REU Site: Advanced Materials for Energy and Sensing Applications at the University of Tennessee

化学系(CHE)的这一奖项支持田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校本科生研究体验(REU)网站，该网站由Michael D.Best和Shawn R.Campagna教授领导，题为“田纳西大学能源和传感应用的先进材料”。该网站为本科生提供密集的介绍性研究体验，旨在介绍和培训参与者现代研究技术，并指导他们发展对成功的科学职业至关重要的补充专业技能。通过这种方式，该项目通过招收学生，并在他们接受教育的早期阶段将他们培养成熟练的研究人员，从而加强了美国的科学事业。此外，该计划强调纳入不同的参与者群体，以解决不同人口统计群体在科学中代表性不足的问题。在该计划中，参与计划的学生有机会从围绕用于能源和传感应用的先进材料这一共同主题的广泛研究项目中进行选择。这使学生能够为对公众产生积极影响的重要前沿研究项目做出贡献，同时促进他们的科学培训。该项目的更广泛影响包括培养一批训练有素的多样化的有才华的学生，为未来的研究贡献做好准备，以及通过参与该计划的记者的努力宣传参与学生的成就。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville entitled "Advanced Materials for Energy and Sensing Applications at the University of Tennessee" that is led by Professors Michael D. Best and Shawn R. Campagna. The site offers an intensive introductory research experience for undergraduate students which is designed to introduce and train participants in modern research techniques and also mentor them in the development of complementary professional skills that are critical for successful scientific careers. In this way, the program strengthens the scientific enterprise in the United States by recruiting students and developing them into skilled researchers at an early point in their education. Further, the program emphasizes the inclusion of a diverse group of participants to address the underrepresentation of various demographic groups in the sciences.In this program, participating students have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of research projects that revolve around the common theme of advanced materials for energy and sensing applications. This allows students to contribute to important cutting-edge research projects that have a positive impact on the general public while simultaneously advancing their scientific training. The broader impacts of this project include the development of a well-trained and diverse set of talented students primed for future contributions to research as well as the publicizing of the achievements of participating students through the efforts of a journalist who is embedded within the program.