REU site at Arkansas: Chemistry for Energy and Materials

阿肯色大学的大卫·保罗、朱莉·斯坦肯教授及其同事主持了REU网站：阿肯色大学：能源与材料化学。该奖项由数学和物理科学局的化学部支持。这项计划激励不同的学生群体追求科学研究的职业。这10名参与者被整合到不同的研究小组中。在为期十周的暑期计划中，队列活动促进学生的独立性以及专业技能和判断力的发展。每个参与者都有机会在系内的一次会议上介绍他/她的研究成果，并以期刊的形式写下他们的工作摘要，以便分发给他们所在的机构。与会者还有机会在国家会议上介绍成果。为学员提供一种体验，不仅使他们能够对现代化学研究有一个现实的看法，还能让他们接触到一个表明他们在研究生院可以期待的环境。该项目帮助年轻科学家为全球科学和创新竞争做准备，重点放在能源和材料研究领域的化学应用的新兴和未来领域。招收化学或生物化学专业的大二或大三本科生。特别努力招募妇女和少数群体，这些群体在专业化学家中传统上代表人数较少。该计划的一个独特之处是与美国科学促进会(AAAS)合作招收残疾学生。阿肯色州大学费耶特维尔分校化学和生物化学系已经制定了程序，帮助确保成功招收这些群体的学生。招聘计划的这一方面利用了大学在少数族裔招聘方面的基础设施。

Professors David Paul, Julie Stenken and colleagues at the University of Arkansas host REU Site: University of Arkansas: Chemistry for Energy and Materials. This award is supported by the Division of Chemistry in the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. This program motivates a diverse group of students to pursue careers in scientific research. The ten participants are integrated into different research groups. Cohort activities promote student independence and the development of professional skills and judgment during the ten week summer program. Each participant is given the opportunity to present his/her research at a meeting within the department, and to write up a summary of their work in a journal format that is compiled for distribution to their home institution. Opportunities for participants to present results at national meetings are also included. The participants are provided an experience that not only enables them to obtain a realistic view of modern chemical research, but also exposes them to an environment indicative of what they can expect in graduate school.The program helps to prepare young scientists for global competition in science and innovation with a strong emphasis on the up and coming areas of chemical applications to the areas of energy and materials research. Sophomore or junior undergraduate students majoring in chemistry or biochemistry are targeted for recruitment. Special efforts are made to recruit women and minority groups traditionally underrepresented among professional chemists. A unique feature of this program is the partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to recruit disabled students. The University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has established procedures that help assure success in the recruitment of students from these groups. This aspect of the recruitment plan utilizes the University's infrastructure in minority recruiting.