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REU Site: Discovery by Computation, Theory and Experiment

REU 站点：通过计算、理论和实验发现

基本信息

批准号：
1659823
负责人：
Jeffrey Evanseck
金额：
$ 30.38万
依托单位：
Duquesne 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 2020-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659823&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Discovery Computation Theory

项目摘要

Professors Jeffrey Evanseck, Jeffry Madura, and colleagues of Duquesne University host an REU site supported by the REU Sites Program of the NSF Division of Chemistry. This site impacts the professional chemistry careers and education of undergraduates and faculty from institutions with limited research infrastructure as well as those from underrepresented populations. This is achieved through establishment of meaningful, year-round, and long-term research collaborations driven by the need for academic productivity and excellence in undergraduate training. The model builds research teams of student-faculty pairs recruited from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), Historically Black Colleges (HBCs) and the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) institutions. These collaborators are integrated with extramurally funded research groups from Duquesne. The model is proven to perpetuate itself, where invested collaborations ultimately mature to independent funding. The broader impacts of this work include meaningful research experiences to attract and retain the nation's diverse student talent pool. This will have the consequence of enhancing and diversifying the U.S. workforce by adding experts in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry. This project focuses on strong financial and infrastructure support of research collaborations that invigorate faculty from PUIs, HBCs, and LSAMP institutions. These faculty in turn directly impact students and learning environments at their home institutions. REU students have novel chemical research experiences in exciting and broad scientific themes, such as nanotechnology, homeland security, pharmaceutical drug design, forensic sciences, and chemical biology. Each student works directly with two faculty mentors in the laboratory (from the home institution and Duquesne). Students also consult with a theoretical faculty liaison, since each REU project is supplemented by well-defined computational components to expand the students' experience. REU students receive explicit training to reinforce the scientific method, scientific writing and speaking, ethics, safety, and workshops on state-of-the-art instrumentation to complement their experimental research and build invaluable skill sets. Each student has the opportunity to present their research locally, regionally, and nationally to expand their professional exposure and networking to make more informed career decisions and best prepare for graduate school.

迪克讷大学的Jeffrey Evanseck、Jeffry Madura教授和同事们主持了一个由NSF化学部REU网站计划支持的REU网站。该网站影响了专业化学职业和教育的本科生和教师的研究基础设施有限的机构，以及那些来自代表性不足的人口。这是通过建立有意义的，全年和长期的研究合作，由学术生产力和卓越的本科生培训的需要驱动实现的。该模型建立了从小学本科院校（PUI），历史上的黑人学院（HBCs）和路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）机构招募的学生-教师对研究团队。这些合作者与来自迪克讷的校外资助的研究小组相结合。这种模式被证明是永久的，投资合作最终成熟为独立的资金。这项工作的更广泛的影响包括有意义的研究经验，以吸引和留住国家的多样化的学生人才库。这将通过增加化学和生物化学领域的专家来增强美国劳动力并使其多样化。该项目的重点是强大的财政和基础设施支持的研究合作，振兴教师从PUI，HBCs，和LSAMP机构。这些教师反过来直接影响学生和学习环境在他们的家乡机构。REU学生在令人兴奋和广泛的科学主题，如纳米技术，国土安全，药物设计，法医科学和化学生物学新颖的化学研究经验。每个学生直接与实验室的两名教师导师（来自家庭机构和迪克讷）合作。学生还咨询理论教师联络，因为每个REU项目都辅以定义明确的计算组件，以扩大学生的经验。REU学生接受明确的培训，以加强科学方法，科学写作和演讲，道德，安全和最先进仪器的研讨会，以补充他们的实验研究和建立宝贵的技能。每个学生都有机会在当地，地区和全国范围内展示他们的研究成果，以扩大他们的专业曝光和网络，从而做出更明智的职业决策，并为研究生院做好最好的准备。