Tennessee Technological University -Regional Undergraduate Research Center (TTU-RURC)

该奖项由化学系颁发，支持本科生研究中心（URC）计划拨款。PI是Donald V. Visco，由副PI Jeffrey Boles协助。田纳西地区本科生研究中心将利用这一规划拨款建立。它将包括13所社区学院、橡树岭国家实验室和田纳西理工大学。作为一项试点测试，来自州立志愿社区学院（VSCC）的学生将参与一个研究项目。项目团队将由一名VSCC学生、一名TTU学生、一名TTU研究生和TTU教师或TTU和VSCC教师组成的教授团队组成。VSCC学生将在两个学期内每周在TTU工作，并在夏季在TTU工作8周。项目将使学生接触到使用现代工具和方法的当代兴趣研究。有关问题将通过在多伦多理工大学校园举行的峰会与社区学院进行讨论。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Center (URC) planning grant. The PI is Donald V. Visco assisted by co-PI Jeffrey Boles. The Tennessee Regional Undergraduate Research Center will be established with this planning grant. It will include 13 community colleges, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tennessee Technological University (TTU). As a pilot test, students from Volunteer State Community College (VSCC) will work on a research project. A project team will consist of a VSCC student, a TTU student, a TTU graduate student and a professorial team of TTU faculty or TTU and VSCC faculty. The VSCC student will work weekly at TTU over two semesters and spend 8 weeks at TTU working on the project over the summer. Projects will expose the students to research of contemporary interest using modern tools and methods. Discussion of relevant issues will take place with the community colleges via a Summit Meeting on the TTU campus.