REU Site: Advanced Materials for Energy and Sensing Applications at the University of Tennessee

该奖项由化学学部（CHE）颁发，支持田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校本科生研究经验（REU）站点，名为“田纳西大学能源和传感应用的先进材料”，由Michael D. Best和Shawn R. Campagna教授领导。该网站为本科生提供密集的介绍性研究体验，旨在介绍和培训参与者现代研究技术，并指导他们发展对成功的科学事业至关重要的互补专业技能。通过这种方式，该计划通过招募学生并在他们教育的早期阶段将他们培养成熟练的研究人员来加强美国的科学事业。此外，该计划强调包括不同群体的参与者，以解决不同人口群体在科学领域代表性不足的问题。在这个项目中，参与的学生有机会从广泛的研究项目中进行选择，这些项目围绕着能源和传感应用的先进材料的共同主题。这使学生能够为重要的前沿研究项目做出贡献，这些项目对公众产生积极影响，同时促进他们的科学训练。这个项目更广泛的影响包括培养一批训练有素的、多样化的有才华的学生，为未来的研究做出贡献，以及通过项目内的一名记者的努力，宣传参与学生的成就。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville entitled "Advanced Materials for Energy and Sensing Applications at the University of Tennessee" that is led by Professors Michael D. Best and Shawn R. Campagna. The site offers an intensive introductory research experience for undergraduate students which is designed to introduce and train participants in modern research techniques and also mentor them in the development of complementary professional skills that are critical for successful scientific careers. In this way, the program strengthens the scientific enterprise in the United States by recruiting students and developing them into skilled researchers at an early point in their education. Further, the program emphasizes the inclusion of a diverse group of participants to address the underrepresentation of various demographic groups in the sciences.In this program, participating students have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of research projects that revolve around the common theme of advanced materials for energy and sensing applications. This allows students to contribute to important cutting-edge research projects that have a positive impact on the general public while simultaneously advancing their scientific training. The broader impacts of this project include the development of a well-trained and diverse set of talented students primed for future contributions to research as well as the publicizing of the achievements of participating students through the efforts of a journalist who is embedded within the program.