INTEGRATING TEACHING AND RESEARCH FOR CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IN APPALACHIA AND THE SOUTHEAST

化学系的田纳西大学，诺克斯维尔，是由化学部和数学和物理科学理事会的多学科活动办公室的支持下，“研究网站的教育工作者在化学”计划。 凯尔西博士Cook是主要研究者，有三名共同主要研究者。 几个主要的本科院校（PUI）已经开发了本科化学研究的积极计划被指定为“合作伙伴PUI。“这个奖项将促进大学，合作伙伴PUI和其他一些PUI位于阿巴拉契亚和东南部其他地方之间的合作安排。 参与计划的专业院校的化学、生物及其他与环保有关的学科的教职员，均可申请研究生奖学金。 这些奖学金将使他们能够在大学居住一个学期，在伙伴PUI之一度过一个学期，并在大学，橡树岭国家实验室或某些“工业伙伴”的实验室进行全职研究一个夏天。“在大学和合作伙伴PUI居住期间，每个研究员将参加教学，通常是一学期一门课程。 该计划将通过与阿巴拉契亚学院协会的合作来加强，该协会将协助寻找候选人。 工业合作伙伴将为参与者提供工业研究研讨会和/或实习机会。化学教育工作者研究基地（RSEC）将参与的两年制学院、学士学位学院和硕士大学的教师与地理区域内研究型大学的教师聚集在一起，以提高所有参与机构的研究和教育机会。 学术和研究机构提供了大量的机会，个人可以同时承担研究人员，教育工作者和学生的责任，并且所有人都可以共同努力，为教育注入发现的兴奋，并通过学习者视角的多样性丰富研究。 RSEC，如这一个在田纳西大学提供传播的知识，技能，实践和研究的道德，以更广泛的社区，包括那些从代表性不足的群体的机制;在参与机构制定可行的，可持续的研究计划协助;并涉及教师和学生在参与机构与教师和学生的更广泛的横截面。

The Department of Chemistry of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the "Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry" program. Dr. Kelsey D. Cook is the Principal Investigator, and there are three co-Principal Investigators. Several primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) that have already developed active programs of undergraduate chemical research are designated as "partner PUIs." This award will facilitate cooperative arrangements between the University, the Partner PUIs and a number of other PUIs located in Appalachia and elsewhere in the Southeast. Faculty members in chemistry, biology, and other environmentally-related fields at participating PUIs will be eligible to apply for fellowships. These fellowships will enable them to spend one semester in residence at the University, one semester at one of the partner PUIs, and one summer in full-time research, either at the University, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, or in the laboratories of certain "industrial partners." While in residence at the University and at the partner PUI, each fellow will participate in teaching, typically one course a semester. The program will be enhanced by a partnership with the Appalachian College Association, which will assist in locating candidates. Industrial partners will provide participants with industrial research workshops and/or internships.Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry (RSEC) bring together the faculty of participating two-year colleges, baccalaureate colleges, and master's universities with faculty at research universities within a geographic region to enhance the research and educational opportunities at all participating institutions. Academic and research institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students, and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of learner perspectives. RSECs such as this one at the University of Tennessee provide mechanisms for disseminating the knowledge, skills, practices and ethics of research to a broader community, including those from underrepresented groups; assist in developing viable, sustainable research programs at participating institutions; and involve faculty and students at the participating institutions with a broader cross-section of faculty and students.