REU Site: Novel Techniques and Applications in Catalysis Research Development and Molecular Dynamics

本研究经验的本科生（REU）网站奖宾夕法尼亚大学，位于费城，宾夕法尼亚州，支持10名学生的培训10周在2023年至2025年的夏天。在该计划中，由化学系资助，本科生参与者的目标是开发多种方法来改善化学反应，计算映射反应机制和固态化学，并研究与半导体相关的化学科学。 这些努力将与教师和研究生或博士后助理的指导下进行。该网站的一个独特之处在于，参与者还可以接触到高通量实验（HTE）方法，这些方法通常仅限于行业培训。接触HTE为参与者提供了独特的体验，一个长期利用学术和工业职业道路的机会。参与者参加定期的专业发展活动，在那里他们磨练自己的沟通技巧，探索职业道路，并学习负责任的研究行为，为STEM的高级学位做好准备。参与者可获得的研究项目跨越催化的重要空间：方法开发，催化剂开发和合成应用以及扩展到分子动力学，固态化学等。该计划在全国范围内招募学生，重点是代表性不足的学生群体。广泛的工业和学术合作网络使参与者接触到各种可行的职业道路，目标是维持多样化和有竞争力的化学科学劳动力。本网站部分由半导体研究公司向国家科学基金会提供的资金支持。该奖项反映了NSF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 Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, PA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, undergraduate participants aim to develop diverse approaches to improving chemical reactions, computationally mapping reaction mechanisms and solid-state chemistry, and investigating chemical science with relationship to semi-conductors. These efforts will be performed with the mentorship of faculty and graduate students or postdoctoral associates. An aspect unique to this site is that participants also gain exposure to high throughput experimentation (HTE) methods, training that is often limited to industry. Exposure to HTE provides a distinct experience for participants, one with long-term leverage into both academic and industrial career pathways. Participants take part in regular professional development activities where they hone their communication skills, explore career paths, and learn about responsible research conduct, preparing them for advanced degrees in STEM.The research projects available for participants span a significant space across catalysis: method development, catalyst development, and synthetic applications as well as extension into molecular dynamics, solid-state chemistry and beyond. This program recruits students nationwide, with an emphasis on underrepresented student groups. A wide raging network of industrial and academic collaborations expose participants to a variety of viable career pathways with the goal of sustaining a diverse and competitive chemical science workforce. This Site is supported in part by funds provided to the National Science Foundation by the Semiconductor Research Corporation.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.