REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research on Nanomaterials Based Environmental Sensing, Biological Application and Modeling for Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates

这个新的REU网站奖将提供研究机会，为8名本科生（包括5名来自代表性不足的少数群体）和2名杰克逊地区高中教师在夏季10周。 这些研究项目是在尖端的纳米材料化学与潜在的生物和环境应用，并在教师导师的密切指导下进行。 参与者将融入一个由其他本科生、研究生、博士后学者和访问教师组成的研究小组。 他们还将获得最先进的扫描探针和电子显微镜，激光器，校园光谱实验室的介绍和概述，以及在密西西比杰克逊及其周围的高性能计算设施的访问。 除了研究，REU学生将参加研讨会和纳米材料科学与工程的短期课程，获得技术演示技能，并接受职业指导，将继续超越暑期课程。高中教师将根据他们的研究经验开发教学材料，从而将K-12教育与纳米科学技术研究和职业道路联系起来。 这些教学材料经过课堂测试后，将广泛分发给其他K-12教师。该奖项由材料研究和化学部门以及数学和物理科学理事会多学科活动办公室共同资助。

This new REU site award would provide research opportunities for 8 undergraduates (including 5 from underrepresented minority groups) and 2 Jackson area high school teachers for 10 weeks during summer. The research projects are in cutting edge nanoscale materials chemistry with potential biological and environmental applications and carried out under close guidance from faculty mentors. The participants will integrate in a research group that consists of other undergraduate, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and visiting faculty. They will also receive an introduction to and overview of state-of-the-art scanning probe and electron microscopes, lasers, spectroscopic laboratories on campus, and access to high performance computing facilities in and around Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to the research, REU students will attend seminars and short courses on Nanomaterials Science and Engineering, acquire technical presentation skills, and receive career guidance that will continue beyond the summer program. The high school teachers will develop instructional materials that are based on their research experience, thus bridging K-12 education with nanoscience and technology research and career pathways. The instructional materials, after classrooms tests, will be available for broad dissemination to other K-12 teachers.This award is co-funded by the Divisions of Materials Research and Chemistry and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.