REU-Site: Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research

REU-Site：促进本科生参与实验和计算材料研究的区域倡议

• 批准号: 1754078
• 负责人: Yogesh Vohra
• 金额: $ 32.5万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1754078&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Regional; Initiative; Promote

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)-site in experimental and computational materials research. This REU-site project plans to recruit students from underrepresented groups and academic institutions where research opportunities are limited. This project offers a broad range of interdisciplinary materials research experiences to undergraduate students with a diversity of backgrounds in physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and engineering. The undergraduate students will gain experience in materials synthesis, materials characterization and computer modeling and simulations during their ten-week research stay at UAB campus. The scientific research projects have been specifically developed for undergraduate students by an interdisciplinary team consisting of science and engineering faculty at UAB. This project will continue to provide lecture series and workshops in materials growth and characterization, research ethics and professionalism, innovation and entrepreneurship and preparation for graduate school to all participants. Our REU participants will publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals and/or present at professional meetings leading to a broad dissemination of new knowledge created in the undergraduate research projects. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: REU-research projects are organized in four research clusters: (1) materials under extreme conditions (2) materials for energy applications, (3) materials for sensors and laser applications, and (4) biomaterials for implants, tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. The undergraduate research projects contribute to fundamental understanding of phase transformations and degradation of materials under extreme conditions, novel materials for fuel cells, materials for nanoscale sensors and mid-IR lasers, and 3-D printed biomaterials and stimuli responsive polymers. Some research projects will also involve the use of national x-ray synchrotron facilities and neutron diffraction facilities in materials research. The undergraduate student projects have short-term achievable milestones, while simultaneously contributing to longer-term scientific goals and technological applications. Our teaming arrangement of REU-participants with faculty and graduate students, giving poster and oral presentations, writing a research-style paper, and attending training seminars in scientific communications and ethics will help REU students see the "big picture" of what it takes to develop into a "research scientist" with the critical skills needed for analyzing, interpreting and presenting scientific data.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学（UAB）将举办一个实验和计算材料研究的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。这个REU网站项目计划从代表性不足的群体和学术机构招收学生，那里的研究机会有限。该项目为具有物理，化学，应用数学和工程背景的本科生提供广泛的跨学科材料研究经验。本科生将在UAB校园为期十周的研究期间获得材料合成，材料表征以及计算机建模和模拟方面的经验。科学研究项目是由UAB的科学和工程学院组成的跨学科团队专门为本科生开发的。该项目将继续为所有参与者提供材料生长和表征、研究道德和专业精神、创新和创业精神以及研究生院准备方面的系列讲座和讲习班。我们的REU参与者将在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的研究结果和/或出席专业会议，从而广泛传播本科研究项目中创建的新知识。技术说明：REU研究项目分为四个研究集群：（1）极端条件下的材料（2）能源应用材料，（3）传感器和激光应用材料，以及（4）用于植入物，组织工程和药物输送应用的生物材料。本科研究项目有助于对极端条件下材料的相变和降解，燃料电池新材料，纳米级传感器和中红外激光器材料，以及3D打印生物材料和刺激响应聚合物的基本理解。一些研究项目还将涉及在材料研究中使用国家x射线同步加速器设施和中子衍射设施。本科生项目具有短期可实现的里程碑，同时有助于长期的科学目标和技术应用。我们的REU参与者与教师和研究生的团队安排，给予海报和口头演示，撰写研究风格的论文，并参加科学传播和伦理培训研讨会将帮助REU学生看到什么需要发展成为一个“研究科学家”的“大画面”与分析所需的关键技能，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Encapsulation and Ultrasound-Triggered Release of G-Quadruplex DNA in Multilayer Hydrogel Microcapsules

• DOI: 10.3390/polym10121342
• 发表时间: 2018-12-01
• 期刊: POLYMERS
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Alford, Aaron;Tucker, Brenna;Kharlampieva, Eugenia
• 通讯作者: Kharlampieva, Eugenia