REU Site for Sustainable Energy in the Chemical Sciences

该化学部门奖支持北达科他州大学（UND） 2009-2011年夏季本科生研究经验（REU）站点。该基地由可持续能源研究倡议和支持教育（SUNRISE）计划实施。它由化学项目主任Evguenii Kozliak协调，并由化学工程系的联合pi Wayne Seames协助。SUNRISE科学与工程学院将为至少8名nsf支持的学生以及其他来源支持的学生担任REU导师，这些学生将进行以化学为重点的本科研究，为可持续能源技术的进步做出贡献。为期十周的暑期课程包括每周的课程，重点是出版质量的研究项目和口头和书面沟通技巧的提高。道德部分旨在激励参与者学习，更重要的是，实践道德。SUNRISE致力于培养能够为这些问题开发必要的创新解决方案的个人，并能够对这些问题对不同人群的影响发表意见。美国原住民学生将从两个资助项目中招募，SUNRISE的美国原住民新生体验项目和UND的美国印第安人工程项目。SUNRISE与加州州立大学两所非博士学校的合作伙伴关系将被用来招收那些不太可能将研究作为职业的学生，包括西班牙裔、女性和其他代表性不足的群体学生。其他参与者将从中西部上游的非研究型学院和大学招募。学生们将以全校范围的海报活动来结束这个项目。

This Chemistry Division award supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of North Dakota (UND) for the summers of 2009-2011. The site is implemented by the Sustainable Energy Research Initiative and Supporting Education (SUNRISE) program. It is coordinated by program director Evguenii Kozliak of Chemistry assisted by co-PI Wayne Seames from the Department of Chemical Engineering. SUNRISE science and engineering faculty will serve as REU mentors to at least eight NSF-supported students plus additional students supported by other sources conducting chemistry-focused undergraduate research that contributes to the advancement of sustainable energy technologies. The ten-week summer program includes weekly sessions with an emphasis on publication-quality research projects and the improvement of oral and written communications skills. An ethics component is designed to motivate participants to learn, and more importantly, to practice ethics. SUNRISE is committed to training individuals who will develop the necessary innovative solutions to these problems and who can speak to the impact of these issues to diverse populations. Native American students will be recruited from two feeder programs, SUNRISE's Native American Freshman Experience and UND's American Indians in Engineering. SUNRISE partnerships with two minority serving non-doctoral California State University schools will be utilized to recruit students who otherwise would be unlikely to consider research as a career, including Hispanic, women and other underrepresented group students. Other participants will be recruited from non-research colleges and Universities in the upper Midwest. Students will conclude the program with a university-wide poster session.