REU Site: Advanced Materials at Rutgers Engineering

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。该奖项支持罗格斯大学工程学院先进材料本科生研究经验（REU）网站。NSF-REU活动的目标是为来自不同人口统计学的本科生提供独特的机会，在培育环境中进行先进材料领域的最先进的跨学科研究。该计划的特点是促进学生和教师/导师之间的互动，并通过研究获得专业发展和创业机会。该计划通过将研究培训与专业发展相结合，采取全面的方法来加强学习。该项目将招收来自不同群体的学生，包括来自代表性不足的群体的学生，他们进行本科研究的机会有限。这个REU项目的总体目标是双重的：鼓励本科生继续他们的学习，同时发展他们的专业和创业技能。这一目标将对REU参与者的专业前景和发展产生积极的长期影响。该REU网站将重点关注从纳米尺度到宏观尺度的结构层次的新型先进材料的开发，使用计算，实验和理论方法。开发的先进材料包括纳米材料、混合软材料、图案表面、玻璃、无机聚合物和先进的陶瓷复合材料。这些材料可以应用于伤口治疗、生物合成、光波导、催化、组织工程、聚合物太阳能电池、生物纳米粒子、风力涡轮机叶片和相变研究。参与研究的学生主要来自研究机会有限的学术机构，包括两年制大学。学生将获得先进的研究技能，增强专业能力，并具有良好的口头和书面沟通能力。他们的工作将通过在专业会议上的发言和在专业期刊上的出版物来传播。REU网站提供的研究经验将对参与的学生产生持久和有益的影响。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Non-Technical SummaryThis award supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Advanced Materials at Rutgers Engineering. The objective of the NSF-REU activity is to provide unique opportunities to undergraduate students from diverse demographics to conduct state-of-art, interdisciplinary research in the field of Advanced Materials in a nurturing environment. The program features stimulating interactions between students and faculty/mentors, and access to professional development and entrepreneurship opportunities through research. The program takes a holistic approach to enhanced learning by marrying training in research with professional development. This program will recruit students from diverse populations, including from underrepresented groups, who have limited opportunities to perform undergraduate research. The overall goal of this REU program is two-fold: encourage undergraduate students to continue their studies while simultaneously developing their professional and entrepreneurial skills. This goal will have positive long-term impacts on the professional outlook and development of the REU participants. Technical SummaryThis REU site will focus on the development of novel advanced materials with hierarchy in structure ranging from nano-scale to macro-scale, using computational, experimental and theoretical approaches. The advanced materials developed are nanomaterials, hybrid soft materials, patterned surfaces, glasses, inorganic polymers, and advanced ceramic composites. These materials can be applied to wound treatment, biosynthesis, optical waveguides, catalysis, tissue engineering, polymer solar cells, biological nanoparticles, wind turbine blades and phase transformation investigations. Student participants are recruited primarily from academic institutions with limited research opportunities, including two-year colleges. The students will acquire advanced research skills with enhanced professional abilities, having excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Their work will be disseminated through presentations at professional meetings and publications in professional journals. The research experiences provided by this REU Site will have a long lasting and rewarding influence on the participating students.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.