science research faculty at Hampton University. Particular emphasis will be placed on the recruitment of underrepresented minority and/or women early career faculty at Hampton University. Each research project requires substantial collaboration between the Hampton PREM research teams and the Brandeis MRSEC, specifically leveraging its strengths in microfluidics and high-resolution single-molecule fluorescence (SMF) microscopy. The experiments associated with each project will be undertaken by a PREM Research Unit, which is a team of materials science researchers that spans the education and training continuum (High School, undergraduate student, graduate student and Path-to-Professorship post-doctoral fellow and PREM Faculty).