REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

非技术性总结加州大学河滨分校(UCR)面向本科生的材料连接研究体验(MacREU)网站每年将为12名学生提供在研究实验室工作的经验，这些实验室旨在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。这些材料在广泛的技术中发挥着关键作用，从炼油到排放控制再到数据/信号处理。MacREU的学生将加入来自化学、物理、电气工程、机械工程、生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映出薄膜材料的广泛影响。所有参与的教职员工和研究实验室都隶属于UCR跨部门材料科学和工程项目，因此来自广泛领域的本科生将接触到高度跨学科的环境。学生将在制作和分析先进材料的一些基本技术方面获得实践经验。REU网站将积极从南加州的两年制和四年制院校招聘人才，特别是拉美裔服务院校。除了为MacREU的学生提供令人兴奋的研究体验外，该项目还试图将他们组成一个外展团队，有效地向南加州两年制大学和高中的同龄人推广STEM教育，为UCR周围约50英里范围内的1200万人口提供服务。与此同时，这类活动将为MacREU参与者传授领导力和演讲技能，为他们未来的职业生涯提供支持。该网站由材料研究部和化学部的REU网站项目资助。技术总结加州大学河滨分校(UCR)的本科生材料连接研究体验(MacREU)网站将通过积极参与正在进行的研究工作，为12名学生提供复合材料和薄膜(包括2-D)材料生长的广泛制备方法的经验。薄膜和2D材料在广泛的技术中发挥着关键作用，从原油精炼催化剂的活化到汽车排放控制到下一代微电子设备。MacREU的学生将加入来自化学、物理、电气工程、机械工程、生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映出薄膜材料的广泛影响。所有参与的教职员工和研究实验室都隶属于UCR跨部门材料科学和工程项目，因此来自广泛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二硫化钼和相关过渡金属二卤化物的生长，制备用于光/电催化水分解的材料，以及开发新的原子层和基于化学气相的生长方法。将共同指导学生实践材料的表征，包括电子显微镜、拉曼光谱、光致发光和红外光谱。该项目由一名化学家和一名政治学教授共同指导，还将对MacREU计划的成功进行量化衡量，并对教育概念和效果进行可操作和不偏不倚的评估。该网站由材料研究部和化学部的REU网站项目资助。

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.