REU Site: Students Transforming Energy and Environmental Research (STEER)

这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖给弗吉尼亚理工大学，位于弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡，支持10名学生在2023-2025年的夏天10周的培训。在该计划中，由化学部资助，参与者追求合作研究项目，重点是能源和环境，但也参与科学交流，领导力和文化能力的综合教育规划。由化学系在弗吉尼亚理工大学，夏季REU网站，学生改造能源和环境研究（STEER）管理，使选定的本科生与教师和研究生导师一起，专门从事研究项目，解决与全球变暖和气候变化相关的社会挑战和目标。学生将与处于各自领域前沿的不同研究人员进行研究，包括电池，太阳能燃料，水净化，矿物封存，催化和可持续性。他们将学习和执行化学合成技术，以制备在这些领域具有特殊价值的新材料，沿着表征材料和评估其适用性的方法。我们将利用大学的合作伙伴和专家在科学交流，领导，DEIR（多样性，公平，包容性和尊重），职业发展培训，granitary和社区外展为REU学生的发展作为化学科学专业人士。STEER的主要目标是培养具有社区意识的科学家，通过强大的学科知识领导创新，同时尊重我们社会中的多样化生活经验，并致力于向公众提供教育服务。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 Virginia Tech University, located in Blacksburg, VA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research projects with an emphasis on energy and the environment but also participate in integrated educational programming in scientific communication, leadership, and cultural competence. Administered by the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Tech, the summer REU site, Students Transforming Energy and Environmental Research (STEER), brings selected undergraduate students together with faculty and graduate student mentors to specifically engage in research projects that address the societal challenges and objectives associated with global warming and climate change. Students will conduct research with diverse investigators who are at the forefront of their fields, which include batteries, solar fuels, water purification, mineral sequestration, catalysis, and sustainability. They will learn and perform chemical synthesis techniques to prepare novel materials of particular value in those fields, along with the means of characterizing the materials and evaluating their suitability for the intended application. We will leverage University partners and experts in scientific communication, leadership, DEIR (diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect), career development training, grantsmanship, and community outreach for the REU students’ development as chemical science professionals. STEER's primary objective is to produce community-minded scientists to lead innovation through strong disciplinary knowledge while demonstrating respect for the diverse lived experiences within our society and a commitment to educational outreach to the public.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.