Summer Program in Solid State Chemistry for Undergraduate Students and College Faculty

本科生和大学教师固态化学暑期课程旨在增加追求这一领域的年轻化学家的数量和素质。 该计划开始于为期一周的教程，在俄勒冈州大学举行，学生和教师参与者通过一系列上午的讲座和下午的实践实验室沉浸在固态化学的概念和应用中，由该领域的顶尖科学家领导。 该教程包括两天的重点是复杂的化学仪器，包括微探针和表面分析技术，使用的设备设在中心先进材料表征俄勒冈州。辅导结束后，参与者分散到全国各地指定的主机实验室进行为期八到九周的研究会议。在每一个主机实验室，个人参与者将成为研究团队的积极组成部分，由主机分配的项目工作。 这也是教师参与者可以用来制定课程，包括在他们的家庭机构的时间。参与者在研究结束后返回俄勒冈州参加最后一次研讨会，通过演讲、海报会议和小组讨论与同行分享他们的成功、挫折和整体经验。在固态化学本科生和大学教师暑期课程在增加知识，会员和固态化学社区的多样性在全国范围内发挥了至关重要的作用在过去的二十年。该计划开始于为期一周的教程，在俄勒冈州的大学举行，学生和教师参与者沉浸在固态化学的概念和应用。 这是通过一系列讲座和动手实验室会议使用最先进的X射线衍射，透射电子显微镜，电子探针分析，扫描电子显微镜和表面分析技术，由该领域的顶尖科学家领导。辅导结束后，参与者分散到全国各地指定的主机实验室进行为期八到九周的研究会议，在那里他们成为主机研究团队的积极成员，从事主机指定的项目。这种研究经验让学生的角度都对研究生水平的研究和固态化学的重要性，以当前的科学和技术的性质。密集的研究经验是影响许多本科生，包括那些来自代表性不足的人口，继续他们的教育去研究生院的一个关键因素。

The Summer Program in Solid-State Chemistry for Undergraduate Students and College Faculty aims to increase the number and caliber of young chemists pursuing this field. The program begins with a one-week tutorial, held at the University of Oregon where student and faculty participants are immersed in the concepts and applications of solid state chemistry through a series of morning lectures and afternoon hands-on laboratories led by top scientists in the field. The tutorial includes two days focused on sophisticated chemical instrumentation to include microprobe and surface analysis techniques using equipment housed in the Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon. After the tutorials, the participants disperse to their assigned host laboratories across the country for an eight to nine week research session. At each host laboratory, the individual participant will become an active part of the research team, working on a project assigned by the host. This is also time the faculty participants can use to work on curricula to include at their home institutions. Participants return to Oregon after their research for a final symposium where they share their successes, frustrations and overall experiences with peers through presentations, a poster session and group discussions. %%%The Summer Program in Solid State Chemistry for Undergraduate Students and College Faculty has played a vital role in increasing the knowledge, membership and diversity of the solid-state chemistry community nationwide for the last two decades. The program begins with a one-week tutorial, held at the University of Oregon where student and faculty participants are immersed in the concepts and applications of solid-state chemistry. This is accomplished through a series of lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions using state of the art x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, scanning electron microscopy and surface analysis techniques led by top scientists in the field. After the tutorial, the participants disperse to their assigned host laboratories across the country for an eight to nine week research session where they become an active part of the host's research team, working on a project assigned by the host. This research experience gives students perspective both on the nature of graduate level research and the importance of solid-state chemistry to current science and technology. The intensive research experience is a critical factor that influences many undergraduates, including those from underrepresented populations, to continue their education by going to graduate school.