REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

该研究经验的本科生（REU）计划，将提供本科生从资源有限的机构，以及妇女和少数民族，在纳米科学和纳米技术的研究机会。该计划将在爱荷华州大学进行，在夏季会议期间运行10周，并通过爱荷华州大学纳米科学和纳米技术研究所（NNI@UI）进行管理。参与者将从本科研究机会有限的机构招募，代表性不足的少数民族和妇女将通过与爱荷华州大学正在进行的多样性工作协调来招募。REU参与者将提供一个刺激的研究经验，重点是（1）让学生有机会在教师指导下致力于纳米科学和纳米技术的前沿研究项目，（2）帮助本科生通过实验室安全和科学道德研讨会，技术交流研讨会，并参加全校范围的夏季本科生研究研讨会，（3）在纳米科学和纳米技术的跨学科领域培训本科生，这是一个具有科学重要性的领域，（4）鼓励研究机会有限的院校和代表性不足的团体的学生参与（5）通过大力招聘，鼓励REU参与者继续研究生学习，告知他们研究生学习的机会和申请程序。来自化学和生物化学工程，土木与环境工程，电气工程，化学和药学的教师导师将指导这些学生进行研究。鉴于纳米科学和纳米技术的重要性，必须为本科生提供早期接触这一跨学科领域的研究，并提高他们对研究生学习和职业道路的科学和工程的兴趣。该REU网站的资金由美国国家科学基金会，工程局，工程教育和中心部以及数学和物理科学局提供，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得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的支持。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, will provide undergraduate students from resource limited institutions, as well as women and minorities, research opportunities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. This program will be carried out at the University of Iowa, run for 10 weeks during the summer session, and be administered through the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Iowa (NNI@UI). Participants will be recruited from institutions with limited undergraduate research opportunities, and underrepresented minorities and women will be recruited by coordinating with on-going diversity efforts at the University of Iowa. REU participants will be provided with a stimulating research experience focused on (1) giving students the opportunity to work on a cutting-edge research project focused on nanoscience and nanotechnology under faculty mentorship, (2) helping undergraduate students develop strong research and communications skills through seminars on laboratory safety and scientific ethics, a technical communication workshop, and participation in a university-wide summer undergraduate research symposium, (3) training undergraduate students in the interdisciplinary area of nanoscience and nanotechnology, a field of demonstrated scientific importance, (4) encouraging student participation from institutions with limited research opportunities and from underrepresented groups (including women in engineering) through vigorous recruiting efforts, and (5) encouraging REU participants to pursue graduate studies by informing them of opportunities for graduate study and application procedures. Faculty mentors from Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Pharmacy will guide these students in their research. Given the importance of nanoscience and nanotechnology, it is imperative to provide undergraduates with early exposure to research in this interdisciplinary field and to enhance their interest in science and engineering for graduate studies and as a career path.Funding for this REU Site is provided by the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Engineering, Division of Engineering Education and Centers and the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Science, Division of Chemistry.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.