REU SITE: Professional Excellence and Development in Science Through Undergraduate Research

REU 网站：通过本科研究实现科学专业卓越和发展

• 批准号: 0851194
• 负责人: Kenneth Brown
• 金额: $ 18.55万
• 依托单位: Hope College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; SITE; Professional; Excellence; Development

The theme of this REU site proposal is "Professional Excellence and Development in Science Through Undergraduate Research." Attention will be focused on the recruitment of underrepresented minority students and students from nearby 2-Year Colleges (2YCs). All REU students will have access to a rigorous research experience that prepares them to enter into the competitive STEM fields. The individual student research projects are innovative, have the potential to yield publications that are transformative in their respective fields, and are quite capable of being completed by undergraduate students. The students involved in the research enterprise receive a full complement of experiences in literature review, hands-on training with modern chemical instrumentation, data analysis, and in the dissemination of results through group meetings and formal oral and poster presentations. The specific research projects span a wide range of areas that include designing electrochemical sensors, using ion-beam analysis techniques and lasers to study protein structure and protein dynamics, and designing and synthesizing anticancer agents. The research activities as well as the professional development activities will be used to help to form a cohesive community of research scholars equipped with the research skills needed to investigate current research problems that have local and global implications.Student activities for professional development have been refined to better serve the diverse career interests of students and to provide a broader base of mentors outside of academics via a Student Advisory Board consisting of professionals from local industry, medical doctors, and attorneys. The PI and co-PI have learned that the quality of mentoring, the availability of a diverse set of mentors, and the active building of professional skills such as public speaking, scientific writing and ethics discussions, greatly benefit students and help increase retention in the sciences. This REU experience will have a significant impact on underrepresented minority students and students at 2YC who do not have research experience opportunities at their home institution, in addition to enhancing diversity at Hope College. By providing access to significant professional development resources within their research cohort experience, students will be encouraged to pursue careers in the STEM fields.

REU 站点提案的主题是“通过本科研究实现科学领域的专业卓越和发展”。 我们将重点关注招收代表性不足的少数族裔学生和附近两年制学院 (2YC) 的学生。 所有 REU 学生都将获得严格的研究经验，为进入竞争激烈的 STEM 领域做好准备。 个别学生的研究项目具有创新性，有潜力在各自领域发表具有变革性的出版物，并且完全有能力由本科生完成。 参与研究事业的学生在文献综述、现代化学仪器的实践培训、数据分析以及通过小组会议和正式口头和海报展示传播结果方面获得了全面的经验。 具体的研究项目涵盖广泛的领域，包括设计电化学传感器、使用离子束分析技术和激光研究蛋白质结构和蛋白质动力学，以及设计和合成抗癌剂。 研究活动以及专业发展活动将用于帮助形成一个有凝聚力的研究学者社区，这些学者具备调查具有本地和全球影响的当前研究问题所需的研究技能。学生专业发展活动已细化为更好地服务于学生多样化的职业兴趣，并通过由当地工业界的专业人士、医生和律师组成的学生咨询委员会，提供学术界之外更广泛的导师基础。 PI 和 co-PI 了解到，指导的质量、多元化导师的可用性以及公开演讲、科学写作和道德讨论等专业技能的积极培养，使学生受益匪浅，并有助于提高学生的保留率。科学。 REU 的这次经历除了增强希望学院的多样性之外，还将对代表性不足的少数族裔学生和在原籍机构没有研究经验机会的 2YC 学生产生重大影响。 通过在研究群体经验中提供重要的专业发展资源，将鼓励学生在 STEM 领域追求职业生涯。