Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh

该化学部奖支持匹兹堡大学（UP）的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，以前的REU网站于1997-1999年获得资助。 Joseph Grabowski是该网站的项目总监。至少有16名教师将可作为REU学生导师。 在奖励期间（2001-2003年），每年夏天将有10名学生参加为期10周的课程。 UP选择用一个更综合的化学世界取代更传统的化学部门（有机，物理，分析，无机，生物化学），在这个世界中，活跃的研究人员制造，建模或测量化学性质或过程。 因此，他们的REU网站的重点将放在“测量”领域。“学生将在全国范围内招募，目前正在与几个HBCU建立特别联系。 每个学生参与者将与选定的研究小组内的研究生或博士后导师配对，以确保及时回答问题，并在必要时从他们的建议中受益。 这是除了每个学生将与他/她的教师导师密切互动。旨在展示技术进步社会所需的测量范围的Tutorial将在整个夏季课程中举行。 接近课程结束时，学生将参加区域海报展示。 该计划将在公共化学研讨会中达到高潮，每个参与者将进行15分钟的演讲。项目评估将包括一次离职面谈和一次详细的项目结束参与者调查。 学生将被跟踪和调查几年后的程序。

This Chemistry Division award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Pittsburgh (UP), where a previous REU site was funded for 1997-1999. Joseph Grabowski is the site's Program Director. At least sixteen faculty will be available to serve as REU student mentors. During the award period (2001-2003), ten students will participate in a ten-week program each summer. UP has chosen to replace the more traditional divisions of Chemistry (organic, physical, analytical, inorganic, biochemical) with a more integrated Chemistry world in which active researchers Make, Model, or Measure chemical properties or processes. Therefore the focus of their REU site will be on the area of "Measuring." Students will be recruited nationally and special linkages are being developed with several HBCUs. Each student participant will be paired with a graduate student or postdoctoral mentor within the chosen research group to ensure timely answers to questions and to benefit from their advice when necessary. This is in addition to a close interaction each student will have with his/her faculty mentor. Tutorials designed to demonstrate the range of measurements necessary for a technologically advancing society will be held throughout the summer program. Near the end of the program, students will participate in a regional poster presentation. The program will culminate in a public Chemistry Symposium in which each participant will give a 15-minute talk. Project evaluation will include an exit interview and a detailed end-of-the-program participant survey. Students will be tracked and surveyed for several years following the program.