REU Site: Sustainable Chemistry for Integrative Synthesis and Measurements (SCISM)

本科生的研究经验（REU）网站奖给位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色州大学，支持10名学生在2024-2027年的夏天进行10周的培训。 在这个程序中，由化学部资助，学生将参加在化学和材料合成，测量和建模，纳入绿色化学的原则研究项目。实验室研究将辅以小组学习经验，重点是工业，催化，计量，模拟，团队合作和沟通的创新。该网站将为学生提供独特的研究培训，平衡科学发现与可持续发展。以学生为中心的研究项目将涵盖以可持续化学为中心的一系列主题。 这些主题将包括地球丰富材料的新合成，能源转换的可持续方法的开发，使用先进的分析技术研究化学和物理过程，以及大规模开发高精度分子建模。专业发展将包括每周一次的小组学习和对阿肯色州化学工业和政府实验室的实地考察。为了扩大STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）的参与，该网站将积极招募第一代和经济困难的学生、代表性不足的群体的学生和残疾学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2027. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, students will participate in research projects in chemical and materials synthesis, measurement, and modeling that incorporate the principles of green chemistry. The laboratory research will be supplemented with group learning experiences focused on innovation in industry, catalysis, metrology, simulation, teamwork, and communication. This site will provide unique research training to students that balances scientific discovery with sustainability.The student-focused research projects will span a range of topics centered on sustainable chemistry. These topics will include novel synthesis of earth-abundant materials, development of sustainable methods for energy conversion, study of chemical and physical processes using advanced analytical techniques, and development of high accuracy molecular modeling at scale. The professional development will comprise the cohort weekly group learning and the site visits to chemical industry and government laboratory in Arkansas. To broaden participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), this site will actively recruit first-generation and economically disadvantaged students, students from underrepresented groups, and students with disabilities.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.