REU Site: Collaborative Chemistry Research at the University of Memphis

REU 网站：孟菲斯大学合作化学研究

• 批准号: 0851880
• 负责人: Abby Parrill
• 金额: $ 22.03万
• 依托单位: University of Memphis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851880&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Chemistry; Research

The University of Memphis Chemistry REU site, Collaborative Research in Chemistry, will provide a ten-week intensive research experience for eight undergraduate students each summer. The research projects focus on collaborative research in chemistry, involving the synthesis and characterization of materials. The focus on collaborative research builds on existing collaborations between departmental faculty members, as well as with other institutions and industrial collaborators. This focus will provide students with a realistic picture of the growing reality of scientific partnerships, rather than individual efforts. Participant recruiting efforts will focus on the state of Tennessee and directly neighboring states due to a scarcity of chemistry REU sites in this area, as well as prior experience indicating that over 50% of our previous participants derive from this region. An important addition to our current recruiting plan is a partnership with chemistry faculty at regional historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) who will nominate minority students who may not have previous exposure to research careers in an effort to provide valuable research experience opportunities to this underserved population. The main focus of the program is a ten-week intensive research experience complemented with social activities, industrial site visits, and weekly one-hour sessions devoted to research support skills, such as literature searching, critical reading of the scientific literature, writing, scientific ethics, and presentation skills. The intellectual merits of the program include contributions to diverse sub-disciplines of chemistry. REU participants will synthesize materials with various properties and potential applications. Results from the proposed projects will be disseminated through publications and presentations. Travel funds for REU participants will promote presentations at national and regional meetings during the year following their research experience. This REU site will broadly impact training in chemistry, participation of underrepresented minorities in chemical research, and will promote partnerships between the University of Memphis and regional HBCU institutions.

孟菲斯大学化学委员会的化学合作研究将为每年夏天的八名本科生提供十周的强化研究经验。 研究项目着重于化学合作研究，涉及材料的合成和表征。 对协作研究的重点是部门教师之间以及其他机构和工业合作者之间的现有合作。 这种重点将为学生提供现实的科学伙伴关系现实而不是个人努力的现实情况。 参与者的招聘工作将集中在田纳西州和直接邻近州，因为该领域的化学REU站点缺乏，以及先前的经验，表明我们以前的参与者中有50％来自该地区。 我们目前的招聘计划的一个重要补充是与区域历史上黑人大学（HBCU）的化学教师建立合作伙伴关系，他们将提名少数民族学生，他们可能没有以前没有接触研究职业，以便为这一不受欢迎的人群提供宝贵的研究经验机会。 该计划的主要重点是一项为期十周的密集研究经验，包括社交活动，工业现场访问以及致力于研究支持技能的每周一次，例如文学搜索，对科学文献，写作，科学伦理学和演讲技巧等批判性阅读。 该计划的智力优点包括对化学的各种子学科的贡献。 REU参与者将合成具有各种属性和潜在应用的材料。拟议项目的结果将通过出版物和演示进行传播。 REU参与者的旅行资金将在他们的研究经验的一年中在国家和地区会议上促进演讲。此REU站点将广泛影响化学培训，代表性少数群体从事化学研究的参与，并将促进孟菲斯大学与地区HBCU机构之间的伙伴关系。