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

杰克逊州立大学的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项目，为化学本科生(RISE学者)和研究生(RISE研究员)在全球市场上具有竞争力做好准备。该项目的研究活动将把不同科学学科的教员与这些学生聚集在一起，开发多功能碳纳米管杂化材料，以选择性和同时检测几种水传播病原体(如大肠杆菌、沙门氏菌和志贺氏菌)，这将适合于潜在的水净化应用。知识价值水传播的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。通过计算驱动的具有多模式传感能力的多功能碳纳米管的合成将选择性地、同时地实时感应和识别几种病原体，并净化供水。该项目的人力资源目标是：(A)改善和扩大联合州立大学的研究和教育能力，使非裔美国人和妇女做好准备，成为国家未来的有效科学家；(B)通过跨学科研究和有效的指导，增加代表不足的少数民族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非常一致，以成为该地区最重要的纳米科学和纳米技术中心之一。杰克逊州立大学崛起计划的具体目标是(1)建立一个跨学科研究团队来解决水污染问题；(2)通过聚集具有互补科学追求的跨学科教师核心小组，让学生接触到科学事业的合作性质；(3)培养学生的领导技能：这包括学生在关于他们的研究项目、暑期实习、研讨会演讲者和其他计划问题的决策中发挥积极作用；(4)创造一个JSU-RISE的教育/研究氛围，包括期刊俱乐部、研讨会、关于科学写作、演讲和研究道德、研究技能发展、教学经验和竞争国家博士后奖学金的策略的研讨会；(5)通过让高素质的本科生和K-12学生参与该计划，增加未来JSU-RISE学生的候选者池。JSU-Rise计划的最终目标是积极影响大量未被充分代表的少数族裔K-12、本科生和研究生，他们将进入、留在和退出STEM管道，获得STEM终极学位。

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.