REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

该网站由数学和物理科学理事会化学和材料研究部联合资助。非技术描述：该REU网站为具有不同背景经验的本科生提供研究实验室，目标是薄膜材料在广泛领域的制备，表征和应用，包括化学催化，电子设备和医疗植入物。REU的学生加入了来自化学、物理、电气工程、机械工程、生物工程和化学工程的研究小组，反映了薄膜材料的广泛重要性。参与的学生将获得制作和分析先进材料的实验室技术的实践经验；他们还将获得从两年制大学转到四年制大学的指导，研究生入学考试（GRE）培训，以及规划潜在毕业生职业生涯的专家支持。REU积极招募来自南加州的2年制和4年制机构，包括许多西班牙裔服务机构。除了为REU学生提供令人兴奋的研究经验外，该项目还创建了一个外展团队，在他们的家乡学院举办研讨会，积极向他们的同龄人推广科学和工程教育，并帮助招募下一年的REU队列。本网站位于美国都会区（河滨/圣贝纳迪诺），这是人口中大学毕业生比例最低的地区（根据美国人口普查），因此这种推广特别有影响力。技术细节：这个REU网站为学生提供与薄膜和2d材料的制备和表征相关的实验技术的实践经验。从原油精炼的活化催化剂到下一代微电子设备和医疗植入物，薄膜和2D材料在广泛的技术中发挥着至关重要的作用。REU学生接受半导体洁净室处理、电子显微镜和化学分析技术（如拉曼光谱和红外光谱）方面的培训。通过他们的互动和每周的研讨会，学生们对薄膜在广泛的行业和潜在的职业道路中的重要性有了广泛的了解。该项目还对REU网站的成功产生了定量和定性的衡量标准，包括对教育理念和有效性的可操作和公正的评估。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Site is jointly funded by the Divisions of Chemistry and Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate.NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This REU Site offers undergraduate students from diverse background experience in research labs that target the preparation, characterization and application of thin-film materials in a wide range of fields including chemical catalysis, electronic devices and medical implants. The REU students join research groups from chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, bioengineering and chemical engineering, reflecting the broad importance of thin film materials. Participating students gain hands-on experience in laboratory techniques for making and analyzing advanced materials; they also receive guidance toward transfers from 2-year to 4-year colleges, training towards the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and expert support in planning potential graduate careers. REU recruits actively from 2-year and 4-year institutions, including many Hispanic Serving Institutions, in Southern California. Besides providing REU students with exciting research experience, this project creates an outreach team that presents seminars at their home colleges, actively promotes science and engineering education to their peers, and aids in recruiting the next year's REU cohort. This Site is located in the US Metro Area (Riverside/San-Bernardino) that has the lowest fraction of college graduates in the population (according to the US Census) – rendering such outreach particularly impactful. TECHNICAL DETAILS: This REU Site offers students hands-on experience in experimental techniques associated with the preparation and characterization of thin film and 2D-materials. Thin films and 2D materials play crucial roles in a wide spectrum of technologies, from activating catalysts for crude oil refining to next generation microelectronic devices and medical implants. REU students are trained in facilities in semiconductor cleanroom processing, electron microscopy, and chemical analysis techniques such as Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Through their interaction and weekly seminars, students gain a broad understanding of the importance of thin films in a wide spectrum of industries and potential career pathways. This project also generates quantitative and qualitative measures of the success of the REU site including actionable and unbiased evaluation of the educational concept and effectiveness.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.