REU Site: Research Experience in Functional Materials for Undergraduates in Chemistry at the University of South Florida

REU 网站：南佛罗里达大学化学专业本科生功能材料研究经验

• 批准号: 2349085
• 负责人: Arjan Van Der Vaart
• 金额: $ 37.2万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 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: 2024-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349085&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Functional

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of South Florida, located in Tampa, FL, supports the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research projects that focus on functional materials. Participants also take part in a professional development and research ethics training program, with a focus on scientific communication, preparation for graduate school and research careers, intellectual property, and entrepreneurship. This site broadens participation in STEM through independent research projects, workshops, and trainings.Participants undertake individual research projects in organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and computational chemistry, and biochemistry. These projects include the synthesis and characterization of catalysts, molecular sensors, multifunctional semiconductors, peptidomimetics, insecticides, and natural products; the development of liposomes to sequester pollutants, metal organic framework materials for light harvesting, and sol-gel coatings for solvent-free extractions; the spectroscopic characterization of photoswitches; and computer simulations of protein switches and plastic degrading enzymes. The professional development series includes workshops on intellectual property and commercializing chemical innovations. To broaden participation in STEM, this site also recruits students from schools with high minority enrollments and students at 2- and 4-year colleges without research opportunities.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.

在佛罗里达州坦帕市的南佛罗里达大学的本科生（REU）现场奖项的这项研究经验在2024 - 2026年的夏季，在佛罗里达州坦帕市的南佛罗里达大学提供了10周的培训。在该计划中，由化学部资助，参与者从事专注于功能材料的协作研究项目。参与者还参加了专业发展和研究伦理培训计划，重点是科学交流，研究生院和研究职业，知识产权和企业家精神。通过独立的研究项目，研讨会和培训，该站点扩大了STEM的参与。参与者在有机，无机，物理，分析和计算化学和生物化学方面开展了个人研究项目。这些项目包括催化剂，分子传感器，多功能半导体，肽仪，杀虫剂和天然产物的合成和表征；脂质体的开发，用于隔离污染物，用于光收集的金属有机框架材料以及用于无溶剂提取物的溶胶 - 凝胶涂层；照片开关的光谱表征；以及蛋白质开关和塑料降解酶的计算机模拟。专业发展系列包括有关知识产权的研讨会和化学创新商业化。为了扩大对STEM的参与，该网站还招募了来自少数群体入学率的学校的学生，并且在没有研究机会的2年和4年的大学的学生中，该网站由半导体研究公司提供给国家科学基金会提供的资金支持，该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估了该基金会的智力效果，并通过评估了基金会的范围。