REU Site: Chemistry Function, Application, Structure and Theory (FAST): Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry and Biochemistry

这项授予佐治亚州亚特兰大的佐治亚理工学院的本科生研究体验(REU)站点奖，支持在2020-2022年夏季对10名本科生进行10周的培训。这一项目由化学系资助，参与与功能、应用、结构和理论(FAST)相关的化学研究。每名本科生学员都与一名教员一起工作，教员在感兴趣的主题领域拥有一个活跃的研究小组。该计划的其他组成部分包括团队建设活动、定期小组会议、研讨会/研讨会系列、研究座谈会、强调发展专业社交媒体存在，以及实地考察工业和/或政府实验室。这些活动有助于让参与者熟悉一系列广泛的项目，为他们提供提高演讲技能的机会，并在学术、企业、经济和伦理框架内提供关于化学研究的视角。最终，这个网站促进了一支多样化的、训练有素的化学工作队伍的发展。参与者可以进行的研究项目跨越了化学科学领域。其中一些项目包括研究血红素运输和信号传递的机制，功能材料开发中的点击化学，电子结构理论，以及基于质谱学的蛋白质分析。非研究活动为参与者提供各种主题的专业发展和培训，包括道德、演讲技能和研究前沿。该网站强调从化学领域代表性不足的群体中招收学生，并为他们提供开始科学职业生涯的技能和动力。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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Georgia Institute of Technology, located in Atlanta, GA, supports the training of 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. This program, funded by the Division of Chemistry engages participants in chemistry research related to Function, Application, Structure, and Theory (FAST). Each undergraduate participant works with an individual faculty member who has an active research group in a thematic area of interest. Other components of the program include team-building activities, regular group meetings, a seminar/workshop series, research symposia, an emphasis on developing a professional social media presence, and field trips to industrial and/or government laboratories. These activities serve to acquaint participants with a broad array of projects, provide them with the opportunity to enhance their presentation skills, and provide a perspective on chemical research in a scholarly, entrepreneurial, economic, and ethical framework. Ultimately, this site promotes the growth of a diverse, well-trained chemistry workforce.The research projects available for participants span the chemical sciences space. Some of the projects include the study of mechanisms of heme trafficking and signaling, click chemistry in the development of functional materials, electronic structure theory, and mass spectrometry-based protein analysis. The non-research activities provide participants with professional development and training on a variety of topics, including ethics, presentation skills, and research frontiers. This site emphasizes recruitment of students from underrepresented groups in chemistry and provides them with the skills and motivation to embark upon careers in sciences.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.