REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Nanoscale Science and Engineering

REU网站：纳米科学与工程本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 1757618
• 负责人: Emily Weiss
• 金额: $ 32.34万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757618&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

Nanotechnology is one of the fastest-growing research areas and is widely recognized as having the potential to revolutionize fields as wide-ranging as energy, medicine, environmental science, and biotechnology. It is also an area that integrates disciplines, generating a highly creative environment that breaks down traditional academic silos. At Northwestern University, nanotechnology is recognized as one of the pillars of excellence, due in large part to the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN). This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, hosted by the IIN, will provide diverse cohorts of undergraduates with meaningful, goal-oriented, laboratory research experiences for a 9-week period over the summer. The foundation of scientific and technological progress is an educated and motivated scientific workforce. Research is a valuable experience in critical thinking and skill development for undergraduates, and summer research experiences - that are not fragmented by classwork and extracurricular obligations - are especially valuable for exposing undergraduates to realistic day-to-day operations of a research lab, and for allowing them to engage deeply in a single challenging research project.During the summer IIN will host a unique program in an intellectually stimulating environment that provides research opportunities in Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Physics, and several Engineering disciplines, all connected through their focus on nanoscience and nanotechnology. This REU program strongly emphasizes the recruitment of undergraduates from institutions where academic-year research opportunities and/or resources to conduct scientific research are scarce, in order to increase the representation of all ethnicities, genders, and socioeconomic groups in the STEM workforce. Each student will be mentored by a faculty member and a graduate student team within a framework that moves from guided supervision to independent work as abilities allow. The students will problem solve and contribute to the development of new tools, materials, and methods while exploring nanoscale and atomic-scale systems, phenomena, and devices. The cohort will be strengthened by weekly meetings/seminars, field trips, social activities, and shared on-campus housing. The program will include an interactive public speaking workshop, one-on-one technical writing sessions, and access and training on state-of-the-art instrumentation. Participants will present their findings at a Closing Symposium and in a written technical report.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.

纳米技术是增长最快的研究领域之一，被广泛认为具有革新能源，医学，环境科学和生物技术等广泛范围的潜力。这也是整合学科的领域，产生了一个高度创造性的环境，从而破坏了传统的学术孤岛。在西北大学，纳米技术被认为是卓越的支柱之一，这在很大程度上归功于国际纳米技术研究所（IIN）。由IIN主办的西北大学纳米级科学与工程学的本科生（REU）网站的研究经验将为夏季9周的9周期间提供各种有意义，面向目标的实验室研究经验的本科生。科学和技术进步的基础是受过教育和积极进取的科学劳动力。研究是在本科生的批判性思维和技能发展方面的宝贵经验，而夏季的研究经历并非因课堂工作和课外义务而分散，对于将大学的日常运营暴露于研究实验室的日常运营而尤其有价值医学，物理和几个工程学科都通过关注纳米科学和纳米技术的关注。该REU计划强烈强调从稀缺的学年研究机会和/或资源进行科学研究的机构中招募本科生，以增加STEM劳动力中所有种族，性别和社会经济群体的代表。每个学生将在一个框架内由教职员工和一个研究生团队指导，该框架从指导监督到能力允许的情况下转移到独立工作。学生将在探索纳米级和原子尺度系统，现象和设备的同时解决新工具，材料和方法的开发并为开发。每周的会议/研讨会，实地考察，社交活动和共享校园住房将加强队列。该计划将包括一个互动公开演讲研讨会，一对一的技术写作课程以及有关最新仪器的访问和培训。参与者将在闭幕研讨会和书面技术报告中介绍他们的发现。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。

项目成果

A matter of size? Material, structural and mechanical strategies for size adaptation in the elytra of Cetoniinae beetles

• DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.12.039
• 发表时间: 2021-02-16
• 期刊: ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
• 影响因子: 9.7
• 作者: Asgari, Meisam;Alderete, Nicolas A.;Espinosa, Horacio D.
• 通讯作者: Espinosa, Horacio D.

Using Photoexcited Core/Shell Quantum Dots To Spin Polarize Appended Radical Qubits

使用光激发核/壳量子点来旋转极化附加的自由基量子位

• DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06073
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 影响因子: 15
• 作者: Olshansky, Jacob H.;Harvey, Samantha M.;Pennel, Makenna L.;Krzyaniak, Matthew D.;Schaller, Richard D.;Wasielewski, Michael R.
• 通讯作者: Wasielewski, Michael R.

Selenomelanin: An Abiotic Selenium Analogue of Pheomelanin

• DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05573
• 发表时间: 2020-07-22
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
• 影响因子: 15
• 作者: Cao, Wei;McCallum, Naneki C.;Gianneschi, Nathan C.
• 通讯作者: Gianneschi, Nathan C.