Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Site to Prepare Students for Graduate School and an Industrial Career

化学和生物化学 REU 网站为学生进入研究生院和工业生涯做好准备

基本信息

批准号：
1757627
负责人：
Daniel Ess
金额：
$ 33.2万
依托单位：
Brigham Young University
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：
2018-05-01 至 2022-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757627&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Chemistry Biochemistry REU Site Prepare

项目摘要

This award to Brigham Young University from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site with a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) component led by Professors Daniel H. Ess, Rebecca Sansom, and Kara J. Stowers at Brigham Young University. To address the national need for a highly qualified science workforce, this site annually provides ten REU and two RET participants with a ten-week summer program to conduct individual chemistry or biochemistry research projects using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. Research projects emphasize problems relevant to industrial chemistry. Visits to chemical and biochemical companies, along with workshops and seminars on current and grand challenges in industry, effective communication, team interactions, and delivering scientific presentations, prepare REU participants for graduate school and future industrial careers. Inspiring the next generation of scientists, both REU and RET participants work with the BYU summer chemistry and biochemistry camps for youth. REU recruitment emphasizes participation by students from two-year colleges and underrepresented minorities.Participants complete independent research projects in the following areas: design of miniaturized mass spectrometers and micrometer microfluidic devices, biochemistry biomarker assays and drug discovery, inorganic homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst development, computational chemistry, organic anticancer and vaccine synthesis, physical spectroscopy, materials creation and characterization, renewable energy, and water containment detection. These independent technical research projects, facilitated by BYU chemistry and biochemistry faculty, and student mentors, provide participants with rich experiences in problem solving and scientific discovery, preparing them to earn advanced degrees and enter the industrial chemistry workforce.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.

该奖项由国家科学基金会的化学系（CHE）授予杨百翰大学，为本科生（REU）网站的研究经验提供了由教师（RET）组成的研究经验，由丹尼尔·H·埃斯（Daniel H.为了满足国家对高素质科学劳动力的需求，本网站每年为十名REU提供了十周的夏季计划，以使用最先进的设备和技术进行个人化学或生物化学研究项目。研究项目强调与工业化学有关的问题。访问化学和生化公司，以及有关行业当前和盛大挑战的研讨会，有效的沟通，团队互动以及提供科学演示，为研究生院和未来工业职业做准备的REU参与者。 REU和RET参与者都激发了下一代科学家，与BYU夏季化学和年轻人的生物化学营一起工作。 REU recruitment emphasizes participation by students from two-year colleges and underrepresented minorities.Participants complete independent research projects in the following areas: design of miniaturized mass spectrometers and micrometer microfluidic devices, biochemistry biomarker assays and drug discovery, inorganic homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst development, computational chemistry, organic anticancer and vaccine synthesis, physical光谱，材料的创造和表征，可再生能量和水遏制检测。这些独立的技术研究项目，由BYU化学和生物化学教职员工和学生导师为参与者提供丰富的问题解决和科学发现的丰富经验，为他们做好了准备，并为获得高级学位做好了准备，并进入了工业化学劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估了CRCRICTIAL IFTICAIL和FRODICAIL and IFTICAIL和BRODITIAL和BRODITIAL和FORGITIAL。