UMN MRSEC REU Site in Nanomaterials

技术摘要：明尼苏达大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)感谢国家科学基金会材料研究部对UMN材料研究科学与工程中心纳米材料REU站点的资助。REU网站将把来自全国四年制大学、少数民族服务机构和地区性社区学院的有才华的本科生带到UMN校园，进行为期10周的密集研究体验。UMN MRSEC由四个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)组成，负责解决各种“软”到“硬”材料的紧迫问题：聚合物、有机电子、磁性材料和纳米颗粒。MRSEC的教职员工和学生分布在六个不同的科学和工程系，确保所有参与者都能获得特别广泛的跨学科体验。研究顾问/导师代表了初级、高级和职业生涯中期教师的迷人组合；他们都是各自领域公认的领导者。本科生研究培训由三个基本和基本要素组成：(I)提供大多数人在其本国机构无法获得的独立的密集研究项目；(Ii)在学生参与者与教师、研究生和他们合作的博士后研究员之间发展有效的多层次指导关系；以及(Iii)增强学生准备研究生院所需的技能(技术写作、口头陈述、伦理问题、GRE练习)，同时为本科生提供研究生院经验的现实预览。非-技术摘要：明尼苏达大学材料研究科学与工程中心(MRSEC)感谢国家科学基金会材料研究部对UMN MRSEC REU纳米材料网站的资助。UMN MRSEC由四个跨学科研究小组(IRGS)组成，负责解决各种“软”到“硬”材料的紧迫问题：聚合物、有机电子、磁性材料和纳米颗粒。REU/RET计划将提供材料科学和工程方面的高质量研究和教育经验，主要面向研究机会有限的本科院校的学生(上一届奖项的参与者为%)，以及主要来自双城大都市区的高中教师。该中心通过与四年制和两年制大学以及少数民族服务机构的长期伙伴关系，在这些活动中吸收妇女和代表人数不足群体的成员(在上一届REU奖DMR-0754792中分别为49%和38%)，取得了持续并日益成功的成果。MRSEC研究固有的跨学科性质对于培养下一代科学家和工程师以及确保美国的竞争力尤为重要。我们设想，这一全面的计划，无论是在范围还是执行方面，都是应对美国国家科学院对1997年出版的《超越正在聚集的风暴》中讨论的科学和工程教育状况的评估提出的许多挑战的一种手段

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:The University of Minnesota, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) acknowledges the support of the Division of Materials Research of the National Science Foundation for funding of the UMN MRSEC REU Site in Nanomaterials. The REU Site will bring talented undergraduates from a national network of four-year colleges, Minority-Serving Institutions, and regional Community Colleges to the UMN campus for an intensive 10-week research experience. The UMN MRSEC comprises four Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) addressing pressing problems over a wide range of "soft" to "hard" materials: polymers, organic electronics, magnetic materials, and nanoparticles. MRSEC faculty and students are based in six different science and engineering departments, assuring a particularly broad and interdisciplinary experience for all the participants. The research advisors/mentors represent an appealing blend of junior, senior, and mid-career faculty; all are acknowledged leaders in their fields. Undergraduate research training is comprised of three fundamental and essential elements: (i) providing an independent intensive research project unavailable for most at their home institutions; (ii) developing effective multi-tiered mentoring relationships between student participants and faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows with whom they work; and (iii) enhancing those skills students need in preparation for graduate school (technical writing, oral presentation, ethical issues, GRE practice), while providing undergraduate students with a realistic preview of the graduate school experience.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The University of Minnesota, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) acknowledges the support of the Division of Materials Research of the National Science Foundation for funding of the UMN MRSEC REU Site in Nanomaterials. The UMN MRSEC comprises four Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) addressing pressing problems over a wide range of "soft" to "hard" materials: polymers, organic electronics, magnetic materials, and nanoparticles. The REU/RET program will provide high-quality research and education experiences in Materials Science and Engineering, primarily to students from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities (64% of participants for previous award), and to high school teachers principally from the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Center has demonstrated consistent and growing success at including women and members of underrepresented groups (49% and 38% respectively, in the previous REU award, DMR-0754792) in these activities, enabled by long-term partnerships with four- and two-year colleges, and Minority Serving Institutions. The inherently interdisciplinary nature of MRSEC research is particularly important for training the next generation of scientists and engineers and assuring U.S. competitiveness. We envision this comprehensive program, in both its scope and execution, as a means of meeting many of the challenges set forth by the National Academy of Sciences assessment of the state of science and engineering education discussed in its 1997 publication, Rising Above the Gathering Storm