REU Site: Frontiers of Materials Chemistry

REU 网站：材料化学前沿

• 批准号: 1852015
• 负责人: Jennifer Brodbelt
• 金额: $ 31.2万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 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: 2019-05-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852015&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Frontiers; Materials; Chemistry

This REU site award to the University of Texas at Austin, located in Austin, TX, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program and the Division of Chemistry. Participants engage in research projects encompassing materials chemistry. Participants are mentored in research groups that discover, design, develop and characterize new biomaterials and energy materials. This program emphasizes laboratory safety, development of scientific communication skills, and inclusivity. Participants are exposed to career opportunities and broader applications of materials chemistry via an interdisciplinary seminar series, with speakers from industry and academia. The principles of lab safety are showcased by training participants to be Student Safety Officers, engagement in a peer-to-peer lab safety assessment program, and creation of safety videos. The overarching theme of inclusivity aims to develop a strong sense of community.Participants' research projects include development of new biomaterials by combining self-assembly, templating and nanotechnology; design and development of energy materials such as photovoltaic, energy storing, or catalytic materials; and development of new spectroscopic and microscopy strategies for materials analysis. This program targets underrepresented minorities and rising sophomore students in chemistry and chemical engineering. By targeting early career students, this program's intensive training instills a passion for discovery that accelerates success in college and retention of students in science and engineering fields.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.

在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的奥斯汀分校授予德克萨斯大学的REU网站奖，在2019 - 2021年的夏季为10周的10周学生培训。该站点由国防部与NSF REU计划和化学部合作支持。参与者从事涵盖材料化学的研究项目。参与者在研究，设计，开发和表征新的生物材料和能源材料的研究小组中得到指导。该计划强调实验室安全，发展科学沟通技巧和包容性。 参与者通过跨学科的研讨会系列介绍了材料化学的职业机会，并与行业和学术界的演讲者接触了更广泛的应用。实验室安全的原则由培训参与者展示为学生安全官员，参与点对点实验室安全评估计划以及制作安全视频。包容性的总体主题旨在发展强烈的社区意识。参与者的研究项目包括通过结合自组装，模板和纳米技术来开发新的生物材料；能源材料的设计和开发，例如光伏，能量存储或催化材料；以及用于材料分析的新光谱和显微镜策略的发展。该计划的目标是代表性不足的少数族裔和化学和化学工程学二年级学生的增加。通过针对早期的职业学生，该计划的强化培训灌输了对发现的热情，该培训在大学和工程领域的学生中的成功加速。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来评估的。