REU-Site: A Two-Summer Research Experience in Polymers

9531507马蒂亚斯这个REU网站奖将为本科生提供一种新型的教育机会，将两个夏天的研究经验结合起来，首先是在学术网站，然后是在工业网站。初出茅庐的大三学生将首先参加USM，接受聚合物科学、仪器分析和安全方面的广泛培训(第一周短期课程)，然后与行业合作伙伴开展研究项目。每周两次单独的学生和教师会议将包括：5分钟的学生项目总结和选定主题的工业演示；以及分子建模介绍和职业道德讨论。最后的会谈将由联合的USM-行业参与者进行。初出茅庐的高年级学生将在暑假期间继续在工业场地(比如合作公寓或实习)继续项目，但项目基础已经建立。每周一次的电话会议将与教师合作伙伴一起举行。最终报告将在USM为第一个暑期学生举行的同一次暑期结束会议上进行。每年夏天，共有15名学生计划参加USM项目，其中10名由NSF资助，5名由工业助学金资助(每人10 X$2500)。第二个夏天的工业停留将完全由工业提供资金，最终计划将前往USM。10家行业合作伙伴中的每一家都将招收1到2名二期暑期学生，具体取决于自然减员情况。招生将建立在USM现有强大的项目基础上，但将扩大到包括行业在寻找当地和地区参与者方面的积极参与。少数民族和女性参与者将通过USM广泛的支线学校网络和本科生招生办公室进行招募。项目将由USM教授和工业科学家共同开发，并将涉及对现实世界问题的基本探索(包括例子)。到该项目的第四年，10个行业合作伙伴S将被要求增加他们的支持(每人7,500美元)，使其成为一个自给自足的项目，为聚合物行业和研究生院的职业培训本科生。***

9531507 Mathias This REU site award will provide a new type of educational opportunity for undergraduates that combines research experiences over two summers, first at an academic site and then at an industrial one. Rising juniors will first attend USM to receive broad training (first week short-courses) in polymer science, instrumental analysis, and safety followed by a research project carried out in collaboration with industrial partners. Two separate weekly meetings of students and faculty will involve: 5 minute student summaries of their projects combined with an industrial presentation on selected topics; and an introduction to molecular modeling combined with discussions on professional ethics. Final talks will be given to combined USM-industrial participants. Rising seniors will spend their summer continuing the projects at industrial sites (like a co-op or internship) but with project groundwork already established. Weekly teleconferences will be held with the faculty partner. Final presentations will be given at USM in the same summer-end meeting for the first-summer students. A total of 15 students are planned for the USM program each summer, 10 funded by NSF and 5 by industrial grants (10 X $2500 each). Second-summer industrial stays will be totally funded by industry, as will travel to USM for the final program. Each of 10 industrial partners will take 1 or 2 second-summer students, depending on attrition. Student recruitment will build on existing strong programs at USM, but will extend to include active participation by industry in finding local and regional participants. Minorities and women participants will be sought through USM's extensive network of feeder schools and the undergraduate recruitment office. Projects will be jointly developed by USM professors and industrial scientists, and will involve basic exploration of real-world problems (examples are included). By year four of this project, the 10 industrial partner s will be asked to increase their support (to $7500 each) to make this a self-sustaining program for training undergraduates for careers in the polymer industry and graduate school. ***