REU Site: Regional Initiative to Promote Undergraduate Participation in Experimental and Computational Materials Research

9619405 Vohra阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校将与伯明翰南方学院和桑福德大学合作建立一个本科生研究经验（REU）网站，用于实验和计算材料研究。本科学生将从东南部各州招募，招聘重点是四年制大学和传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）。学生将参与实验研究活动，包括电子和光学材料的高压合成和微波等离子体处理；计算研究项目包括电子结构计算和分子动力学模拟。此外，REU参加者将参观国家实验室的设施，并将学习科学传播课程。REU网站以区域为重点，将从阿拉巴马州，佐治亚州，密西西比州和田纳西州招募高质量的本科生，并强调四年制大学和少数民族机构，对科学本科学生人口中代表性不足的部门具有潜在影响。＊＊＊

9619405 Vohra The University of Alabama at Birmingham in collaboration with Birmingham Southern College and Samford University will establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site for experimental and computational materials research. Undergraduate students will be recruited from the southeastern states, with a recruitment focus on four-year colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The students will be involved in experimental research activities which include high pressure synthesis and microwave plasma processing of electronic and optical materials; computational research projects include electronic structure calculations and molecular dynamics simulations. In addition, REU participants will visit facilities in national laboratories and will be offered a course in scientific communication. %%% The REU site, with a regional focus whereby high quality undergraduates will be recruited from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and with an emphasis on four-year colleges and minority institutions, has potential impact on underrepresented sectors of the undergraduate student population in the sciences. ***