REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

REU 站点：Materials Connection (MacReu RSide)

• 批准号: 2349087
• 负责人: Ludwig Bartels
• 金额: $ 43万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349087&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Materials; Connection; MacReu

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This REU Site, funded by the Division of Materials Research, offers undergraduate students experience in research labs that target the preparation, characterization and application of thin-film materials in a wide range of fields including chemical catalysis, electronic devices, and medical implants. The REU students join research groups from chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, bioengineering and chemical engineering, reflecting the broad importance of thin film materials. Participating students gain hands-on experience in semiconductor cleanroom techniques, spectroscopic materials characterization, and high-resolution imaging. In the participating research labs, they are trained in the preparation of a wide range of thin films. As applicable, they also receive guidance toward transfers from 2-year to 4-year colleges and support toward a successful graduate school application. Opportunities to interact with MacREU alumni and campus leaders provide career perspectives. MacREU is located in the US Metro Area (Riverside/San-Bernardino) that has the lowest fraction of college graduates in the population (according to the 2010 US Census) and focuses on students from the local area, Inland Southern California. Following each MacREU term, the participants present seminars at their home colleges or at scientific conferences. The former are targeted at promoting science and engineering education to their peers and contribute to the recruitment of the next year's cohort. TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This REU Site offers participants hands-on experience in experimental techniques associated with the preparation and characterization of thin film and 2D-materials, as they a play a crucial role in a wide spectrum of technologies, from activating catalysts for crude oil refining to next generation microelectronic devices and medical implants. REU participants are trained in semiconductor cleanroom processing, electron microscopy, and chemical analysis techniques such as Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Through their interaction and weekly seminars, they gain a broad understanding of the importance of thin films in a wide spectrum of industries and potential career pathways. This project also generates quantitative and qualitative measures of the success of the REU site including actionable and unbiased evaluation of its educational concept and effectiveness.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.

非技术摘要：该REU站点由材料研究部资助，提供了本科生在研究实验室的经验，这些经验针对的是在包括化学催化，电子设备和医疗植入物在内的广泛领域的薄膜材料的制备，表征和应用。 REU学生加入了化学，物理，电气工程，机械工程，生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，这反映了薄膜材料的广泛重要性。参加学生在半导体清洁室技术，光谱材料表征和高分辨率成像方面获得动手实践经验。在参与的研究实验室中，他们接受了各种薄膜的准备。 由于适用，他们还获得了从2年到4年的大学转学的指导，并为成功的研究生院申请提供了支持。与MacReu校友和校园领导人互动的机会提供了职业观点。 MacReu位于美国都会区（河滨/San-Bernardino），其人口中大学毕业生的分数最低（根据2010年美国人口普查），并专注于来自南加州内陆地区的当地学生。在每个MacReu术语之后，参与者在其家庭大学或科学会议上举行研讨会。前者的目标是向同龄人促进科学和工程教育，并为招募第二年的队列做出贡献。技术摘要：此REU网站为参与者提供了与薄膜和2D材料的制备和表征相关的实验技术的实践经验，因为它们在广泛的技术中起着至关重要的作用，从激活催化剂的催化剂到下一代的微型微型驱动器和医疗植物。 REU参与者接受了半导体清洁室加工，电子显微镜和化学分析技术（例如拉曼和红外光谱）的培训。 通过互动和每周研讨会，他们对薄膜在各种各样的行业和潜在的职业途径中的重要性有了广泛的了解。 该项目还产生了REU站点成功的定量和定性衡量标准，包括对其教育概念和有效性的可行和无偏见的评估。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。