JSU-RISE: Research Infrastructure and Student Development through the Chemical Design of Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes

杰克逊州立大学HBCU-RISE（科学与工程研究基础设施）项目将利用跨学科的方法开发一个研究和教育计划，使化学本科生（RISE学者）和研究生（RISE研究员）在全球市场上具有竞争力。该项目的研究活动将汇集来自不同科学学科的教师与这些学生一起开发多功能碳纳米管混合材料，用于选择性地同时检测几种水生病原体（如大肠杆菌，沙门氏菌和志贺氏菌），这将适合于水净化的潜在应用。水源性病原体是世界范围内住院儿童和成人患者的新威胁。这些病原体造成了死亡率的增加和额外的经济成本。通过计算驱动合成具有多模态传感能力的多功能碳纳米管，可以有选择地同时实时感知和识别多种病原体，并净化供水系统。更广泛的影响该项目的人力资源目标是：(a)提高和扩大JSU的研究和教育能力，以使非裔美国人和妇女成为国家未来有效的科学家；(b)通过跨学科研究和有效的指导，增加代表性不足的少数族裔STEM学生的数量和质量。该项目的研究和教育目标与杰克逊州立大学正在进行的发展计划保持一致，该计划旨在成为该地区最重要的纳米科学和纳米技术中心之一。Jackson State-RISE项目的具体目标是：(1)建立一个跨学科的研究团队来解决水污染问题；(2)通过将具有互补科学追求的跨学科教师核心小组聚集在一起，使学生接触到科学事业的合作性质；(3)培养学生的领导能力：这包括学生在研究项目、暑期实习、研讨会演讲和其他项目问题的决策中发挥积极作用；(4)营造包括期刊俱乐部、学术研讨会、科学写作、科研伦理、科研技能培养、教学经验、国家级博士前、博士后奖学金竞争策略等在内的教育科研氛围；(5)通过将高素质的本科生和K-12学生纳入该项目，增加未来JSU-RISE学生的候选资源。JSU-RISE项目的最终目标是积极影响大量未被充分代表的少数民族K-12，本科生和研究生，他们将进入，留在和退出STEM管道，并获得最终的STEM学位。

The Jackson State University HBCU-RISE (Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering) project will utilize an interdisciplinary approach to develop a research and educational program that will prepare chemistry undergraduate (RISE Scholars) and graduate students (RISE Fellows) to be competitive in a global market. The research activities of the project will bring together faculty members from different scientific disciplines with these students to develop multifunctional carbon nanotube hybrid materials for the possible detection of several waterborne pathogens (e.g. Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Shigella) selectively and simultaneously, which will be suitable for potential applications for water purification. Intellectual MeritWaterborne pathogens are an emerging threat worldwide in hospitalized children and adult patients. These pathogens are responsible for an increase in mortality rates and additional financial costs. Computationally driven synthesis of the proposed multifunctional CNTs with multimodal sensing capabilities would selectively and simultaneously sense and identify several pathogens in real time and purify the water supply. Broader ImpactThe human resource objectives of the project are (a) to improve and expand JSU's research and educational capability in order to prepare African Americans and women to become effective future scientists for the nation and (b) to increase the number and quality of underrepresented minority STEM students through interdisciplinary research and effective mentoring. The research and educational goals of this project align well within the ongoing developmental plan of Jackson State University to become one of the region's foremost centers for nanoscience and nanotechnology. The specific aims of the Jackson State-RISE program are (1) to establish an interdisciplinary research team to address water contamination problems; (2) to expose students to the collaborative nature of the scientific enterprise by bringing together a core group of interdisciplinary faculty with complementary scientific pursuits; (3) to develop leadership skills of students: this includes the active roles of students in decision making concerning their research projects, summer internships, seminar speakers and other programmatic issues; (4) to create a JSU-RISE educational/research atmosphere that includes journal clubs, seminars, workshops on scientific writing, presentation and research ethics, research skill development, teaching experiences, and strategies for competing for national pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships; (5) to increase the candidate pool for future JSU-RISE students by involving highly qualified undergraduate and K-12 students in the program. The ultimate aim for the JSU-RISE program is to positively impact a large quantity of underrepresented minority K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students who will enter, remain, and exit the STEM pipeline with a terminal STEM degree.