REU Site: Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Traineeship for Next-Generation Energy, Health, Information, and Manufacturing

这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站在康涅狄格大学（UConn）发起了一个工程学院范围内的项目，吸引有才华的少数族裔和社区学院本科生参与尖端的实验和计算纳米技术研究。该计划的目标是1)增加工程师的数量和质量，准备通过纳米科学的道德使用来解决重大挑战；2)增加来自代表性不足人群的学生在纳米技术相关工程领域攻读研究生教育和学术研究的人数；3)与少数族裔服务机构和项目建立联盟，使来自未被充分代表的群体的学生能够成为纳米技术相关工程领域的领导者。学生将直接与教师导师一起参与研究，以解决对国内经济和社会进步至关重要的领域的重大挑战：能量转换，细胞药物相互作用，纳米电子学和先进制造。成功榜样的职业指导和第一手研究经验的结合，旨在最终提高参与者对学术和/或科学研究经验的准备。这个REU网站为本科生提供了在为期10周的暑期项目中从事纳米技术研究的机会，涉及一系列科学项目，包括：用于热能和磁电能转换的先进纳米材料，相变记忆，个体细胞水平上药物治疗的生物反应，含有纳米颗粒的可穿戴电子产品的3D打印，以及设计超强度金属合金。由参与的教师导师指导的结构化短期课程系列将教育REU学生广泛的纳米技术相关研究领域。除了积极的研究外，学生还将参加职业发展系列研讨会，包括伦理研究的实践。招募REU网站参与者将针对少数族裔服务项目（罗纳德·e·麦克奈尔后学士学位成就项目，路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟）和社区学院（科奇斯学院，一个拥有大量退伍军人的西班牙裔服务机构），以及来自康涅狄格大学工程项目教师研究经验（RET）的STEM教师（焦耳研究员）。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site initiates a School of Engineering-wide program at the University of Connecticut (UConn) to engage talented minority and community college undergraduate participants in cutting edge experimental and computational nanotechnology research. The objectives of this program are to 1) increase the quantity and quality of engineers prepared to address grand challenges through ethical use of nanoscience; 2) increase the number of students from underrepresented populations who pursue graduate education and academic research in nanotechnology-related engineering fields; and 3) build alliances with minority serving-institutions and programs to enable a sustainable pipeline of students from underrepresented groups who will become leaders in nanotechnology-related engineering fields. Students will participate directly in research with faculty mentors to address grand challenges in fields critical to domestic economic and societal progress: energy conversion, cell-drug interactions, nanoelectronics, and advanced manufacturing. The combination of career mentorship by successful role models and first-hand research experience is designed to ultimately increase participants' preparedness for academic and/or scientific research experiences. This REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in nanotechnology research during a 10-week summer program, on a range of scientific projects, including: advanced nanomaterials for thermal and magnetic to electrical energy conversion, phase change memory, biological response to pharmaco-therapeutic treatments at the individual cell level, 3D printing of nanoparticle-containing wearable electronics, and designer ultra-strength metal alloys. A structured short course series instructed by participating faculty mentors will educate REU students on a broad range of nanotechnology-related research fields. In addition to active research, students will participate in a career development seminar series including the practice of ethical research. Recruitment of REU Site participants will target minority-serving programs (Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) and community colleges (Cochise College, a Hispanic Serving Institution with a large veteran population) as well as STEM teachers from UConn's Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering program (Joule Fellows).