REU Site: Materials Connection (MacReu R'Side)

非技术性总结：该REU网站由材料研究部资助，为本科生提供研究实验室的经验，这些实验室的目标是制备，表征和薄膜材料在广泛领域的应用，包括化学催化，电子设备和医疗植入物。REU学生加入化学，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。参与的学生获得半导体洁净室技术，光谱材料表征和高分辨率成像的实践经验。在参与的研究实验室中，他们接受了各种薄膜制备的培训。 在适用的情况下，他们还获得从2年制大学到4年制大学的转移指导，并支持成功的研究生院申请。与MacREU校友和校园领导互动的机会提供了职业前景。MacREU位于美国大都会区（滨江/圣贝纳迪诺），人口中大学毕业生比例最低（根据2010年美国人口普查），并专注于当地的学生，内陆南加州。在每个MacREU学期之后，参与者在他们的家乡学院或科学会议上举办研讨会。前者的目标是向同龄人推广科学和工程教育，并为下一年的同龄人招聘做出贡献。技术概要：该REU网站为参与者提供与薄膜和2D材料的制备和表征相关的实验技术的实践经验，因为它们在广泛的技术中发挥着至关重要的作用，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。 REU参与者接受半导体洁净室处理、电子显微镜和化学分析技术（如拉曼和红外光谱）的培训。 通过他们的互动和每周的研讨会，他们获得了广泛的了解薄膜在广泛的行业和潜在的职业道路的重要性。 该项目还产生了定量和定性的措施，包括可操作的和公正的评价，其教育理念和effectiveness.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得的支持，通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This REU Site, funded by the Division of Materials Research, offers undergraduate students 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 semiconductor cleanroom techniques, spectroscopic materials characterization, and high-resolution imaging. In the participating research labs, they are trained in the preparation of a wide range of thin films. As applicable, they also receive guidance toward transfers from 2-year to 4-year colleges and support toward a successful graduate school application. Opportunities to interact with MacREU alumni and campus leaders provide career perspectives. MacREU is located in the US Metro Area (Riverside/San-Bernardino) that has the lowest fraction of college graduates in the population (according to the 2010 US Census) and focuses on students from the local area, Inland Southern California. Following each MacREU term, the participants present seminars at their home colleges or at scientific conferences. The former are targeted at promoting science and engineering education to their peers and contribute to the recruitment of the next year's cohort. TECHNICAL SUMMARY: This REU Site offers participants hands-on experience in experimental techniques associated with the preparation and characterization of thin film and 2D-materials, as they a play a crucial role in a wide spectrum of technologies, from activating catalysts for crude oil refining to next generation microelectronic devices and medical implants. REU participants are trained in semiconductor cleanroom processing, electron microscopy, and chemical analysis techniques such as Raman and infrared spectroscopy. Through their interaction and weekly seminars, they 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 its 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.