REU Site: Polymer Innovation for a Sustainable Future

REU 网站：聚合物创新打造可持续未来

• 批准号: 1950387
• 负责人: SARAH MORGAN
• 金额: $ 39.28万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950387&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Polymer; Innovation; Sustainable

This Site is jointly funded by the Divisions of Chemistry and Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate.NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This REU Site brings together undergraduate students from across the country to perform research aimed at critical societal needs with faculty and students in the state-of-the-art Polymer Science and Engineering Research Center. REU students, recruited from primarily undergraduate institutions, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and community colleges, work in interdisciplinary research teams and receive training in polymer science and engineering, science communication, sustainability, and life-cycle analysis during the ten-week summer program. Students participate in field trips to local industry, engage in outreach for elementary students, and prepare abstracts for presentation of their research at national conferences. This site helps develop the pipeline of science and engineering researchers with the skills to address the grand challenges of the 21st century while advancing fundamental research to support applications such as recyclable composites for aerospace and automotive sectors, on-demand degradable polymers for packaging, polymers from renewable feedstocks for drug delivery, polymeric solar cells, and flexible printed electronics. Most participants pursue graduate degrees in science and engineering after completing the summer program and are ultimately employed in research and development in industry, national laboratories, or academia. TECHNICAL DETAILS: The research objective of the REU site is to develop sustainable approaches to materials development to meet critical societal needs while improving utilization of energy and raw materials. Undergraduate student researchers are engaged in fundamental materials research efforts that span the complex, interdisciplinary facets of materials sustainability, including design of materials for recyclability and degradability, synthesis of polymers from renewable feedstocks, enhancing process efficiency, and designing polymers for renewable energy applications, while gaining the tools to assess the environmental impact of new material development. The research is organized in three themes: (1) Design for Recyclability and Degradability (2) Sustainable Polymers: (Bio) Renewable Feedstocks and Resource-Efficient Processing and (3) Materials for Sustainable Energy. Students are trained in state-of-the-art research facilities, including recently acquired X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) - wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), and advanced imaging instrumentation, and gain interdisciplinary research skills through collaborative efforts with polymer computational, synthesis, analysis, and processing experts.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.

该站点是由数学和物理科学（MPS）局中化学和材料研究的划分共同资助的。非技术性描述：该REU网站汇集了来自全国各地的本科生，以进行针对关键社会需求的研究，并在现有的聚合物科学和工程学研究中心与教师和教职员工。 REU学生，主要是从本科机构，历史上的黑人学院（HBCUS）和社区学院招募的，在跨学科研究团队中工作，并在十周期夏季计划中接受聚合物科学和工程学，科学传播，可持续性和生命周期分析的培训。学生参加当地行业的实地考察，为小学生提供外展活动，并准备摘要以在国家会议上介绍他们的研究。该网站有助于开发科学和工程研究人员的管道，以应对21世纪的宏伟挑战，同时推进基本研究，以支持应用程序，例如可回收的航空航天和汽车扇区的可回收复合材料，按需降解的聚合物包装，用于包装的可再生型聚合物，用于包装，可从可重新销售的Prolymeric solar solor solon-prolimeric solon和forton-forton-forton，forton-forton，forton和flex forton，forton和forton。完成夏季计划后，大多数参与者都攻读科学和工程学的研究生学位，并最终在工业，国家实验室或学术界的研究与开发中使用。技术细节：REU网站的研究目标是开发可持续的材料开发方法，以满足关键的社会需求，同时改善能源和原材料的利用。本科生研究人员从事基本材料研究工作，这些研究工作跨越了材料可持续性的复杂，跨学科的方面，包括设计可回收性和降解性的材料，可再生原料中的聚合物的合成，增强工艺效率的聚合物，并提高工艺效率以及为重新设计能源应用而设计的聚合物，以评估该工具的新材料开发。该研究以三个主题进行组织：（1）可回收性和降解性的设计（2）可持续聚合物：（BIO）可再生原料和资源有效的处理以及（3）可持续能源的材料。在最先进的研究设施中对学生进行了培训，包括最近获得的X射线光电子光谱（XPS），小角度X射线散射（SAXS） - 广角X射线散射（WAXS）和先进的成像仪器以及高级成像仪器，并通过与Poligystation symertication Comportication Comportication Contrantication Comportions和Processions，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，分析，并提高学科研究技能使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来支持。

项目成果

Hands-on Laboratory Experiments for Demonstrating Mixed Plastic Recycling

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00702
• 发表时间: 2022-11
• 期刊: Journal of Chemical Education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Mikaela Sadri;Paul Smith;Samaria Spears;Jonathan Perkins;Carl Dewitt;Shane Savannah;Cameron Butler;Zhe Qiang