REU Site: Novel Techniques and Applications in Catalysis Research Development and Molecular Dynamics

位于宾夕法尼亚州费城的宾夕法尼亚大学的本科生研究体验(REU)站点奖，支持在2023-2025年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。在这个由化学系资助的项目中，本科生学员的目标是开发各种方法来改进化学反应，通过计算绘制反应机理和固态化学图，并研究与半导体有关的化学科学。这些努力将在教师和研究生或博士后助理的指导下进行。这个网站的一个独特之处在于，参与者还可以接触到高通量实验(HTE)方法，这种培训通常仅限于行业。接触HTE为参与者提供了一种独特的体验，一种对学术和行业职业生涯都有长期影响力的经历。参与者参加定期的专业发展活动，在那里他们磨练他们的沟通技能，探索职业道路，并学习负责任的研究行为，为他们获得STEM的高级学位做准备。参与者可以进行的研究项目横跨催化：方法开发、催化剂开发、合成应用以及分子动力学、固态化学和其他领域的扩展。该计划在全国范围内招收学生，重点是代表人数较少的学生群体。广泛的工业和学术合作网络使参与者接触到各种可行的职业道路，目标是维持一支多样化和具有竞争力的化学科学劳动力队伍。该网站部分由半导体研究公司提供给国家科学基金会的资金支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, PA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, undergraduate participants aim to develop diverse approaches to improving chemical reactions, computationally mapping reaction mechanisms and solid-state chemistry, and investigating chemical science with relationship to semi-conductors. These efforts will be performed with the mentorship of faculty and graduate students or postdoctoral associates. An aspect unique to this site is that participants also gain exposure to high throughput experimentation (HTE) methods, training that is often limited to industry. Exposure to HTE provides a distinct experience for participants, one with long-term leverage into both academic and industrial career pathways. Participants take part in regular professional development activities where they hone their communication skills, explore career paths, and learn about responsible research conduct, preparing them for advanced degrees in STEM.The research projects available for participants span a significant space across catalysis: method development, catalyst development, and synthetic applications as well as extension into molecular dynamics, solid-state chemistry and beyond. This program recruits students nationwide, with an emphasis on underrepresented student groups. A wide raging network of industrial and academic collaborations expose participants to a variety of viable career pathways with the goal of sustaining a diverse and competitive chemical science workforce. This Site is supported in part by funds provided to the National Science Foundation by the Semiconductor Research Corporation.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.