REU Site for Nanotechnology in Health, Energy and the Environment

更新研究经验的本科生（REU）网站纳米技术在健康，能源和环境在斯托尼布鲁克大学在纽约响应需要提供体验式学习机会的本科生在纳米技术的跨学科领域。该项目源于需要实施一个有效的研究型本科教育模式，以满足学生（来自不同的学术专业，机构类型-包括社区学院，并完成了一到三年的本科教育）和他们最终的雇主（或研究生课程）在新兴和不断变化的纳米技术领域的需求。它响应需要从不同的人群，包括代表性不足的群体招收学生，以增强STEM领域的多样性，并需要加强工程教育，重点关注应用和社会影响背景下的新兴技术系统。 这是通过支持自我效能，多学科团队建设，理解技术的更广泛的影响，并通过教师指导的多学科研究，专业发展和接触到反映纳米技术对社会，商业界，人类健康和环境的影响的现实世界的问题的程序建立必要的研究和终身学习的技能的方法来实现的。在三年的时间里，斯托尼布鲁克大学将举办为期十周、八名实习生的多学科纳米技术REU站点，重点关注健康、能源和环境中的纳米技术，涉及多个工程系，并由大学包容性教育中心（CIE）管理。 为本科生提供真实的研究经验是下一代工程师和科学家成功教育的关键。 参与的实验室将为REU实习生提供纳米技术和纳米材料开发各个方面的研究经验，包括用于医疗应用的聚合物纳米结构，电池，用于能源和环境修复的催化表面，纳米级表面工程，以加强回收和“绿色”制造，以及纳米传感器的开发。这种方法集成了一个全面的研究生教育准备模式，已被证明是有效的本科生成功过渡到有竞争力的研究生课程。 这个REU网站在九年内直接支持了72名学生，通过补充支持增加了16名学生。 REU实习生中一半以上是女性，三分之一以上是代表性不足的少数民族人口。这种支持将使继续有针对性地纳入代表性不足的群体在纳米技术研究和研究生教育的机会，并有效地利用多个部门的资源。该项目还将包括为STEM高中教师提供的RET经验。该计划的结果将广泛传播到校园和当地社区，以及美国和世界各地的其他科学家和工程师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU )Site for Nanotechnology in Health, Energy and the Environment at Stony Brook University in New York responds to the need to provide experiential learning opportunities for undergraduates in the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology. The project stemmed from the need to implement an effective model for research-oriented undergraduate education which meets the needs of both students (from different academic majors, types of institutions - including community colleges, and who have completed from one to three years of undergraduate education) and their eventual employers (or graduate programs) in the emerging and changing nanotechnology sector. It responds to the need to recruit students from diverse populations, including under-represented groups, for enhancing diversity in STEM fields, and the need to enhance engineering education with a focus on emerging technology systems in the context of applications and societal impact. This is accomplished through an approach which supports self-efficacy, multidisciplinary team-building, understanding broader impacts of technology, and building the skills necessary for research and life-long learning through a program of faculty-mentored multidisciplinary research, professional development, and exposure to real-world issues which reflect the impact of nanotechnology on society, the business community, human health and the environment. Over a three year period Stony Brook University will host a ten week, eight intern multidisciplinary nanotechnology REU Site focused on Nanotechnology in Health, Energy and the Environment, involving multiple engineering departments and administered by the University’s Center for Inclusive Education (CIE). Providing real research experiences for undergraduates is a critical need for the successful education of the next generation of engineers and scientists. The laboratories involved will provide research experiences for REU interns in all aspects of nanotechnology and nanomaterials development, including polymeric nanostructures for medical applications, batteries, catalytic surfaces for energy and environmental remediation, nanoscale surface engineering to enhance recycling and “green” manufacturing, and development of nanosensors. This approach integrates a comprehensive graduate education preparation model that has proven to be effective in successful transition of undergraduate students into competitive graduate programs. This REU site has supported 72 students directly over nine years, augmented by 16 additional students through supplemental support. More than half the REU interns were female and more than one third were members of underrepresented minority populations. This support will enable the continued targeted inclusion of underrepresented groups in nanotechnology research and graduate education opportunities and leverages the resources of multiple departments effectively. The project will also include a RET experience for a STEM high school teacher. Results of this program will be widely disseminated to the campus and local community, and to other scientists and engineers in the U.S. and worldwide.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.