Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Site to Prepare Students for Graduate School and an Industrial Career

这项由国家科学基金会化学部授予杨百翰大学的奖项支持本科生研究体验(REU)网站，该网站由杨百翰大学的Daniel H.Ess教授、Rebecca Sansom教授和Kara J.Stowers教授领导的教师研究体验(RET)部分。为了满足国家对高素质科学劳动力的需求，该网站每年为10名REU和2名RET参与者提供为期10周的暑期计划，利用最先进的设备和技术开展个人化学或生化研究项目。研究项目强调与工业化学相关的问题。参观化学和生化公司，以及关于工业中当前和重大挑战、有效沟通、团队互动和提供科学演示的研讨会和研讨会，为REU参与者为研究生院和未来的工业职业生涯做准备。激励下一代科学家的是，REU和RET的参与者都在杨百翰大学青年化学和生物化学夏令营工作。REU招生强调来自两年制大学和代表性较低的少数民族的学生的参与。参与者完成以下领域的独立研究项目：微型质谱仪和微流控设备的设计、生物化学生物标记物分析和药物发现、无机均相和非均相催化剂开发、计算化学、有机抗癌和疫苗合成、物理光谱、材料创造和表征、可再生能源和水封闭检测。这些独立的技术研究项目由杨百翰化学和生物化学学院以及学生导师推动，为参与者提供解决问题和科学发现方面的丰富经验，为他们获得高级学位和进入工业化学工作队伍做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award to Brigham Young University from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site with a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) component led by Professors Daniel H. Ess, Rebecca Sansom, and Kara J. Stowers at Brigham Young University. To address the national need for a highly qualified science workforce, this site annually provides ten REU and two RET participants with a ten-week summer program to conduct individual chemistry or biochemistry research projects using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. Research projects emphasize problems relevant to industrial chemistry. Visits to chemical and biochemical companies, along with workshops and seminars on current and grand challenges in industry, effective communication, team interactions, and delivering scientific presentations, prepare REU participants for graduate school and future industrial careers. Inspiring the next generation of scientists, both REU and RET participants work with the BYU summer chemistry and biochemistry camps for youth. REU recruitment emphasizes participation by students from two-year colleges and underrepresented minorities.Participants complete independent research projects in the following areas: design of miniaturized mass spectrometers and micrometer microfluidic devices, biochemistry biomarker assays and drug discovery, inorganic homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst development, computational chemistry, organic anticancer and vaccine synthesis, physical spectroscopy, materials creation and characterization, renewable energy, and water containment detection. These independent technical research projects, facilitated by BYU chemistry and biochemistry faculty, and student mentors, provide participants with rich experiences in problem solving and scientific discovery, preparing them to earn advanced degrees and enter the industrial chemistry workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.