REU Site: Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Traineeship for Next-Generation Energy, Health, Information, and Manufacturing

本科生的研究经验（REU）网站在康涅狄格大学（UConn）发起了一个工程学院范围内的项目，以吸引有才华的少数民族和社区大学本科生参与尖端的实验和计算纳米技术研究。该计划的目标是：1）增加工程师的数量和质量，准备通过纳米科学的道德使用来应对重大挑战; 2）增加来自代表性不足的人口的学生人数，他们在纳米技术相关的工程领域进行研究生教育和学术研究; 3.与少数民族建立联盟，机构和计划，使学生的可持续管道从代表性不足的群体谁将成为纳米技术相关的工程领域的领导者。学生将直接参与与教师导师的研究，以解决对国内经济和社会进步至关重要的领域的重大挑战：能源转换，细胞-药物相互作用，纳米电子学和先进制造。 成功榜样的职业指导与第一手研究经验相结合，旨在最终提高参与者对学术和/或科学研究经验的准备。这个REU网站为本科生提供机会，在为期10周的暑期课程中从事纳米技术研究，涉及一系列科学项目，包括：先进的纳米材料用于热能和磁能到电能的转换，相变记忆，在单个细胞水平对药物治疗的生物反应，含纳米颗粒的可穿戴电子产品的3D打印，和超强度金属合金由参与教师导师指导的结构化短期课程系列将教育REU学生广泛的纳米技术相关的研究领域。除了积极的研究，学生将参加职业发展研讨会系列，包括道德研究的实践。REU网站参与者的招募将针对少数民族服务项目（罗纳德E。麦克奈尔后学士学位成就计划、路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟）和社区大学（科奇斯学院，一所拥有大量退伍军人的西班牙裔服务机构）以及康涅狄格大学教师研究经验（RET）工程项目的STEM教师（焦耳研究员）。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site initiates a School of Engineering-wide program at the University of Connecticut (UConn) to engage talented minority and community college undergraduate participants in cutting edge experimental and computational nanotechnology research. The objectives of this program are to 1) increase the quantity and quality of engineers prepared to address grand challenges through ethical use of nanoscience; 2) increase the number of students from underrepresented populations who pursue graduate education and academic research in nanotechnology-related engineering fields; and 3) build alliances with minority serving-institutions and programs to enable a sustainable pipeline of students from underrepresented groups who will become leaders in nanotechnology-related engineering fields. Students will participate directly in research with faculty mentors to address grand challenges in fields critical to domestic economic and societal progress: energy conversion, cell-drug interactions, nanoelectronics, and advanced manufacturing. The combination of career mentorship by successful role models and first-hand research experience is designed to ultimately increase participants' preparedness for academic and/or scientific research experiences. This REU Site offers opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in nanotechnology research during a 10-week summer program, on a range of scientific projects, including: advanced nanomaterials for thermal and magnetic to electrical energy conversion, phase change memory, biological response to pharmaco-therapeutic treatments at the individual cell level, 3D printing of nanoparticle-containing wearable electronics, and designer ultra-strength metal alloys. A structured short course series instructed by participating faculty mentors will educate REU students on a broad range of nanotechnology-related research fields. In addition to active research, students will participate in a career development seminar series including the practice of ethical research. Recruitment of REU Site participants will target minority-serving programs (Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) and community colleges (Cochise College, a Hispanic Serving Institution with a large veteran population) as well as STEM teachers from UConn's Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering program (Joule Fellows).