REU Site: The TIM Consortium: A Dispersed REU Site in Theoretically Interesting Molecules

该奖项由本科生化学研究经验部（REU）站点计划资助，支持由北肯塔基大学K. C. Russell教授领导的分散REU站点。该网站还包括大峡谷州立大学、里士满大学、圣地亚哥大学和科尔比学院的高级研究人员和他们的本科生。该网站支持的研究项目集中在合成有机、物理有机、有机金属和材料化学领域的“理论上有趣的分子”研究。REU网站每年夏天为11名本科生提供为期10周的研究项目。更广泛的影响是通过招收当地两年制大学和四年制大学的学生来解决，这些大学缺乏重要的本科研究机会。该基地旨在为参与化学科学和研究生院进一步学习的不同学生群体做好准备，并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分。本科研究项目包括：(1)钙催化加成反应的探索（krisstine Nolin教授，美国里士满大学）；(2)新型[12]-和[14]-环烯的合成与表征（Prof. K. C. Russell, Northern Kentucky University）；(3) Ln-Ln和Ln-An分离萃取剂的合成与评价（Shannon Biros， Grand Valley州立大学）；(4)端功能化多糖自组装结构的合成（Peter Iovine教授，美国圣地亚哥大学）；(5)刚性草杯芳烃支架的合成（Jeffrey Katz教授，Colby College）。除了研究活动外，学生参与者还参加综合伦理学课程，其中包括培训模块和基于科学界当前事件的案例研究。

This award funded by the Division of Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program supports a dispersed REU site led by Professor K. C. Russell at Northern Kentucky University. The site also includes senior researchers and their undergraduate students at Grand Valley State University, the University of Richmond, the University of San Diego, and Colby College. Research projects supported in this site are focused on the study of "theoretically interesting molecules" in the fields of synthetic organic, physical organic, organometallic, and materials chemistry. The REU site supports eleven undergraduate research students per summer in a ten-week program. Broader impacts are addressed through the recruitment of students from local two-year colleges and from four-year institutions that lack significant opportunities for undergraduate research. The site seeks to prepare the diverse student cohort participating for further study in the chemical sciences and graduate school, with eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce.Undergraduate research projects include: (1) the exploration of calcium-catalyzed addition reactions (Prof. Kristine Nolin, University of Richmond); (2) the synthesis and characterization of novel [12]- and [14]-annulenes (Prof. K. C. Russell, Northern Kentucky University); (3) the synthesis and evaluation of extraction agents for Ln-Ln and Ln-An separations (Shannon Biros, Grand Valley State University); (4) the synthesis of self-assembled architectures from end-functionalized polysaccharides (Prof. Peter Iovine, University of San Diego); and (5) the synthesis of rigid oxacalixarene scaffolds (Prof. Jeffrey Katz, Colby College). In addition to research activities, the student participants take part in an integrated ethics curriculum that includes training modules and case studies based on current events within the scientific community.