REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

REU 站点：Materials Connection (MacReu RSide)

• 批准号: 1950619
• 负责人: Ludwig Bartels
• 金额: $ 39万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 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: 2020-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950619&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Materials; Connection; MacReu

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 offers undergraduate students from diverse background experience in research labs that target the preparation, characterization and application of thin-film materials in a wide range of fields including chemical catalysis, electronic devices and medical implants. The REU students join research groups from chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, bioengineering and chemical engineering, reflecting the broad importance of thin film materials. Participating students gain hands-on experience in laboratory techniques for making and analyzing advanced materials; they also receive guidance toward transfers from 2-year to 4-year colleges, training towards the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and expert support in planning potential graduate careers. REU recruits actively from 2-year and 4-year institutions, including many Hispanic Serving Institutions, in Southern California. Besides providing REU students with exciting research experience, this project creates an outreach team that presents seminars at their home colleges, actively promotes science and engineering education to their peers, and aids in recruiting the next year's REU cohort. This Site is located in the US Metro Area (Riverside/San-Bernardino) that has the lowest fraction of college graduates in the population (according to the US Census) – rendering such outreach particularly impactful. TECHNICAL DETAILS: This REU Site offers students hands-on experience in experimental techniques associated with the preparation and characterization of thin film and 2D-materials. Thin films and 2D materials play crucial roles in a wide spectrum of technologies, from activating catalysts for crude oil refining to next generation microelectronic devices and medical implants. REU students are trained in facilities in semiconductor cleanroom processing, electron microscopy, and chemical analysis techniques such as Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Through their interaction and weekly seminars, students gain a broad understanding of the importance of thin films in a wide spectrum of industries and potential career pathways. This project also generates quantitative and qualitative measures of the success of the REU site including actionable and unbiased evaluation of the educational concept and effectiveness.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.

本网站由数学和物理科学（MPS）理事会化学和材料研究部门共同资助。非技术描述：本网站为来自不同背景的研究实验室的本科生提供研究实验室的经验，这些实验室的目标是制备，表征和在广泛领域中应用薄膜材料，包括化学催化，电子设备和医疗植入物。REU学生加入化学，物理，电气工程，机械工程，生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映了薄膜材料的广泛重要性。参与的学生获得实验室技术的实践经验，用于制作和分析先进的材料;他们还获得了从2年制大学到4年制大学的转移指导，对研究生入学考试（GRE）的培训，以及规划潜在的研究生职业生涯的专家支持。REU从2年制和4年制机构积极招聘，包括许多西班牙裔服务机构，在南加州。除了为REU学生提供令人兴奋的研究经验外，该项目还创建了一个外展团队，在他们的家乡学院举办研讨会，积极向同龄人推广科学和工程教育，并帮助招募下一年的REU队列。本网站位于美国都会区（滨江/圣贝纳迪诺），人口中大学毕业生比例最低（根据美国人口普查）-使这种宣传特别有影响力。技术规格：这个REU网站为学生提供与薄膜和2D材料的制备和表征相关的实验技术的实践经验。薄膜和2D材料在广泛的技术中发挥着关键作用，从原油精炼的活化催化剂到下一代微电子设备和医疗植入物。REU的学生在半导体洁净室处理，电子显微镜和化学分析技术，如拉曼和红外光谱设施的培训。通过他们的互动和每周的研讨会，学生获得了广泛的了解薄膜在广泛的行业和潜在的职业道路的重要性。该项目还产生了定量和定性的措施，包括可操作的和公正的评价教育理念和effectiveness.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命的成功REU网站，并已被认为是值得的支持，通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。