REU Site: Particle-Based Functional Materials for Energy, Biomedicine, and Sustainability

REU 网站：用于能源、生物医学和可持续发展的颗粒功能材料

• 批准号: 1005048
• 负责人: Joseph McCarthy
• 金额: $ 33万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005048&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Particle; Based; Functional

This three-year REU Site program is focused in the area of particle-based functional materials. The overarching objective of this project is to develop a research experience for undergraduates program that not only builds a basis for research fluency, but also increases the students' ability to integrate knowledge. The specific goals of the REU program include: 1) Train students to perform increasingly independent research, specifically aimed at the multitude of technological applications that are impacted by functional materials; 2) Develop an integrated internship to cross-train REU students so that they can get not only a breadth of experience, but also an increased appreciation of the interconnectedness of the focus area; 3) Improve the students' ability to function in teams by pairing students for their internships; and 4) Increase the students' ability to integrate knowledge within and across the focus area via the research internship pairing and workshop series. In addition to the research projects, social activities will be largely coordinated by the Office of Experimental Learning that will aid in organizing these events to foster the cohort experience.What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?Recruitment efforts will target students from primarily undergraduate institutions and students from underrepresented groups. Research results will be disseminated at national societal conferences (AIChE, APS, MRS, and ASEE) as well as on the departmental web page (http://www.che.pitt.edu). Additionally, results will be published in both disciplinary and educational journals.

这个为期三年的REU站点计划集中在基于粒子的功能材料领域。 该项目的总体目的是为本科计划开发研究经验，该计划不仅为研究流利的基础增强了基础，而且还提高了学生整合知识的能力。 REU计划的具体目标包括：1）培训学生进行越来越独立的研究，专门针对受功能材料影响的多种技术应用； 2）为跨培训REU学生开发综合实习，以便他们不仅可以获得广泛的经验，而且还可以增加对重点领域相互联系的欣赏； 3）通过与学生配对实习，提高学生在团队中的运作能力； 4）提高学生通过研究实习配对和研讨会系列将知识整合到整个焦点领域的能力。 除研究项目外，社交活动将在很大程度上由实验学习办公室协调，这将有助于组织这些事件以促进队列经验。拟议活动的招聘工作将对主要的本科机构和来自代表人数不足的学生的学生产生更广泛的影响？ 研究结果将在国家社会会议（AICHE，APS，MRS和ASEE）以及部门网页（http://www.che.pitt.edu）上传播。 此外，结果将在纪律期刊和教育期刊上发表。