REU Site: Interdisciplinary Renewable and Environmental Collaborative - IREC

REU 网站：跨学科可再生能源和环境合作 - IREC

• 批准号: 1757922
• 负责人: Frank Bowman
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 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 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757922&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Renewable; Environmental

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award to the University of North Dakota, located in Grand Forks, ND, supports the training of 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. The principal investigators are Frank Bowman and Guodong Du. The site is jointly funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences of the Directorate for Geosciences. This REU site focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of chemistry, chemical engineering, and atmospheric sciences. Participants are jointly mentored by a team of interdisciplinary faculty, providing students unique exposure to a variety of scientific approaches and research challenges. In addition to 10 weeks of intensive research, student participants also receive training in science communication and research conduct, participate in community outreach, and learn about ethics in research. Particular emphasis is placed on recruiting Native American and first generation students. The research projects target renewable and environmental science and engineering, including projects on the development of biodegradable polymers from renewable sources, measurement and modeling of atmospheric processes, and the production of fertilizer from coal and biomass waste streams. Students receive professional development training, particularly in science communication, which teaches participants how to convey science to a general audience. The participants utilize this training in outreach activities for elementary age children, encouraging both the children and the REU participants to pursue science and science-related careers. Emphasis is placed on recruiting first generation and unrepresented minority students, targeting students from primarily undergraduate institutions and Native American tribal colleges.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.

本科生（REU）网站授予北达科他州，位于大福克斯，ND的大学的研究经验，支持10名本科生在2018年至2020年的夏天10周的培训。主要研究人员是Frank Bowman和Guodong Du。该网站由数学和物理科学理事会化学部，刺激竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）以及地球科学理事会大气和地球空间科学部共同资助。这个REU网站侧重于化学，化学工程和大气科学交叉的跨学科研究。参与者由跨学科教师团队共同指导，为学生提供独特的接触各种科学方法和研究挑战。除了10周的密集研究外，学生参与者还接受科学传播和研究行为的培训，参与社区外展，并了解研究中的道德规范。 特别强调招收美国土著人和第一代学生。这些研究项目针对可再生和环境科学与工程，包括从可再生资源开发可生物降解聚合物，测量和模拟大气过程以及从煤炭和生物质废物流生产肥料的项目。学生接受专业发展培训，特别是在科学传播方面，教参与者如何向普通观众传达科学。参与者利用这一培训为小学年龄的儿童推广活动，鼓励儿童和REU参与者追求科学和科学相关的职业。重点放在招募第一代和无代表的少数民族学生，主要针对本科院校和美洲原住民部落学院的学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

项目成果

Star-Shaped Poly(hydroxybutyrate)s from Bio-based Polyol Cores via Zinc Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone

通过锌催化 β-丁内酯开环聚合从生物基多元醇核中获得星形聚（羟基丁酸酯）

• DOI: 10.1016/j.europolymj.2021.110756
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: European polymer journal
• 影响因子: 6
• 作者: Omar, Rawan;Shaik, Muneer;Griggs, Chloe;Jensen, Jevin D.;Boyd, Robert;Oncel, Nuri;Webster, Dean C.;Du, Guodong
• 通讯作者: Du, Guodong