REU Site: ChemE-NYC: Climate and Health Solutions

REU 网站：ChemE-NYC：气候与健康解决方案

• 批准号: 2150296
• 负责人: Christopher Boyce
• 金额: $ 36.45万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; ChemE; NYC; Climate

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University will engage undergraduates recruited from across the country in summer research experiences. Students will apply engineering science fundamentals to address problems related to climate and human health and conduct research with close collaboration and mentorship from faculty and graduate students. Students will engage in individualized projects on problems ranging from battery characterization to air pollution to organelle synthesis. The program will include a seminar series to showcase faculty explaining how their research applies the fundamentals of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering to create climate and health solutions. Students will also participate in events to experience the rich entrepreneurial opportunities in New York City, as well as learn about graduate school applications and effective scientific communication. Particular attention will be paid to recruiting students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), women’s colleges and colleges with limited research opportunities.This REU Site focuses on chemical engineering research, graduate opportunities in STEM, and life in New York City. The student population targeted is underrepresented minority (URM) and female undergraduates. Students will have access to cutting-edge research facilities related to electrochemical energy, soft matter, catalysis, in situ battery characterization, air pollution data sets, and biomolecular engineering. Seminars, workshops, and activities in NYC will be used to create an effective and inclusive research environment and experience for the students. Students will pursue individual, hypothesis-driven projects related to climate and health solutions. Research projects will sharpen their understanding of thermodynamics, kinetics, transport phenomena, and reactor engineering, and learn new experimental and computational methods. An end-of-summer symposium will build the REU students’ abilities in scientific communication. This REU site seeks to recruit URM and female undergraduates, building upon relationships with HBCUs, MSIs and women’s colleges. The research experience will help students better understand what chemical engineering and graduate studies in STEM entail, as well as learn science and techniques critical to climate and health-related research.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.

哥伦比亚大学化学工程系的本科生研究经验（REU）网站将吸引来自全国各地的本科生参加夏季研究经验。 学生将应用工程科学基础知识来解决与气候和人类健康相关的问题，并与教师和研究生密切合作和指导进行研究。学生将参与个性化的项目，从电池表征到空气污染到细胞器合成。该计划将包括一系列研讨会，以展示教师解释他们的研究如何应用物理，化学，生物学和工程的基础知识来创造气候和健康解决方案。学生还将参加活动，体验纽约市丰富的创业机会，并了解研究生院申请和有效的科学交流。特别注意从历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），其他少数民族服务机构（MSIs），女子学院和研究机会有限的学院招收学生。这个REU网站专注于化学工程研究，STEM研究生机会和纽约市的生活。目标学生群体是代表性不足的少数民族和女大学生。学生将有机会获得与电化学能源，软物质，催化，原位电池表征，空气污染数据集和生物分子工程相关的尖端研究设施。在纽约的研讨会，讲习班和活动将用于为学生创造一个有效和包容的研究环境和经验。学生将追求与气候和健康解决方案相关的个人，假设驱动的项目。研究项目将提高他们对热力学，动力学，运输现象和反应堆工程的理解，并学习新的实验和计算方法。一个夏末的研讨会将建立REU学生的科学交流能力。这个REU网站旨在招募URM和女本科生，建立与HBCUs，MSI和女子学院的关系。研究经验将帮助学生更好地了解化学工程和STEM研究生课程的内容，以及学习对气候和健康相关研究至关重要的科学和技术。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。