REU Site: Innovations in Nanotechnology at the University of Houston

近年来，休斯顿大学通过开发和改进纳米纤维、纳米磁学、生物传感器、纳米复合材料、纳米过滤和自组装等领域的技术，在纳米技术领域建立了良好的声誉。为了利用这一集体的专业知识和经验，2013-2015年REU网站将是一个主题为“纳米技术创新”计划。 2013-2015年计划将专门利用跨学科纳米技术研究的优势，这些研究正在卡伦工程学院的各个部门进行，包括化学工程，土木与环境工程，电气与计算机工程和机械工程。卡伦工程学院纳米技术相关研究的研究环境是创新和跨学科合作的环境之一，并由国家科学基金会支持的国家资助的研究项目推动。 在UH“纳米技术创新”REU计划的学生参与者将有机会在纳米技术领域的国家认可的专家下进行研究。学生谁是在工程领域的代表性不足的基础上，他们的种族或性别，以及来自西班牙裔和非洲裔美国人服务机构的学生将被招募参与。 谁参加我们的REU计划的学生有可能追求研究生教育，以进一步他们在研究的兴趣，提高多样性和研究型技术领导者的数量，并帮助填补我们国家的需要，建立和维持一个多元化的，技术劳动力。 休斯顿大学的REU网站得到了美国国家科学基金会工程教育和中心部门的支持。

In recent years, the University of Houston has established an excellent reputation in the field of nanotechnology by developing and refining techniques in the areas of nanofabrication, nanomagnetics, biosensors, nanocomposites, nanoscale filtration, and self-assembly. To draw on this collective expertise and experience, the 2013-2015 REU Site will be a themed "Innovations in Nanotechnology" program. The 2013-2015 program will draw exclusively on the strengths of the interdisciplinary nanotechnology research being conducted across various departments of the Cullen College of Engineering, including Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The research climate for nanotechnology-related research in the Cullen College of Engineering is one of innovation and interdisciplinary cooperation, and is fueled by nationally-funded research programs supported by the National Science Foundation. Student participants in the UH "Innovations in Nanotechnology" REU program will be afforded the opportunity to conduct research under nationally recognized experts in the field of nanotechnology. Students who are under-represented in the field of engineering on the basis of their ethnicity or gender, as well as students from Hispanic and African-American serving institutions will be recruited for participation. The students who participate in our REU program are likely to pursue graduate education to further their interests in research, enhancing the diversity and number of research oriented technological leaders, and helping to fill our nation's need to establish and maintain a diverse, technological workforce. The REU Site at the University of Houston is supported by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers at the National Science Foundation.