REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

REU 站点：Materials Connection (MacReu RSide)

• 批准号: 1659450
• 负责人: Ludwig Bartels
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 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: 2017-03-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659450&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Materials; Connection; MacReu

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYThe Materials Connection Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (MacREU) Site at the University of California-Riverside (UCR) will provide 12 students per year with experience in working in research labs that target the preparation of an array of composite and thin-film materials, including 2-D materials, that form the basis for next-generation chemical catalysts and advanced electronic devices. These materials play crucial roles in a wide spectrum of technologies, ranging from oil refining to emission control to data/signal processing. The MacREU students will join research groups from Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, reflecting the broad impact of thin film materials. All participating faculty and research labs are affiliated with the UCR interdepartmental Materials Science and Engineering program, so undergraduates from a wide range of fields will be exposed to a highly interdisciplinary environment. The students will gain hands-on experience in a number of essential techniques for making and analyzing advanced materials. The REU site will actively recruit from 2-year and 4-year institutions, particularly Hispanic Serving Institutions, in Southern California. Besides providing the MacREU students with exciting research experience, this project seeks to form them into an outreach team that is effective in promoting STEM education to their peers at Southern California 2-year colleges and high-schools serving a population of 12 million within about 50 miles of UCR. At this same time, such activity will impart leadership and presentation skills in the MacREU participants in support of their future careers. This site is funded by the REU Site Programs of the Division of Materials Research and the Division of Chemistry.TECHNICAL SUMMARYThe Materials Connection Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (MacREU) site at the University of California-Riverside (UCR) will provide 12 students with experience in a broad spectrum of preparative methods for composite and thin film (including 2-D) material growth through active participation in ongoing research efforts. Thin films and 2D materials play crucial roles in a wide spectrum of technologies, from activating catalysts for crude oil refining to automotive emission control to the next generation of microelectronic devices. MacREU students will join research groups from Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, reflecting the broad impact of thin film materials. All participating faculty and research labs are affiliated with the UCR interdepartmental Materials Science and Engineering program, so undergraduates from a wide range of fields will be exposed to a highly interdisciplinary environment. Specific research efforts will include growth of MoS2 and related transition metal dichalcogenides for electronic applications, preparation of materials for photo-/electro-catalytic water splitting, and development of novel atomic-layer and chemical-vapor based growth methodologies. The students will jointly be instructed in hands-on practical materials characterization including electron microscopy, Raman, photoluminescence, and infrared spectroscopy. Co-directed by a chemist and a professor of political science, this project will also generate quantitative measures of the success of the MacREU program as well as actionable and unbiased evaluation of the educational concept and effectiveness. This site is funded by the REU Site Programs of the Division of Materials Research and the Division of Chemistry.

非技术总结加州大学河滨分校（UCR）的本科生材料连接研究经验（MacREU）网站每年将为12名学生提供在研究实验室工作的经验，这些实验室的目标是制备一系列复合材料和薄膜材料，包括2-D材料，这些材料构成下一代化学催化剂和先进电子设备的基础。这些材料在从炼油到排放控制再到数据/信号处理的广泛技术中发挥着至关重要的作用。MacREU学生将加入化学，物理，电气工程，机械工程，生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映薄膜材料的广泛影响。所有参与的教师和研究实验室都隶属于UCR跨部门材料科学与工程计划，因此来自各个领域的本科生将接触到高度跨学科的环境。学生将获得一些制作和分析先进材料的基本技术的实践经验。REU网站将积极从南加州的2年制和4年制院校，特别是西班牙裔服务院校招募学生。除了为MacREU学生提供令人兴奋的研究经验外，该项目还旨在将他们组建成一个外展团队，有效地向南加州2年制大学和高中的同龄人推广STEM教育，这些大学和高中在UCR约50英里范围内为1200万人口提供服务。与此同时，这些活动将传授领导能力和演讲技巧，在MacREU参与者，以支持他们未来的职业生涯。该网站由材料研究部和化学部的REU网站计划资助。技术摘要加州大学河滨分校（UCR）的本科生材料连接研究经验（MacREU）网站将为12名学生提供复合材料和薄膜制备方法的广泛经验（包括2-D）材料的增长，通过积极参与正在进行的研究工作。薄膜和2D材料在广泛的技术中发挥着至关重要的作用，从原油精炼的活化催化剂到汽车排放控制，再到下一代微电子器件。MacREU学生将加入化学，物理，电气工程，机械工程，生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映薄膜材料的广泛影响。所有参与的教师和研究实验室都隶属于UCR跨部门材料科学与工程计划，因此来自各个领域的本科生将接触到高度跨学科的环境。具体的研究工作将包括用于电子应用的MoS 2和相关过渡金属二硫属化物的生长，用于光/电催化水分解的材料的制备，以及基于新型原子层和化学蒸气的生长方法的开发。学生将共同指导动手实践材料表征，包括电子显微镜，拉曼，光致发光和红外光谱。该项目由化学家和政治学教授共同指导，还将对MacREU计划的成功进行量化衡量，并对教育理念和有效性进行可操作和公正的评估。该网站由材料研究部和化学部的REU网站计划资助。