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REU Site: From Bench to Market: Engineering Systems for High Efficiency Separations

REU 网站：从实验室到市场：高效分离工程系统

基本信息

批准号：
1659653
负责人：
Shannon Servoss
金额：
$ 37.29万
依托单位：
University of Arkansas
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 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659653&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Bench Market Engineering

项目摘要

This new three year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, From Bench to Market: Engineering Systems for High Efficiency Separations, at the University of Arkansas (UA) will provide a diverse cohort of undergraduate students with research opportunities in laboratories that focus on innovative separations research. The cost of chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing is dominated by the cost of separation processes to obtain a pure product. In fact, it is estimated that up to 10-15% of the world energy budget and 90% of pharmaceutical manufacturing costs are due to separation processes. Separations processes (where compounds of interest are recovered and purified from a mixture) are essential for almost every aspect of modern society, including: drinking water, therapeutics, food, and beverages. Ten undergraduate students will be selected each year to spend 10 weeks on the University of Arkansas campus performing research in the laboratory of a successful faculty member. In addition, students will participate in a commercialization assessment training series that will prepare them to think about the potential commercialization of traditional hypothesis-driven research early in the process. Through these experiences, the students will be part of developing and implementing cutting-edge technologies in the field of separations. Students will leave the REU program with an understanding of how academic research and commercialization work in tandem to solve humanities grand challenges.The overall objective of this REU site is to teach undergraduate students to create and execute a research plan involving separations while simultaneously exposing them to the skills needed to define and assess the commercial potential of their projects. The participants will work for 10 weeks in a research laboratory focusing on the development of separation techniques and/or materials, while they will also be led through a custom designed commercialization series based on the NSF I-Corps Lean Canvas methodology. Students will be paired with industrial mentors, in addition to successful separations researchers, for a unique training opportunity that exposes them to the full lifecycle of research. This combination of activities will prepare the students to become leaders in the chemical, biomedical, and pharmaceutical industries. Prospective REU students will be recruited utilizing a diverse network, including the George Washington Carver Project and schools with a high Native American population.

阿肯色大学 (UA) 的这个为期三年的本科生研究体验 (REU) 现场项目“从实验室到市场：高效分离工程系统”将为多元化的本科生提供在专注于创新分离研究的实验室中进行研究的机会。化学和药品制造的成本主要由获得纯产品的分离过程的成本决定。事实上，据估计，世界能源预算的 10-15% 和药品制造成本的 90% 是由于分离过程造成的。分离过程（从混合物中回收和纯化感兴趣的化合物）对于现代社会的几乎每个方面都至关重要，包括：饮用水、治疗、食品和饮料。每年将选出 10 名本科生，在阿肯色大学校园一位成功教员的实验室里进行为期 10 周的研究。此外，学生将参加商业化评估培训系列，这将使他们做好准备，在该过程的早期思考传统假设驱动研究的潜在商业化。通过这些经验，学生将参与分离领域尖端技术的开发和实施。学生离开 REU 项目后，将了解学术研究和商业化如何协同工作以解决人文学科的重大挑战。该 REU 网站的总体目标是教本科生创建和执行涉及分离的研究计划，同时让他们掌握定义和评估其项目的商业潜力所需的技能。参与者将在研究实验室工作 10 周，重点关注分离技术和/或材料的开发，同时他们还将接受基于 NSF I-Corps Lean Canvas 方法的定制设计商业化系列。除了成功的分离研究人员之外，学生还将与工业导师配对，获得独特的培训机会，使他们接触到研究的整个生命周期。这些活动的结合将使学生成为化学、生物医学和制药行业的领导者。 REU 未来的学生将利用多元化的网络进行招募，包括乔治·华盛顿·卡弗项目和美洲原住民人口较多的学校。