REU Site: Research Experience in Nanotechnology and Sustainability

波特兰州立大学(PSU)继续为本科生提供多学科研究体验，这是大波特兰地区唯一的本科生研究站点。在过去的九年里，这个网站一直在成功运作，妇女和少数群体的参与程度很高。虽然REU网站的目标将继续侧重于通过让本科生参与实践研究来激励他们在科学和工程领域追求职业生涯，但新的重点将放在可持续性上。我们将为全国的学生提供参与前沿研究的机会，包括纳米材料合成、生物和地质样品的表征、纳米器件制造以及关于大气痕量气体对气候变化影响的调查。通过集中的暑期计划，参与者将获得技术培训，进行独立研究，参观当地的高科技产业，在REU研讨会上展示他们的研究，并在专门设计的在线期刊上发表他们的论文。REU暑期计划将从培训周开始，包括实验室安全、图书馆数据库搜索、研究生院应用以及他们研究的更大影响。还提供了一门密集的短期课程，培训学生使用电子和聚焦离子束显微镜和光谱学来表征材料和器件。然后，学生们将在七个系的教员提供的研究项目中使用这些获得的技能。人们高度期待，REU的参与者将带着适用于所有学科的典型技能(电子显微镜)离开夏季项目，并对可持续技术的影响和可行性有更广阔的视角。

Portland State University (PSU) continues its operation of a multidiscipline research experience for undergraduate site, the only site of its kind in the greater Portland region. This site has been successfully operating for the past nine years and has achieved a high level of participation from women and minorities. While the objective of the REU site will continue to focus on inspiring undergraduate students to pursue careers in science and engineering by involving them in hands-on research, new emphasis will be placed on sustainability. We will offer students nationwide the opportunity to take part in cutting-edge research spanning nanomaterials synthesis, characterization of biological and geological samples, nanodevice fabrication and investigations concerning the impact of atmospheric trace gases on climate change. Through a concentrated summer program, the participants will obtain technical training, conduct independent research, visit local high-tech industries, present their research at an REU symposium, and publish their papers in a specially designed online journal.The REU summer program will begin with a training week including workshops on laboratory safety, library database searches, graduate school applications, and the greater impact of their research. Also offered is an intensive short course that trains students in using electron & focused ion beam microscopy and spectroscopy for material and device characterization. Students will then use these acquired skills in research projects offered by faculty from seven departments. It is highly anticipated that REU participants will leave the summer program with a quintessential skill (electron microscopy) applicable to all disciplines and a broader perspective of the impact and feasibility of sustainable technologies.