REU Site: Collaborative Chemistry Research at the University of Memphis

孟菲斯化学REU网站的大学，化学合作研究，将提供为期十周的密集研究经验，为八名本科生每年夏天。 研究项目侧重于化学合作研究，涉及材料的合成和表征。 对合作研究的重点建立在部门教师之间的现有合作，以及与其他机构和工业合作者。 这一重点将为学生提供科学伙伴关系日益增长的现实，而不是个人努力的现实画面。 参与者招募工作将集中在田纳西州和直接相邻的国家，由于化学REU网站在这一领域的稀缺性，以及先前的经验表明，超过50%的我们以前的参与者来自这个地区。 我们目前的招聘计划的一个重要补充是与区域历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的化学教师合作，他们将提名少数民族学生，这些学生以前可能没有接触过研究职业，以努力为这一服务不足的人群提供宝贵的研究经验机会。 该计划的主要重点是为期十周的密集研究经验，辅以社会活动，工业现场访问，每周一小时的会议，专门研究支持技能，如文献检索，科学文献的批判性阅读，写作，科学道德和演讲技巧。 该计划的智力价值包括对化学的不同子学科的贡献。REU参与者将合成具有各种特性和潜在应用的材料。拟议项目的成果将通过出版物和专题介绍加以传播。REU参与者的旅费将促进他们在获得研究经验后的一年内在国家和区域会议上的发言。这个REU网站将广泛影响化学培训，在化学研究中代表性不足的少数民族的参与，并将促进孟菲斯大学和区域HBCU机构之间的伙伴关系。

The University of Memphis Chemistry REU site, Collaborative Research in Chemistry, will provide a ten-week intensive research experience for eight undergraduate students each summer. The research projects focus on collaborative research in chemistry, involving the synthesis and characterization of materials. The focus on collaborative research builds on existing collaborations between departmental faculty members, as well as with other institutions and industrial collaborators. This focus will provide students with a realistic picture of the growing reality of scientific partnerships, rather than individual efforts. Participant recruiting efforts will focus on the state of Tennessee and directly neighboring states due to a scarcity of chemistry REU sites in this area, as well as prior experience indicating that over 50% of our previous participants derive from this region. An important addition to our current recruiting plan is a partnership with chemistry faculty at regional historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) who will nominate minority students who may not have previous exposure to research careers in an effort to provide valuable research experience opportunities to this underserved population. The main focus of the program is a ten-week intensive research experience complemented with social activities, industrial site visits, and weekly one-hour sessions devoted to research support skills, such as literature searching, critical reading of the scientific literature, writing, scientific ethics, and presentation skills. The intellectual merits of the program include contributions to diverse sub-disciplines of chemistry. REU participants will synthesize materials with various properties and potential applications. Results from the proposed projects will be disseminated through publications and presentations. Travel funds for REU participants will promote presentations at national and regional meetings during the year following their research experience. This REU site will broadly impact training in chemistry, participation of underrepresented minorities in chemical research, and will promote partnerships between the University of Memphis and regional HBCU institutions.