REU Site: Practices and Perspectives

该奖项由化学A分部颁发，旨在支持弗吉尼亚联邦大学2006-2008年夏季的本科生研究经验(REU)和教师研究经验(RET)站点。该项目的负责人是苏珊娜·鲁德，她由共同的少年派萨利·亨尼库特协助。十名学生将参加REU项目，该项目从为期三天的培训开始，教授所有科学研究的共同基本技能，并开发视角和职业规划部分。全日制研究在这三天之后开始。继续开发观点部分，定期举行会议，并由教员和当地行业合作伙伴进行演示。在整个项目中，学生的口头和书面交流技能是通过完成一份书面提案，修改他们作为申请的一部分提交的个人陈述，准备和展示他们在中途的工作海报和最后研讨会的口头陈述来发展的。学生的研究结果的书面报告也在项目结束时提交。来自地区公立学校的四名教师也将参加为期七周的RET计划，在教师实验室进行研究。RET计划包括两名参加过前一届暑期计划的教师和两名由归国教师推荐的教师。教师参与所有的REU活动，写一份研究计划，并就他们的研究做中途和期末报告。参加RET计划的教师会收到他们学校的串口接口盒、测量探头和数据采集软件。数学和自然科学理事会多学科事务办公室为本网站的RET部分提供支持。

This award by the Chemistry a Division supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) sites at Virginia Commonwealth University for the summers of 2006-2008. The program director is Suzanne Ruder who is assisted by co-PI Sally Hunnicutt. Ten students will participate in the REU program that begins with a three-day training period teaching basic skills common to all scientific research, and developing the perspectives and career planning components. Full-time research begins after this three-day period. Development of the perspectives component continues with regular meetings and presentations from faculty and from local industrial collaborators. The students oral and written communication skills are developed throughout the program by completing a written proposal, revising their personal statements submitted as part of their application and preparing and presenting a poster of their work at the halfway point and an oral presentation for the final symposium. Written reports of the students research results are also submitted at the conclusion of the program. Four teachers from area Public Schools will also participate in a seven-week RET program, doing research in faculty labs. The RET program includes two teachers who participated in the previous summers program and two teachers recommended by the returning teachers. Teachers join in all REU activities, write a research proposal and give halfway-point and final presentations on their research. Teachers in the RET program receive serial interface boxes, measurement probes, and data acquisition software for their schools. The Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs provides support for the RET component of this site.