Chemical Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates

宾夕法尼亚州立大学本科生研究经验项目直接解决了增加女性和少数民族研究生工程学习入学率的挑战。该计划的关键方面是：1)通过访问选定的目标学校积极招募少数民族和妇女；2)一个以学生为导向的研究计划，包含社会和教学方面的设计，使参与者成功融入一个令人兴奋的研究环境。宾夕法尼亚州立大学化学工程系的教职员工自愿支持招聘、指导和研究监督。提供的项目涵盖了广泛的研究领域，从植物组织培养到热力学——由常见的化学工程原理结合在一起。REU参与者将在选择之前与项目匹配，以最大限度地提高双方的利益和能力。参与者在夏季学期注册化学工程本科研究三个学分。整个夏季的教学计划主要集中在后勤方面，如图书馆系统和实验室安全，让学生快速开始研究。随后的教学涵盖了研究实践，如实验设计、统计和“保存实验笔记本”。为了强调沟通的重要性，每个学生都需要做一次介绍和最后的口头报告，以及最后的书面报告。

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Penn State directly addresses the challenge of increasing enrollment of women and minorities in graduate engineering study. The key aspects of the program are: 1) the active recruitment of minorities and women by visiting selected target schools, and , 2) a student oriented research program that contains social as well as instructional aspects designed for successful integration of the participants into an exciting research environment. Faculty members from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State have volunteered to support recruitment, instruction, and research supervision. The projects offered span a wide range of research, from plant tissue culture, to thermodynamics - held together by common chemical engineering principles. REU participants will be matched with projects prior to selection to maximize mutual interests and capabilities. The participants enroll for three credits of Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Research during the summer semester. An instructional program is integrated throughout the summer which initially focuses on logistics such as the library system and laboratory safety to give the students a quick start on research. Subsequent instruction covers research practice such as experimental design, statistics, and "keeping a laboratory notebook". To stress the importance of communication, an introductory and final oral presentation, as well as a final written report will be required of each student.