REU Site Program in Functional Materials

提案：0851849 PI姓名：丹尼尔施瓦茨“这个奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。“这个为期三年的REU现场计划将每年吸引9名本科生参与功能材料领域的实践研究。 此外，来自蒙特雷技术学院的两名国际参与者将加入学生队伍，并将得到科罗拉多大学化学和生物工程系的支持。 学生将追求的合成和表征的设计具有特定性能的新型材料的基础研究。 实例包括纳米复合材料、生物材料、催化剂、聚合物、凝胶、陶瓷、薄膜和膜。 该REU计划的关键组成部分包括为期一天的方向计划，由学生选择的研究项目，并由教师和研究生或博士后建议，每周研讨会系列，旨在补充研究活动的组织社会和文化活动，以及REU学生海报比赛，以提供对学生工作的反馈，并承认特殊的成就。 还将鼓励参与者在参加AIChE年度会议后的一年内提交技术论文/海报。 该REU计划旨在鼓励学生，特别是女性，代表性不足的少数民族，以及来自主要本科院校的学生继续攻读研究生院，以追求工程研究的职业生涯。 共同首席研究员有一个积极的招聘策略，以提高多样性，涉及与科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的多元文化工程计划和夏季多元文化访问研究培训计划的伙伴关系。

Proposal: 0851849PI Name: Daniel Schwartz"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."This three year REU site program will engage nine undergraduate students each year in hands-on-research in the area of functional materials. In addition, two international participants, from the Technological Institute of Monterrey, will join the student cohort and will be supported by the University of Colorado (CU) Chemical and Biological Engineering Department. The students will pursue fundamental investigations of the synthesis and characterization of novel materials designed to have specific properties. Examples include nanocomposites, biomaterials, catalysts, polymers, gels, ceramics, thin films, and membranes. The key components of this REU program include a one-day orientation program, a research project chosen by the student and advised by a faculty member and graduate student or post-doc, a weekly seminar series, organized social and cultural events designed to complement the research activities, and a REU Student Poster Competition to provide feedback on student work, and to recognize exceptional achievement. Participants will also be encouraged to present a technical paper/poster within one year after participating in this program at the Annual AIChE meeting. This REU program aims to encourage students, in particular women, underrepresented minorities, and students from primarily undergraduate institutions to go on to graduate school in order to pursue careers in engineering research. The Co-Principal Investigators have a proactive recruiting strategy to improve diversity that involves a partnership with the University of Colorado -Boulder's Multicultural Engineering Program and Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training Program.