REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry at Syracuse University

锡拉丘兹大学的斯宾斯勒、哈德森教授和他的同事们主持了一个REU网站。本项目由化学系REU SITE计划资助。该网站为11名化学研究本科生提供为期十周的支持，每三个暑假一次。密集的研究经验在许多方面对学生有所帮助。学生用宝贵的实践经验和技能来补充他们的教育。在重要的职业和教育决策方面，他们变得更了解情况。学生实践科学成果的交流，开阔了他们对化学和科学的总体视野。学生的动机是要在学业上取得成功，并做更多的研究。参与者经历了整个科学过程：计划和进行实验，解释结果，得出结论，并以书面和口头形式展示他们的结果。该计划使参与者接触到全面的化学研究，包括大量的化学子领域和相关的跨学科主题。REU计划将结构化学习与实验室中最大的动手时间相结合。在每周的午餐会上，教职员工会介绍各种化学研究主题，然后是过去两周的学生研究报告。其他活动包括职业计划、伦理研讨会、三个小时的玻璃吹制科学利用研讨会，以及多所大学的海报会议。该计划的招生和录取重点是那些受影响最大的人，包括研究机会有限的学生、少数民族学生和退伍军人学生。该项目包括与勒莫因学院的具体合作伙伴关系，让学生和教职员工都有全年合作研究的机会。参加该项目的奥地利学生由格拉茨技术大学提供支持，为所有参与者提供国际接触。许多参与者获得了已发表研究的作者身份，并在会议上展示了他们的作品。

Professors Sponsler, Hudson, and colleagues at Syracuse University host an REU Site. This project is funded by the REU Site Program of the Division of Chemistry. The site supports eleven undergraduate students in chemistry research through ten weeks in each of three summers. The intensive research experience helps students in many ways. Students supplement their education with valuable practical experience and skills. The become better informed with respect to important career and education decisions. Students practice communication of scientific results, and broaden their perspectives of chemistry and science in general. Students are motivated to succeed in their studies and to do more research. Participants experience the entire scientific process: planning and conducting experiments, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, and presenting their results in written and oral form. The program exposes participants to the full breadth of chemical research, including the vast array of chemistry subfields and related interdisciplinary topics. The REU program combines structured learning with maximum hands-on time in the laboratory. At weekly luncheon sessions, faculty members present various chemistry research topics, followed by student research presentations in the last two weeks. Additional activities include a career program, an ethics seminar, a three-hour glassblowing for scientific utilization workshop, and a multi-university poster session. Recruitment and admission of students to the program emphasize those for whom the impact will be greatest, including students with limited access to research, minority students, and veteran students. The program includes a specific partnership with Le Moyne College, involving both students and faculty with year-round collaborative research opportunities. Austrian students in the program, supported by the Technical University of Graz, provide international exposure to all participants. Many participants achieve authorship of published research and present their work at conferences.