REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

这一奖项来自化学系(CHE)和材料研究部(DMR)，支持爱荷华大学莎拉·拉森(Sarah Larsen)领导的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站支持的研究项目涉及纳米科学和纳米技术领域。本科生将主要从缺乏支持本科生研究的基础设施的机构招募，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。该网站将在为期十周的计划中，每年夏天为十名学生提供支持。本科生将从事的项目样本包括：(1)开发纳米结构无机催化剂的新合成路线；(2)纳米科学和纳米技术在环境过程中的应用及其影响的研究；(3)纳米沸石在环境修复、催化和药物输送中的应用；(4)利用磁性纳米颗粒生产自消毒涂层；(5)纳米铁矿物在水和土壤中的反应活性的研究；以及(6)有机纳米晶体单晶反应的原子力显微镜研究。除了在暑期进行研究外，参加这个项目的学生还将参加一些专业发展活动，包括技术交流研讨会、每周系列研讨会，以及额外的正式和非正式指导活动。作为培训的一部分，青年科学家需要接触到现代研究方法和工具。这个REU网站旨在提供化学科学方面的前沿研究培训，重点是纳米科学和纳米技术，特别是纳米科学和纳米技术与环境的相互作用。参与该网站研究的不同学生群体将为进入研究生院并最终成为该国技术劳动力的一部分做好充分准备。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the Division of Materials Research (DMR) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site led by Sarah Larsen at the University of Iowa. The research projects supported in this site are in areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Undergraduates will be recruited to this site primarily from institutions that lack infrastructure to support undergraduate research, including students from underrepresented groups. The site will support ten students per summer in a ten week program. A sample of the projects that undergraduates will work on include: (1) the development of new synthetic routes to nanostructured inorganic catalysts; (2) the study of the applications and implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in environmental processes; (3) the applications of nanocrystalline zeolites in environmental remediation, catalysis and drug delivery; (4) the production of self-sterilizing coatings using magnetic nanoparticles; (5) the study of the reactivity of nanoparticle iron minerals in water and soil and (6) the atomic-force microscopy study of single-crystal reactivity of organic nanocrystals. In addition to conducting research during the summer, the students participating in this program will participate in a number of professional development activities, including a technical communication workshop, a weekly seminar series, as well as additional formal and informal mentoring events.Young scientists need exposure to modern research methods and tools as part of their training. This REU site aims to provide cutting-edge research training in the chemical sciences, with a strong emphasis on nanoscience and nanotechnology, especially in its interaction with the environment. The diverse student cohort participating in research at this site will be well-prepared for graduate school, and eventual employment as part of the country's technical workforce.