REU Site: Integration of Chemical Theory, Computation and Experiment at Duquesne University

这项本科生研究经验（REU）现场奖授予位于宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的迪克讷大学，支持在2020-2022年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。由数学和物理科学理事会化学部资助，迪克讷REU网站影响来自阿巴拉契亚地区研究基础设施有限和/或代表性不足的人口的本科生和教师的教育和专业化学职业。除了进行整合计算和实验化学的研究外，学生还接受培训，以加强科学方法，科学写作和演讲，道德，安全以及最先进仪器的研讨会，以补充他们的实验研究。教师建立有意义的，全年的，长期的研究合作，由学术生产力和卓越的本科生培训的需要驱动。总的来说，这个REU网站促进合作科学，同时培养下一代化学家。学生的研究项目包括由计算预测驱动的非成瘾性镇痛药的合成;发展不对称催化剂设计理论;理解金属上保护性有机薄膜的磨损;以及研究铜络合物中的电子转移过程。该网站还为PUI/HBCU/LSAMP教师提供研究支持，他们反过来直接影响学生和他们所在机构的学习环境。最终，学生扩大了他们的专业接触和网络，以做出更明智的职业决定，并为研究生院做好最好的准备，而教师则通过有意义和富有成效的学术合作获得授权。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估来支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to Duquesne University, located in Pittsburgh, PA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. Funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, the Duquesne REU site impacts the education and professional chemistry careers of undergraduates and faculty from Appalachian regional institutions with limited research infrastructure and/or from underrepresented populations. Alongside conducting research that integrates computational and experimental chemistry, students receive training that reinforces the scientific method, scientific writing and speaking, ethics, safety, and workshops on state-of-the-art instrumentation to complement their experimental research. Faculty establish meaningful, year-round, and long-term research collaborations driven by the need for academic productivity and excellence in undergraduate training. Taken together, this REU site promotes collaborative science while training the next generation of chemists.Student research projects include the synthesis of non-addictive analgesics driven by computational prediction; developing theory for asymmetric catalyst design; understanding the wear of protective organic thin films on metals; and studying electron transfer processes in copper complexes. This site also offers research support for PUI/HBCU/LSAMP faculty, who in turn directly impact students and learning environments at their home institutions. Ultimately students expand their professional exposure and network to make more informed career decisions and best prepare for graduate school, while faculty are empowered through meaningful and productive academic collaboration.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.