REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

该奖项由化学学部（CHE）与工程教育和中心学部（EEC）共同资助，支持爱荷华大学2008-2010年夏季本科生研究经验（REU）站点。该项目将由爱荷华大学的纳米科学和纳米技术研究所管理，由化学系的Sarah Larsen管理。该计划将为8名即将升学的大三或大四本科生提供纳米科学和纳米技术的环境和健康方面的前沿课题的研究经验。REU的参与者将有机会与来自化学与生物化学工程、土木与环境工程、化学、药学和职业与环境健康等部门的教师导师一起工作。每位导师将为其REU学生提供一个明确的项目，该项目与构成该REU计划科学核心的三个相互关联的研究主题之一相关：(i)纳米颗粒和纳米材料在环境和健康应用中的基础研究；㈡开展基础研究，以便更好地了解纳米粒子对环境和健康的影响；或（iii）用于纳米颗粒和纳米材料的现场和实验室测量的仪器开发。所有项目都旨在培养REU学生的实验室技能和批判性思维技能，使他们能够成为独立的研究人员。学生们还将参加一个交流科学研讨会，该研讨会将侧重于通过书面媒体和口头报告传播科学成果。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) with cofunding from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) supports a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Iowa for the summers of 2008-2010. The program will be administered through the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Iowa and managed by Sarah Larsen of the Department of Chemistry. The program will provide eight rising junior or senior undergraduate students with research experience in cutting edge topics related to environmental and health aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology. REU participants will have the opportunity to work with faculty mentors from the departments of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Occupational and Environmental Health. Each mentor will provide their REU student with a well defined project related to one of the three interrelated research themes that compose the scientific core of this REU program: (i) fundamental studies of nanoparticles and nanomaterials in environmental and health applications; (ii) fundamental studies to better understand the environmental and health implications of nanoparticles; or (iii) instrumentation development for field and laboratory measurements of nanoparticles and nanomaterials. All projects are designed to develop the REU students' lab skills and critical thinking skills so that they can become independent researchers. Students will also participate in a Communicating Science workshop that will focus on the communication of scientific results through written media and through oral presentations.