REU Site: Summer MAterials Research @ Tulane (SMART)

非技术部分：暑期材料研究@杜兰大学（SMART）本科生研究经验网站将吸引十名学生每年夏天进行十周的前沿材料科学研究，重点是健康、能源和环境领域。该项目资助的项目是跨学科的，由杜兰大学科学与工程学院生物医学工程系、化学与生物分子工程系、化学系、物理与工程物理系的指导教师和联合顾问参与。SMART网站将让学生在教师和研究生导师的指导下进行研究体验，并将提供专业发展研讨会，主题包括研究生院准备、研究伦理、技术交流、数据分析和技术转让。其他活动将包括参加的教师研讨会，参观当地公司，以及每年夏天进行的研究项目的闭幕学生研讨会。技术部分：参与SMART站点的教师导师提供的实验和基于模型的研究项目将涉及生物成像和细胞培养（健康），太阳能捕获和储存（能源）以及环境修复（环境）的材料。这些领域解决了一些需要材料科学创新的最关键的全球挑战。样本项目包括：用于生物成像的卟啉纳米球，用于细胞培养的生物相容性聚合物材料，二维超高功率密度光伏电池，从水中光化学生成氢，用于碳氢化合物修复的聚合物功能化碳材料，以及用于漏油清理的极端条件下胶束组装的模拟。教师导师将在学生暑期经历后与他们保持关系，为他们提供建议和支持信，以获得更高的学位。该网站的长期回报是将先进的STEM领域研究推广到与路易斯安那州和海湾地区有联系的更广泛的学生群体，他们可以支持未来科技行业的经济发展。

NON-TECHNICAL PART: The Summer MAterials Research @ Tulane (SMART) Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site will engage ten students for ten weeks each summer in leading-edge materials science research focused in the areas of health, energy, and the environment. The projects sponsored by this project are interdisciplinary with faculty advisors and co-advisors across the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Engineering Physics within Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering. The SMART Site will engage students in research experiences guided by faculty and graduate mentors and will provide professional development workshops on topics covering graduate school preparation, research ethics, technical communication, data analysis, and technology transfer. Additional activities will include seminars by participating faculty, visits to local companies, and a closing student symposium on the research projects performed each summer.TECHNICAL PART: Experimental and modeling-based research projects offered by faculty mentors participating within the SMART Site will involve materials for bioimaging and cell culture (health), solar energy capture and storage (energy), and environmental remediation (environment). These fields address some of the most critical global challenges requiring innovation in materials science. Sample projects include: porphyrinic nanospheres for biological imaging, biocompatible polymeric materials for cell culture, two-dimensional ultra-high power density photovoltaics, photochemical generation of hydrogen from water, polymer functionalized carbon materials for hydrocarbon remediation, and simulations of micellar assemblies under extreme conditions for oil spill clean-up. Faculty mentors will maintain relationships with student participants after their summer experiences to offer advice and support letters to pursue advanced degrees. The long-term payoff of this site is promotion of advanced STEM field study to a broader base of students with ties to Louisiana and the Gulf region who can support future tech sector economic development.