Novel Technologies in Pollution Prevention

建议没有。摘要：本提案要求在南卡罗来纳大学化学工程系建立一个REU基地。该基地的目的是为化学工程本科学生提供从探索污染防治新技术项目中获得的研究经验。这被认为是南加州大学化学工程系的核心竞争力领域之一，有10名教职员工积极参与与之相关的研究项目。每位学生将被指派一名教师作为他/她的研究导师。进一步预计，由于教师之间的重要互动，学生将被分成三个领域的更大的研究小组：催化，分离和电化学技术。除了个人研究项目外，拟议的REU计划还将包括参与者的几个小组活动。这些活动的目标是丰富参与者的教育和研究经验，促进他们之间的合作和长期关系。拟议的团体活动包括参观工业场所、每周举办一次系列研讨会、科学与工程伦理和研究生研究讲习班、欢迎和告别座谈会以及社会活动。只有非南加州大学的本科生才能参加该计划。将特别强调从指定的“目标”学校招收少数族裔。预计该计划将对参与者产生长期影响：它将鼓励他们继续学习并寻求化学工程方面的研究事业；它将帮助他们实现在环境研究的化学工程方面提供的就业和研究机会；它将提供丰富的经验，让他们接触到非课堂师生互动。

Proposal No.: 9732345 PI: Amiridis University: U of SC Columbia ABSTRACT Funding is requested in this proposal for the establishment of a REU site in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. The objective of the proposed site would be to provide chemical engineering undergraduate students with research experience obtained from projects exploring Novel Technologies in Pollution Prevention. This is considered one of the core competence areas of the Department of Chemical Engineering at USC with ten faculty members having active research programs associated with it. Each student will be assigned a faculty member as his/her research mentor. It is further anticipated that due to the significant interactions among the faculty the students will be grouped into larger research teams in three areas: Catalytic, Separation and Electrochem Technologies. In addition to the individual research projects, the proposed REU program will include several group activities for the participants. The goal of these activities will be to enrich the participants' educational and research experience and facilitate collaboration and long-term relationships between them. The proposed group activities include tours of industrial sites, a weekly seminar series, and workshops on ethics in science and engineering and graduate studies, welcome and farewell symposia, and social activities. Exclusively non-USC undergraduate students will participate in the program. Special emphasis will be placed on recruiting minorities from designated "target" schools. It is expected that the program will have a long-term impact on the participants: it will encourage them to continue their studies and seek research careers in chemical engineering; it will assist them to realize the employment and research opportunities available in chemical engineering aspects of environmental research; and it will provide an enriching experience by exposing them to a non-classroom faculty-student inte raction.