REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Nanomaterials and Nanoscience at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111 - 5）资助的。内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）的这个新的REU网站为本科生提供了一个为期十周的夏季研究计划，在功能纳米材料和纳米结构领域，并利用内布拉斯加州材料和纳米科学中心的设施。 研究项目集中在纳米团簇，纳米粒子和纳米线的合成和研究，这些纳米团簇，纳米粒子和纳米线在生物医学和太阳能转换中具有潜在的应用，作为传感器和催化剂，并涉及来自化学，工程和物理学的教师导师。 该计划旨在让学生接触多学科研究，科学和技术对社会的影响，并提供广泛的教育对科学事业的重要性。该计划主要针对本科院校的学生，将在三年内培训30名学生。少数民族招聘和培养REU参与者成为独立研究人员所需的专业技能是该计划的既定目标。 学生将从事定义明确，具有挑战性的个人项目，并将参加专业发展活动，如培训，以提高沟通技巧，仪器仪表，介绍创业和技术转让，研究生入学考试准备和研究座谈会。还鼓励REU参与者在专业协会会议上介绍他们的研究。 这个REU网站程序是由材料研究在数学和物理科学理事会的部门资助。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This new REU Site at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) offers a ten-week summer research program for undergraduate students in the area of functional nanomaterials and nanostructures and makes use of the facilities of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. Research projects are focused on the synthesis and study of nanoclusters, nanoparticles and nanowires that have potential applications in biomedicine and solar energy conversion, as sensors and catalysts and involve faculty mentors from chemistry, engineering and physics. The program is designed to expose students to multidisciplinary research, impacts of science and technology on society and provide a sense of how broad education is important for a scientific career. The program targets students from primarily undergraduate institutions and will train 30 students over three years. Minority recruitment and fostering of professional skills needed for REU participants to become independent researchers are among the stated goals of this program. Students will work on well-defined, challenging individual projects and will participate in professional development activities such as training to improve communication skills, instruction in instrumentation, introduction to entrepreneurship and technology transfer, Graduate Record Exam preparation, and research symposia. REU participants are also encouraged to present their research at professional society meetings. This REU Site program is funded by the Division of Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.