REU Site: UC Davis Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates in Energy and Catalysis

这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖授予位于加利福尼亚州戴维斯的加州大学戴维斯分校，支持在2020-2022年夏季对28名学生进行为期10周的培训。该项目由数学和物理科学理事会化学系支持，让学生参与能源、材料科学和生物技术领域的研究项目。参与者还参加互动发展讲习班，以提高科学传播技巧，提供职业指导，并加强在专业环境中从事科学研究的能力。这个网站提供额外的多层次指导和资源，以适应盲人和视力受损的学生。学生与专业化学研究人员一起从事能源相关、基础和应用化学方面的独特研究项目。研究项目的例子包括分子和多相催化剂的合成；廉价纳米材料制备人工光合作用装置用于生物燃料生产的蛋白质工程和合成生物学；以及酶和催化剂设计的计算建模和模拟。研究生院和专业发展项目包括寻找合适的研究生项目和确定在研究生院及以后取得成功的关键的研讨会。该网站致力于通过促进第一代、未被充分代表的少数族裔、盲人和视力受损者以及来自当地社区学院、主要本科院校和波多黎各大学等少数族裔服务机构的女本科生的参与，扩大STEM的参与。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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of California-Davis, located in Davis, CA, supports the training of 28 total students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020-2022. This program, supported by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, engages students with research projects at the interface of energy, materials science and biotechnology. Participants also take part in interactive development workshops to improve scientific communication skills, provide career guidance, and bolster capacity to perform science in a professional setting. This site offers additional multi-level mentoring and resources to accommodate blind and vision-impaired students.Students engage in unique research projects in energy-related, fundamental and applied chemistry with expert chemistry researchers. Examples of research projects include synthesis of molecular and heterogenous catalysts; fabrication of artificial photosynthesis devices from inexpensive nanomaterials; protein engineering and synthetic biology for biofuel production; and computational modeling and simulations for enzyme and catalyst design. Graduate school and professional development programs include seminars on the search for suitable graduate programs and identifying keys for success in graduate school and beyond. The site is committed to broadening participation in STEM by promoting participation of first-generation, underrepresented minority, blind and vision impaired, and female undergraduate students from local community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, and minority-serving institutions such as the University of Puerto Rico.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.