Research Experience for Undergraduates: Green Chemistry in Colorful Colorado

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会化学部（CHE）颁发，支持科罗拉多大学-科罗拉多斯普林斯分校（UCCS）的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。REU计划每年夏天将有七名学生到校园进行为期十周的绿色化学研究。这个REU网站的一个重要目标是培养未来的科学家从机构没有研究机会，包括社区学院和四年制大学有有限的研究机会。在这一地区，其中几个校区的学生比例很大。该项目的主题是绿色化学，这是一个在学术和工业场所呈指数级发展的领域。该项目特别关注原子经济，小规模反应和分析以及水介质中的反应。该项目的一些科学目标包括：开发可以催化修复土壤和废水中重金属的新型配体，检测环境中家用化学品，激素和内分泌干扰化合物的存在，以及开发用于将水分解为H2和O2的光催化剂。其中一个无机/有机/生物化学合作项目使用了迅速扩大的叠氮-炔“点击化学”合成领域。参与的教师对本科研究有很强的承诺，旨在为学生过渡到研究生院和研究生涯做好准备。在这个程序的学生将受益于有经验的UCCS学生和教师的研究人员一起工作，他们在一个全新的，残疾人专用的设施，特别是为本科生研究人员设计。一个目标是为REU学生创建一个由其他REU学生和教师导师组成的终身支持社区，以帮助这些学生实现他们的教育和职业目标。实验结果将通过UCCS REU网站以及美国化学学会会议和绿色化学会议上的出版物和介绍提供给广大科学界。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) at the National Science Foundation supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at University of Colorado- Colorado Springs (UCCS). The REU Program will bring seven students to campus for ten weeks each summer to conduct Green Chemistry research. One important goal of this REU Site is to train future scientists from institutions with no research opportunities, including community colleges and four-year colleges having limited research opportunities. In this region, several of these campuses have a large percentage of underrepresented students. The theme of this project, Green Chemistry, is a field that has been developing exponentially in academic and industrial venues. This project especially features elements of atom economy, small-scale reactions and analyses, and reactions in aqueous media. Some of the scientific goals of this project include: developing novel ligands that can catalytically remediate heavy metals from soils and wastewater, detecting the presence of household chemicals, hormones, and endocrine-disrupting compounds in the environment, and developing a photocatalyst for splitting water into H2 and O2. One of the collaborative inorganic/organic/biochemistry projects uses the rapidly expanding synthetic field of azide-alkyne "click chemistry". Participating faculty members have a strong commitment to undergraduate research and aim to prepare students for the transition to graduate school and research careers. Students in this program will benefit from having experienced UCCS student and faculty researchers working alongside them in a brand-new, handicap-accessible facility especially designed for undergraduate student researchers. One goal is to create a life-long support community for REU students composed of the other REU students and faculty mentors, to help these students achieve their educational and career goals. Results of the experiments are to be made available to the scientific community-at-large on the UCCS REU web site and through publications and presentations at American Chemical Society meetings and Green Chemistry conferences.