REU Site: Advanced Materials Research and Professional STEM Training at the University of New Orleans

非技术描述：这个REU网站的目标是为下一代科学家和工程师提供先进的材料培训，同时增加各种未被充分代表的群体的参与。有才华的学生正在全国范围内招募，重点是吸引当地和区域历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）合作伙伴以及国家资助的以本科为主的院校（PUI）的参与者。实习经历包括为期10周的暑期课程，在化学、物理、机械工程和生物学等多学科项目的先进材料的各个方面有严格的独立动手研究实验室经验。除了研究之外，参与者还将通过每周的职业道路和专业发展课程、安全、道德和反骚扰研讨会、为期1 - 2天的工业实验室轮岗，以及与学术界、工业界和政府实验室的专业人士共进工作午餐，获得有影响力的培训。在外部顾问的协助下，在为期10周的会议期间和之后对REU网站进行评估；在接下来的五年内，将评估对参与者职业的长期影响。该项目提供的研究和专业培训有助于促进先进材料领域的研究生学习和职业发展。材料专业的毕业生通常会在先进制造、医疗和量子计算材料、炼油、能源存储和环境修复等领域找到工作。技术细节：这个REU网站为学生提供了一个高度集中的跨学科的10周的暑期研究经验，先进的材料。参与者将参与广泛的基础和应用的独立实践项目，包括催化，量子材料，聚合物，纳米复合材料，医疗材料和环境修复。除了研究之外，学生还可以通过职业道路和专业发展、为期1 - 2天的工业实验室轮岗、安全、道德和骚扰研讨会以及与学术界、工业界和政府实验室的专业人士共进工作午餐等方式获得有影响力的培训。REU网站促进代表性不足的群体的包容，并提供研究和职业培训，有效地为参与者准备研究生课程和先进材料的专业生涯。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The goal of this REU Site is to provide advanced materials training to the next generation of scientists and engineers while increasing participation by various underrepresented groups. Talented students are being recruited nationwide with a focus on attracting participants from local and regional historical black colleges and university (HBCU) partners and state-funded, predominately undergraduate institutions (PUI). The experience includes an intense 10-week summer program with a rigorous hands-on independent research lab experience in various aspects of advanced materials including multidisciplinary projects in chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, and biology. In addition to research, participants get impactful training through weekly career pathway and professional development sessions, safety, ethics, and anti-harassment seminars, a 1–2-day industrial laboratory rotation, and a series of working lunches with professionals from academics, industry, and government laboratories. The REU Site is evaluated during and after the 10-week session with assistance from outside consultants; long-term impact on the participant vocations will be assessed during the following five years. The research and professional training provided by this program is serving to promote graduate studies and careers in advanced materials. Graduates in materials typically find employment in advanced manufacturing, medical and quantum-computing materials, oil refining, energy storage, and environmental remediation.TECHNICAL DETAILS: This REU Site provides students with a highly focused interdisciplinary 10-week summer research experience in advanced materials. Participants are involved in a wide range of both fundamental and applied independent hands-on projects, including those in catalysis, quantum materials, polymers, nanocomposites, medical materials, and environmental remediation. Beyond research, students get impactful training through career pathway and professional development, a 1–2-day industrial laboratory rotation, safety, ethics, and harassment seminars, and a series of working lunches with professionals from academics, industry, and government laboratories. The REU Site promotes inclusion of underrepresented groups and provides research and career training that effectively prepares participants for graduate programs and professional careers in advanced materials.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.