REU Site: Environmental Engineering Solutions for Pollution Prevention (EESPP-REU)

布法罗大学本科生研究经验（REU）站点的更新培训本科生研究人员在三个主题中解决区域和全球污染预防问题：检测，来源控制和补救。污染预防研究固有的是通过改善人类健康或经济而带来社会效益的潜力。根据该方案的研究主题，项目可以识别以前未被识别的污染物，开发限制空气或水污染排放的控制技术，或修复威胁人类健康的场所。该REU站点的研究项目将工程和科学相结合，以解决与布法罗-尼亚加拉地区和全球有关的污染预防问题。预计每个项目都将对纽约西部的环境或人类健康和（或）经济产生直接影响。来自代表性不足群体的学生，包括女性、少数民族，以及来自地方、地区和国家高校的接触STEM研究最少的学生，将被招募。在为期十周的暑期项目中，学生们将与一名研究导师配对，进行变革性的污染预防研究，并在主题研究集群中为教师项目做出重点贡献，这些研究集群涉及污染物检测、来源控制和补救。这些主题，考虑在一起，解决更广泛的“污染预防”的重点esta REU计划。REU学生的每周小组会议通过培训研讨会和专业或社交网络机会促进学生之间的交流。在前两个REU项目中试点和改进的社区服务项目将继续在该REU项目中实施，以提供社会影响的具体证据。最后的研究研讨会，以及支持reu会议后的演讲和出版物，为学生提供了磨练沟通技巧、传播研究成果和扩大知识进步机会的机会。REU计划通过向感兴趣的参与者提供GRE预备培训来强调其研究生入学评估。

This renewal Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Buffalo trains undergraduate researchers to address regional and global pollution prevention concerns within 3 themes: detection, source control, and remediation. Inherent with pollution prevention studies is the potential for societal benefits through improvements to human health or economics. Consistent with the program's research themes, projects may identify pollutants that were previously unrecognized, develop control technologies that limit air or water pollution emissions, or remediate sites that threaten human health. Research projects in this REU Site integrate engineering and science to solve pollution prevention issues relevant to the Buffalo-Niagara region and the globe. Each project is expected to have an immediate impact on environmental or human health and/or the economy of western New York. Students from underrepresented groups including women, minorities, and students with minimal exposure to STEM research from local, regional and national colleges or universities will be recruited.During the ten-week summer program students are paired with a research mentor to conduct transformative pollution prevention research and make focused contributions to faculty projects in thematic research clusters addressing pollutant detection, source control, and remediation. These themes, considered together, address the wider "Pollution Prevention" focus of this REU program. Weekly group meetings of the REU cohort foster student-student communications using training workshops and professional or social networking opportunities. A community service program, piloted and improved throughout the previous two REU programs, will continue to be implemented in this REU program to provide concrete evidence of societal impact. A concluding Research Symposium, as well as support for post-REU conference presentations and publications, provides students opportunities to hone their communication skills, disseminate research results and expand opportunities for knowledge advancement. The REU program stresses its graduate school enrollment assessment by providing GRE prep training to interested participants.