PREM: Cal. State Univ. Long Beach and Ohio State University Partnership for Education and Research in Hard and Soft Materials

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。非技术概述加州州立大学长滩分校(CSULB)是一所综合性城市大学，拥有各种STEM领域的终端硕士(MS)学位，也是一所服务于西班牙裔学生的机构，少数族裔学生占学生总数的47%。CSULB物理与天文学是全国最大的终端MS授权系之一，拥有约50名活跃的MS学生。PREM与俄亥俄州立大学(OSU)和俄亥俄州立大学NSF MRSEC：应急材料中心的合作将通过提供结构化和持续的研究、指导和职业发展机会，影响这些学生进入俄亥俄州立大学和其他地方的博士项目。PREM学生将参与磁性、薄膜和生物材料材料研究的前沿领域-这些研究将构成MS和本科生论文工作的基础。在获奖期间，每年将直接资助最多4名CSULB学生(硕士和本科生)，另外6-10名CSULB和OSU的学生将通过增加研究和合作活动间接受到影响。在这两所合作院校的学士学位后桥梁项目的记录基础上，南加州大学朗伯塔分校的Prem学生有几种过渡到研究生学习的途径，具体取决于他们的准备和研究兴趣。CSULB-OSU Prem还将为CSULB和OSU初级教师和博士后研究人员提供专业发展机会，包括网络、研讨会/座谈会和教学发展。PREM伙伴关系的结果将在同行审查的期刊和会议上传播，并通过专门的门户网站和向当地K-12学生的外联介绍向公众传播。协作和跨学科PREM研究围绕三个伙伴关系研究小组(PRGS)组织，重点关注固态、有机/无机和生物材料中的合作现象，材料科学、化学、数学、物理和生命系统中生物物理的各个方面之间有很强的跨学科交叉。PRG-1专注于磁性的拓扑方面，其中磁性和材料的几何性质之间的相互作用支持非平凡的磁相。PRG-2专注于调节薄膜磁性异质结构的磁性，包括具有本征磁序的2D材料和分子磁体。PRG-3专注于生物材料中的拓扑学方面，重点是将有关结形成的数学理论转化为利用DNA折纸技术实现的分子结构。俄亥俄州立大学的NSF MRSEC：应急材料中心将通过直接支持学生交换和补贴使用俄亥俄州立大学最先进的研究设施来加强PRG活动。PREM的工作将以提供项目执行反馈的形成性评价和评估项目对PREM参与者的整体影响的总结性评价为指导。通过这种方式，PREM将为来自不同背景的学生提供并不断加强一个脚手架，让他们为国家优先考虑的STEM领域做出贡献，并在科学领域发挥领导作用。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 is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Non-Technical SummaryCalifornia State University Long Beach (CSULB) is a comprehensive urban university with various terminal Master’s (MS) degrees in STEM fields and a Hispanic-serving institution with underrepresented minority students making up 47% of the student body. CSULB Physics & Astronomy is one of the largest terminal MS granting departments nationally with about 50 active MS students. The PREM partnership with Ohio State University (OSU) and OSU’s NSF MRSEC: Center for Emergent Materials will impact the matriculation of these students into PhD programs at OSU, and elsewhere, by providing structured and sustained research, mentoring, and professional development opportunities. PREM students will participate in frontier areas of materials research in magnetic, thin film, and biomaterials—the research will form the basis for MS and undergraduate thesis work. During the award period, up to 4 CSULB students (MS and undergraduate) will be directly funded per year, with another 6-10 students at CSULB and OSU impacted indirectly through increased research and collaborative activity. Building on the track records of post-baccalaureate Bridge programs at both partner institutions, there are several pathways for CSULB PREM students to transition to graduate studies depending on their preparation and research interests. The CSULB-OSU PREM will also provide professional development opportunities for CSULB and OSU junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers, including networking, seminar/colloquia and instructional development. The results of the PREM partnership will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and to the general public via a dedicated web portal and outreach presentations to local K-12 students. Technical SummaryCollaborative and interdisciplinary PREM research is organized around three Partnership Research Groups (PRGs) focused on cooperative phenomena in solid state, organic/inorganic, and biomaterials, with strong interdisciplinary cross-over between materials science, chemistry, mathematics, physics and aspects of biophysics in living systems. PRG-1 is focused on topological aspects of magnetism where the interplay between magnetism and geometric properties of materials supports non-trivial magnetic phases. PRG-2 is focused on tuning magnetic properties in thin film magnetic heterostructures, comprising 2D materials with intrinsic magnetic order and molecular magnets. PRG-3 is focused on aspects of topology in biomaterials with a focus on translating mathematical theories on, e.g., knot formation to molecular structures realized utilizing DNA origami techniques. OSU’s NSF MRSEC: Center for Emergent Materials will enhance PRG activities by directly supporting student exchange and subsidizing access to state-of-the-art OSU research facilities. PREM efforts will be guided by formative evaluation providing feedback on project implementation, and summative evaluation to assess the overall impact of the project on PREM participants. In this way the PREM will provide, and continuously strengthen, a scaffold for students from diverse backgrounds to contribute to STEM fields of national priority and take leadership roles in the 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.