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

REU 位点：TIM 联盟：理论上有趣的分子中的分散 REU 位点

• 批准号: 1559886
• 负责人: Keith Russell
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (DO NOT USE)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559886&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; TIM; Consortium; Dispersed

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.

该奖项由本科生化学研究经验分部(REU)站点计划资助，由北肯塔基大学K·C·罗素教授领导的一个分散的REU站点提供支持。该网站还包括大谷州立大学、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“理论上有意义的分子”的研究。REU网站每年夏天支持11名本科生参加为期十周的项目。更广泛的影响是通过招收当地两年制大学和缺乏重大本科生研究机会的四年制院校的学生来解决的。本科生研究项目包括：(1)钙催化加成反应的探索(克里斯汀·诺林教授，里士满大学)；(2)新型[12]-和[14]-环烯的合成和表征(K.C.拉塞尔教授，北肯塔基大学)；(3)Ln-Ln和Ln-An分离萃取剂的合成和评价(Shannon Biros，大谷州立大学)；(4)从末端功能化的多糖合成自组装结构(Peter Iovine教授，圣地亚哥大学)；以及(5)刚性杂杯芳烃支架的合成(Jeffrey Katz教授，科尔比学院)。除了研究活动，学生参与者还参加综合道德课程，其中包括基于科学界当前事件的培训模块和案例研究。