REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research on Nanomaterials Based Environmental Sensing, Biological Application and Modeling for Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates

REU 网站：针对少数族裔本科生的基于纳米材料的环境传感、生物应用和建模的跨学科研究

• 批准号: 0755433
• 负责人: Hongtao Yu
• 金额: $ 29.4万
• 依托单位: Jackson State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0755433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Research; Nanomaterials

This new REU site award would provide research opportunities for 8 undergraduates (including 5 from underrepresented minority groups) and 2 Jackson area high school teachers for 10 weeks during summer. The research projects are in cutting edge nanoscale materials chemistry with potential biological and environmental applications and carried out under close guidance from faculty mentors. The participants will integrate in a research group that consists of other undergraduate, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and visiting faculty. They will also receive an introduction to and overview of state-of-the-art scanning probe and electron microscopes, lasers, spectroscopic laboratories on campus, and access to high performance computing facilities in and around Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to the research, REU students will attend seminars and short courses on Nanomaterials Science and Engineering, acquire technical presentation skills, and receive career guidance that will continue beyond the summer program. The high school teachers will develop instructional materials that are based on their research experience, thus bridging K-12 education with nanoscience and technology research and career pathways. The instructional materials, after classrooms tests, will be available for broad dissemination to other K-12 teachers.This award is co-funded by the Divisions of Materials Research and Chemistry and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.

这项新的REU网站奖将为夏季10周的8个本科生（包括5名少数群体的5名）和2名杰克逊地区高中教师提供研究机会。 研究项目是在尖端的纳米级材料化学中，具有潜在的生物学和环境应用，并在教师导师的密切指导下进行。 参与者将融入一个由其他本科生，研究生，博士后学者和来访教师组成的研究小组。 他们还将收到有关最先进的扫描探针和电子显微镜，激光器，校园光谱实验室的概述，以及密西西比州杰克逊及其周围地区的高性能计算设施。 除研究外，REU学生还将参加有关纳米材料科学和工程的研讨会和简短课程，获得技术演示技巧，并获得职业指导，这些指导将持续到夏季计划之外。高中教师将开发基于他们的研究经验的教学材料，从而将K-12教育与纳米科学和技术研究和职业途径桥接。 教学材料在教室测试之后，将可以向其他K-12教师进行广泛的传播。该奖项由材料研究和化学的划分以及数学和物理科学局的多学科活动办公室共同资助。