REU Site: Application of Microscopy and Microanalysis in Multidisciplinary Research

非技术描述：波特兰州立大学(PSU)继续为本科生提供多学科研究体验，这是大波特兰地区唯一的同类网站。该网站在过去15年中成功运营，妇女和少数群体的参与程度很高。REU网站的目标将继续侧重于激励本科生，重点是女性、少数民族和美国武装部队退伍军人，通过让他们获得实践研究机会，在科学和工程领域追求职业生涯。此外，新的招聘将包括对研究表现出极大兴趣，但在学业上表现不佳的参与者。技术描述：巴黎州立大学的REU网站以多学科应用的电子显微镜为主题，将不同的研究项目联系在一起。通过一个集中的暑期项目，参与者将获得技术培训，进行独立研究，参观当地的高科技行业，并在REU研讨会上展示他们的研究成果。这些活动将从培训周开始，包括关于实验室安全、图书馆数据库搜索和研究生院应用程序的讲习班。还开设了一门强化的短期课程，培训学生如何使用扫描电子显微镜或聚焦离子束显微镜来表征材料和器件。然后，学生将在机械和材料工程、电气和计算机工程、物理、化学、生物和地质系的教师导师提供的研究项目中使用这些获得的技能。人们高度期待REU学员在离开暑期项目时将掌握适用于所有学科的典型技能(电子和离子显微镜)，并对研究经验对他们的高等教育和职业选择的影响有更广阔的视角。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Portland State University (PSU) continues its operation of a multidiscipline research experience for undergraduate site, the only site of its kind in the greater Portland region. This site has been successfully operating for the past fifteen years and has achieved a high level of participation from women and minorities. The objective of the REU site will continue to focus on inspiring undergraduate students with an emphasis on women, minorities, and US Armed Forces veterans to pursue careers in science and engineering by exposing them to hands-on research opportunities. In addition, the new recruitment will include participants who show great interest in research, but are underachieving academically. It is highly expected that this REU site will enable such students to develop their talents and progress towards their career goals.TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The REU site at PSU ties diverse research projects together under the overarching theme of electron microscopy for multidisciplinary applications. Through a concentrated summer program, the participants will obtain technical training, conduct independent research, visit local high-tech industries, and present their research at an REU symposium. The activities will begin with a training week including workshops on laboratory safety, library database searches, and graduate school applications. Also offered is an intensive short course that trains students in using scanning electron microscope or focused ion beam microscope for material and device characterization. Students will then use these acquired skills in research projects offered by faculty mentors from the departments of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology. It is highly anticipated that REU participants will leave the summer program with a quintessential skill (electron and ion microscopy) applicable to all disciplines and a broader perspective of the impact of research experience on their high education and career choices.