Catalysis in a Collaborative REU Program at the University of Utah

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会化学部（CHE）和EPSCoR项目颁发，支持犹他大学化学系本科生研究经验（REU）站点。REU项目将包括与理学院其他STEM REU项目的联合和并行活动，其中包括物理与天文系、材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）和科学与数学教育中心（CSME）的项目。协同活动将包括职业发展活动、科学设施参观、各种现代仪器的可选培训课程以及课外郊游。学生们将从他们抵达校园开始进行口头报告，在整个项目的小组会议上进行口头报告，并在最后的庆祝研讨会和海报会议上进行口头报告。总体而言，REU计划旨在通过以下方式培养讨论和实践化学的信心：(1)在犹他大学化学系教师的指导下，为本科生提供创新化学项目的变革性研究经验；(2)教育学生关于他们的职业选择，并为他们提供化学职业的积极形象；(3)通过让REU的研究人员与理学院的其他研究人员互动，使学生接触到更大的科学社区。他们中的许多人将在他们的直接研究领域之外。该网站将提供研究实习，重点是催化，这是协作REU的统一主题。该系的优势涵盖了催化化学的整个领域，这些优势已经得到巩固，为REU的学生提供了一个相互关联的项目，不仅教授他们催化化学，而且为他们提供化学和化学研究基础所需的基础。将提供一个职业发展讲习班以及涉及现代化学仪器的可选培训讲习班。该项目为学生提供了磨练口头和书面沟通技巧的机会，并建立了一个综合评估模型，以评估REU项目在提高学生展示科学数据能力方面的效果。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the EPSCoR Program both at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah. The REU program will include joint and parallel activities with other STEM REU programs in the College of Science, which includes programs in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) and the Center for Science and Math Education (CSME). Synergistic activities will include career development events, tours of scientific facilities, optional training sessions on various modern instrumentation, as well as extracurricular outings. Students will give oral presentations beginning with their arrival on campus, to group meetings throughout the program, and culminating with an oral presentation at a final, celebratory Symposium and Poster Session. Overall, the REU program aims to foster a sense of confidence in discussing and practicing chemistry by: (1) Providing undergraduates with transformative research experiences in innovative chemistry projects under the guidance of faculty members in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah, (2) Educating students about their career options and providing them with a positive image of a career in chemistry, (3) Exposing students to the greater scientific community by having our REU researchers interact with other researchers in the College of Science, many of whom will be outside of their immediate field of study.The Site will offer research internships that will focus on catalysis, the unifying theme of the collaborative REU. The department's strengths span the entire spectrum of catalytic chemistry and these strengths have been consolidated to offer the REU students an interconnected program designed not only to teach them about catalytic chemistry but also to provide them with a needed foundation in the fundamentals of chemistry and chemical research. A career-development workshop as well as optional training workshops that cover modern chemical instrumentation will be offered. Built into the program are opportunities for the students to hone their communication skills, both oral and written, and a comprehensive evaluation model has been created to assess how effective the REU program is at increasing a students' ability to present scientific data.