REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

这项面向本科生的研究体验(REU)计划将为资源有限的院校以及女性和少数族裔的本科生提供纳米科学和纳米技术方面的研究机会。该计划将在爱荷华大学进行，在夏季课程期间运行10周，并通过爱荷华大学纳米科学和纳米技术研究所(NNI@UI)进行管理。参与者将从本科生研究机会有限的机构招募，代表不足的少数族裔和女性将通过与爱荷华大学正在进行的多样化努力进行协调来招募。研究生院将为学生提供极具启发性的研究经验，重点是：(1)让学生有机会在教员的指导下从事奈米科学和奈米科技的尖端研究计画，(2)透过实验室安全和科学道德研讨会、技术沟通工作坊，以及参加全大学的暑期本科生研究研讨会，协助本科生发展强大的研究和沟通技巧，(3)训练本科生在奈米科学和奈米科技的跨学科领域，这是一个已证明具有科学重要性的领域，(4)鼓励来自研究机会有限的院校和来自未获充分代表的群体(包括从事工程的女性)的学生参与，以及(5)通过告知研究生学习机会和申请程序，鼓励REU参与者继续研究生学习。来自化学和生化工程、土木和环境工程、电气工程、化学和制药的教师导师将指导这些学生的研究。鉴于纳米科学和纳米技术的重要性，有必要为本科生提供早期接触这一跨学科领域的研究，并提高他们在研究生学习和职业生涯中对科学和工程的兴趣。REU网站的资金由国家科学基金会、工程局、工程教育和中心部以及化学部数学和物理科学局提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.