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

REU 网站：下一代能源、健康、信息和制造的跨学科纳米技术培训

• 批准号: 1560098
• 负责人: Jason Lee
• 金额: $ 39.06万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 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: 2016-03-15 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560098&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Nanotechnology; Traineeship

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).

该本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站在康涅狄格大学 (UConn) 启动了一项工程学院范围内的计划，吸引有才华的少数族裔和社区学院本科生参与尖端实验和计算纳米技术研究。该计划的目标是 1) 提高准备通过纳米科学的合乎道德的使用来应对重大挑战的工程师的数量和质量； 2) 增加来自代表性不足人群的纳米技术相关工程领域研究生教育和学术研究的学生数量； 3) 与少数族裔服务机构和项目建立联盟，为来自代表性不足的群体的学生提供可持续的输送渠道，使他们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，以应对对国内经济和社会进步至关重要的领域的巨大挑战：能源转换、细胞-药物相互作用、纳米电子学和先进制造。 将成功榜样的职业指导与第一手研究经验相结合，旨在最终提高参与者对学术和/或科学研究经验的准备。 REU 站点为本科生提供了在为期 10 周的暑期课程期间参与纳米技术研究的机会，涉及一系列科学项目，包括：用于热能和磁能到电能转换的先进纳米材料、相变存储器、单个细胞水平对药物治疗的生物反应、含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为 REU 学生提供广泛的纳米技术相关研究领域的教育。除了积极的研究之外，学生还将参加职业发展研讨会系列，包括伦理研究的实践。 REU 站点参与者的招募将针对少数族裔服务计划（罗纳德·E·麦克奈尔学士后成就计划、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教师研究经验项目（焦耳研究员）的 STEM 教师。

项目成果

Locally defined quantum emission from epitaxial few-layer tungsten diselenide

• DOI: 10.1063/1.5091779
• 发表时间: 2019-05
• 期刊: Applied Physics Letters
• 影响因子: 4
• 作者: Wei Wu;C. Dass;J. Hendrickson;R. D. Montaño;R. Fischer;Xiaotian Zhang;T. Choudhury;J. Redwing;Yongqiang Wang;M. Pettes