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

这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖授予位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学，在2024-2027年的夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。在这个由化学系资助的项目中，学生们将参与包含绿色化学原理的化学和材料合成、测量和建模的研究项目。实验室研究将辅以以工业创新、催化、计量、模拟、团队合作和沟通为重点的小组学习经验。该网站将为学生提供独特的研究培训，以平衡科学发现与可持续性。以学生为中心的研究项目将涵盖一系列以可持续化学为中心的主题。这些主题将包括地球上丰富材料的新合成，可持续能源转换方法的发展，使用先进分析技术研究化学和物理过程，以及大规模高精度分子模型的发展。专业发展将包括每周的群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，该网站将积极招收第一代和经济困难的学生、来自代表性不足群体的学生和残疾学生。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

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.