REU Site: Environmental Engineering Solutions for Pollution Prevention (EESPP-REU)

REU 网站：污染防治环境工程解决方案 (EESPP-REU)

• 批准号: 1559989
• 负责人: John Atkinson
• 金额: $ 30.01万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 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: 2016-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559989&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Environmental; Engineering; Solutions

This renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Buffalo trains undergraduate researchers to address regional and global pollution prevention concerns within 3 themes: detection, source control, and remediation. Inherent with pollution prevention studies is the potential for societal benefits through improvements to human health or economics. Consistent with the program's research themes, projects may identify pollutants that were previously unrecognized, develop control technologies that limit air or water pollution emissions, or remediate sites that threaten human health. Research projects in this REU Site integrate engineering and science to solve pollution prevention issues relevant to the Buffalo-Niagara region and the globe. Each project is expected to have an immediate impact on environmental or human health and/or the economy of western New York. Students from underrepresented groups including women, minorities, and students with minimal exposure to STEM research from local, regional and national colleges or universities will be recruited.During the ten-week summer program students are paired with a research mentor to conduct transformative pollution prevention research and make focused contributions to faculty projects in thematic research clusters addressing pollutant detection, source control, and remediation. These themes, considered together, address the wider "Pollution Prevention" focus of this REU program. Weekly group meetings of the REU cohort foster student-student communications using training workshops and professional or social networking opportunities. A community service program, piloted and improved throughout the previous two REU programs, will continue to be implemented in this REU program to provide concrete evidence of societal impact. A concluding Research Symposium, as well as support for post-REU conference presentations and publications, provides students opportunities to hone their communication skills, disseminate research results and expand opportunities for knowledge advancement. The REU program stresses its graduate school enrollment assessment by providing GRE prep training to interested participants.

布法罗大学本科生研究经验更新(REU)网站培训本科生研究人员，在3个主题中解决区域和全球污染预防问题：检测、源头控制和补救。污染预防研究固有的是通过改善人类健康或经济而带来社会效益的潜力。与该计划的研究主题一致，项目可能会识别以前未被识别的污染物，开发限制空气或水污染排放的控制技术，或者修复威胁人类健康的场地。这个REU站点的研究项目结合了工程和科学，以解决与布法罗-尼亚加拉地区和全球相关的污染预防问题。预计每个项目都会对环境或人类健康和/或纽约西部的经济产生直接影响。在为期十周的暑期项目中，学生将与一名研究导师配对，进行变革性的污染预防研究，并为解决污染物检测、源头控制和补救的主题研究群中的教员项目做出有针对性的贡献。这些主题一起考虑，解决了这个REU计划更广泛的“污染预防”重点。REU小组每周举行一次小组会议，利用培训讲习班和专业或社交网络机会促进学生与学生之间的交流。在前两个REU计划中试点和改进的社区服务计划将继续在这个REU计划中实施，以提供社会影响的具体证据。结束性研究研讨会以及对REU后会议报告和出版物的支持，为学生提供了磨练沟通技能、传播研究成果和扩大知识进步的机会。REU计划通过向感兴趣的参与者提供GRE准备培训来强调其研究生院招生评估。