REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

REU 网站：纳米技术环境影响本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1004985
• 负责人: Patrick Ferguson
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-15 至 2014-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004985&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

This three-year REU Site program will be part of the Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT) headquartered at Duke University. It will be hosted by three CEINT partner universities; Duke, Virginia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon as well as the European Center for Research and Education in Geosciences and the Environment (CEREGE) in Aix-en-Provence, France. An Orientation will be held at Duke in week one prior to participants transitioning to their respective research site. In order for students to gain optimal benefits from the multiple research disciplines and research available through such a Center, participants will continue their communications initiated during Orientation through weekly cross-site videoconferencing and via the online collaboratory offered by the REU Site. The REU program will leverage training activities established within CEINT such as seminars, ongoing colloquia and weekly research team meetings and provide in-depth training in the scientific method, data analysis, and professional presentations. The program objectives include: (1) encouraging a diverse group of students towards careers in emerging fields in science and engineering related to nanotechnology research; (2 ) increasing student awareness of the ethical context of nanotechnology research and the importance of developing nanotechnology in an environmentally responsible manner; and (3) facilitation a comprehensive understanding of the complex, evolving parameters emerging as factors mitigating environmental impacts of nanomaterials at the cellular, organismic and ecosystem levels. In addition students will have the opportunity to learn to use cutting-edge lab and imaging technologies for identifying nanoparticle fate, transport, and structural behaviors through the rich array of lab facilities and field sites available through CEINT.It will also feature a unique, interdisciplinary team approach to mentoring students on research projects across themes designed to link fundamental physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials at the nanoscale with their observed biological and ecosystem effects. Student opportunities will be available across six nanoscale research themes: Exposure: Transport & Transformation; Cellular and Organismal Responses; Impacts on Ecosystems; Manufactured Nanomaterials; Natural and Incidental Nanoparticles; and Risk Assessment and Modeling. REU students will learn how risk assessment provides feedback to guide future research and will learn about evolving parameters considered important for comparative international studies in nanotechnology.This program will expand CEINT's programs for undergraduates across three US universities and in France, creating trans-university and international opportunities for undergraduate students in the sciences and engineering. Recruitment efforts will be targeted to students from underrepresented groups, particularly females and minorities and from institutions with limited research opportunities. The REU program seeks to inspire undergraduate students to pursue graduate education and future careers in emerging fields in environmental science and engineering as well as nanotechnology research.

这项为期三年的REU站点计划将成为总部位于杜克大学的纳米技术（CEINT）的环境影响中心的一部分。 它将由三所CEINT合作伙伴大学主持；杜克大学，弗吉尼亚理工大学和卡内基·梅隆（Carnegie Mellon）以及法国Aix-en-Provence的欧洲地球科学与环境研究与教育中心（CEREGE）。 在参与者过渡到各自的研究站点之前，将在杜克大学在杜克举行方向。为了使学生从通过这样的中心获得的多个研究学科和研究中获得最佳的收益，参与者将通过每周的跨站点视频会议以及通过REU网站提供的在线协作来继续他们在入学期间发起的通信。 REU计划将利用在CEINT内建立的培训活动，例如研讨会，持续的官员和每周研究团队会议，并提供科学方法，数据分析和专业演示的深入培训。 该计划的目标包括：（1）鼓励各种各样的学生从事与纳米技术研究有关的科学和工程领域的职业； （2）提高学生对纳米技术研究道德背景的认识以及以环境负责的方式发展纳米技术的重要性； （3）促进对复杂的，不断发展的参数的全面理解，这是减轻纳米材料在细胞，有机和生态系统水平上的环境影响的因素。此外，学生还将有机会通过CEINT提供的丰富的实验室设施和现场站点来学习使用尖端实验室和成像技术来识别纳米颗粒的命运，运输和结构性行为。效果。学生机会将在六个纳米级研究主题中提供：曝光：运输和转型；细胞和生物反应；对生态系统的影响；制造的纳米材料；天然和附带纳米颗粒；以及风险评估和建模。 REU学生将学习风险评估如何提供反馈来指导未来的研究，并了解认为对纳米技术的比较国际研究很重要的不断发展的参数。该计划将扩大CEINT在美国三所大学和法国的本科生的计划，创造跨大学性和在科学和工程学中的本科生创造的跨大学和国际机会。 招聘工作将针对来自代表性不足的群体，尤其是女性和少数民族以及研究机会有限的机构的学生。 REU计划旨在激发本科生在环境科学和工程以及纳米技术研究中从事新兴领域的研究生教育和未来职业。