REU Site: Materials for Society

REU 网站：社会材料

• 批准号: 1658076
• 负责人: Rick Ubic
• 金额: $ 38.5万
• 依托单位: Boise State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-01 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1658076&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Materials; Society

Non-Technical SummaryMaterials science is the enabling technology behind everything from modern electronics to fashion, safe and recyclable packaging, faster and fuel-efficient vehicles, novel energy generation and storage, aerospace propulsion systems, affordable housing, medical engineering, sensors, nanotechnology, and micromachines. One of the most exciting directions in science and policy-making is sustainability, with its emphasis on energy conservation, storage, and renewable production. The objective of this Research Experience for Undergraduates program at Boise State University is to provide an intensive research-team experience with state-of-the-art facilities while exploring activities within the theme 'materials for society'. The activities expose a diverse group of individuals, including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic students, and women to the research environment and help them develop as professionals. Inclusion of mentors from various disciplines enables students to develop skills needed to excel in both academic and industrial research environments, where interdisciplinary teams are standard. Students ultimately present their results at the annual summer research conference. The Site incorporates a Research Experience for Teachers component as well, aiding the integration of research with education and multiplying the benefit to both students and teachers. These research and educational activities are supported by the National Science Foundation, Cross-Cutting Activities program, Division of Materials Research.Technical SummaryThe objective of this 9 week REU/ 8 week RET activity is to provide undergraduates and teachers an intensive research-team experience with state-of-the-art facilities while exploring activities within the theme 'materials for society'. The projects used to deliver this experience are highly interdisciplinary, allowing students to be exposed to the forefront of science and engineering. The activities can be broadly categorized as: energy generation (e.g., solar cells, magnetic shape-memory alloys, thermoelectrics), energy storage (e.g., sodium-ion batteries, building systems), energy conservation (e.g., carbon nanoelectronics), or other societal challenges associated with materials processing/modeling/characterization. Participants have their own individualized projects but are also integrated within an interdisciplinary summer research community, training them to both communicate effectively across disciplines and more clearly understand the concepts central to their own work. Students also participate in a number of supplemental workshops on library resources, intellectual property, ethics, collaboration, and graduate school; and ultimately present their results at the annual summer research conference. A comprehensive assessment program is in place to gauge the learning and growth of participants as well as their confidence, satisfaction with the REU experience, and the factors which influence their perceptions of the lab environment and research generally. These research and educational activities are supported by the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research.

非技术摘要材料科学是从现代电子产品到时尚、安全和可回收包装、更快和省油的车辆、新型能源生成和存储、航空航天推进系统、经济适用房、医疗工程、传感器、纳米技术和微型机器等一切事物背后的使能技术。 科学和政策制定中最令人兴奋的方向之一是可持续性，其重点是节能、储存和可再生生产。 博伊西州立大学本科生研究体验项目的目标是通过最先进的设施提供密集的研究团队体验，同时探索“社会材料”主题的活动。 这些活动让包括美洲原住民、非裔美国人、西班牙裔学生和女性在内的不同群体接触研究环境，并帮助他们发展成为专业人士。 来自不同学科的导师的加入使学生能够培养在学术和工业研究环境中脱颖而出所需的技能，在这些环境中，跨学科团队是标准的。 学生最终在年度夏季研究会议上展示他们的成果。 该网站还包含教师研究体验部分，有助于将研究与教育相结合，并增加学生和教师的利益。 这些研究和教育活动得到了国家科学基金会、材料研究部跨领域活动计划的支持。技术摘要这项为期 9 周的 REU/8 周 RET 活动的目标是为本科生和教师提供最先进设施的深入研究团队体验，同时探索“社会材料”主题的活动。 用于提供这种体验的项目是高度跨学科的，使学生能够接触科学和工程的最前沿。 这些活动可大致分为：能源产生（例如太阳能电池、磁性形状记忆合金、热电）、能量存储（例如钠离子电池、建筑系统）、节能（例如碳纳米电子学）或与材料加工/​​建模/表征相关的其他社会挑战。 参与者有自己的个性化项目，但也融入了跨学科的夏季研究社区，培训他们既能有效地跨学科沟通，又能更清楚地理解自己工作的核心概念。 学生还参加一些关于图书馆资源、知识产权、道德、合作和研究生院的补充研讨会；并最终在年度夏季研究会议上展示他们的结果。 我们制定了全面的评估计划，以衡量参与者的学习和成长、他们的信心、对 REU 经历的满意度，以及影响他们对实验室环境和研究看法的因素。 这些研究和教育活动得到国家科学基金会材料研究部的支持。

项目成果

Lab-Controlled Experimental Evaluation of Heat-Reflective Coatings by Increasing Surface Albedo for Cool Pavements in Urban Areas

通过增加城市地区凉爽路面表面反照率对热反射涂层进行实验室控制实验评估

• DOI: 10.3390/coatings12010007
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Coatings
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: Lu, Yang;Rahman, Md Asif;Moore, Nicholas W.;Golrokh, Aidin J.
• 通讯作者: Golrokh, Aidin J.

Empirical Evidence for A-Site Order in Perovskites

• DOI: 10.1111/jace.14547
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: K. Tolman;R. Ubic;Bing Liu;I. Williamson;K. Bedke;Eric B. Nelson;Lan Li;X. Chen

A Novel Room-Temperature Synthesis Technique for Producing High-Density Ba1-Sr TiO3 and PbZr Ti1-O3 Composites

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.04.002
• 发表时间: 2022-04
• 期刊: Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• 影响因子: 5.7
• 作者: Evan Smith;A. Block;R. Ubic

Development and Assessment of a Combined REU/RET Program in Materials Science

材料科学 REU/RET 联合项目的开发和评估

• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: ASEE Annual Conference proceedings
• 作者: Salzman, N.;Ubic, R.
• 通讯作者: Ubic, R.

Perspective on coarse-graining, cognitive load, and materials simulation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109129
• 发表时间: 2020-01
• 期刊: Computational Materials Science
• 影响因子: 3.3
• 作者: Eric Jankowski;Neale Ellyson;Jenny W Fothergill;Michael M. Henry;Mitchell H. Leibowitz;Evan D Miller;Mone’t Alberts;Samantha Chesser;Jaime D. Guevara;Chris D. Jones;M. Klopfenstein;Kendra K. Noneman;Rachel Singleton;Ramon A. Uriarte-Mendoza;Stephen Thomas;Carla E. Estridge;Matthew L Jones