REU Site: Soft Materials at Penn State

REU 站点：宾夕法尼亚州立大学软材料

• 批准号: 1156960
• 负责人: Coray Colina
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156960&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Soft; Materials; Penn

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:This award supports the renewal of the Soft Materials REU at Penn State. A project-centered and team-oriented educational and research program is proposed to complement the training of a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers capable of crossing traditional academic boundaries. This REU in Soft Materials will continue to train undergraduate students with knowledge, perspective, and teamwork experience to inspire them to become Ph.D. candidates in Engineering and Sciences. Undergraduate students across Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering and Chemistry will be trained in research areas organized around three themes: ion conduction in ion-containing polymers, biomaterials including function of biomacromolecules and self-assembled bio-structures, and thermodynamics and transport in polymer mixtures. The overarching theme of this REU is the study and development of novel soft materials. Specific objectives are to: 1) Provide students with hands-on experience on a variety of sophisticated analytical, (nano) fabrication, and computational techniques, while working in a project-centered collaborative research environment. 2) Produce a cadre of future scientists and engineers who have the ability to contribute across traditional disciplines and appreciate the wide-ranging scientific and engineering issues related to soft materials. REU students will participate in general activities, such as career development seminars, several social activities, and the final symposium. The REU program is envisioned as nucleating a "center-of-excellence for undergraduate research" in the field of soft materials, while considerably strengthening the education and research experience of our future materials leaders. We anticipate that more than 50 undergraduate students will participate over the three years of the program.This REU Site is funded by the NSF Division of Materials Research.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The REU in Soft Materials at Penn State will provide the scientific training for the generation of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers capable of crossing traditional academic boundaries. A special emphasis on outreach to individuals from under represented groups (such as women, Hispanics and African Americans) and persons with disabilities will be pursued, with the intent of attracting them to scientific/engineering careers. The program will train undergraduate students with knowledge, perspective, and teamwork experience to inspire them to become Ph.D. candidates in Engineering and Sciences. Research is organized around polymers, biological macromolecules and self-assembled bio-structures which have potential use in pharmaceutical, agricultural and other industries. Additionally, REU students will participate in general activities, such as career development seminars, several social activities, and the final symposium. Finally, graduate (as mentors) and undergraduate students will actively participate in the design and performance of experiments (including virtual experiments), and they will benefit from the interaction and immersion in a global collaborative research with international peers that complement the intensive training in theory, simulation, and/or experiment that they receive at their US home institutions. The REU program is envisioned as nucleating a "center-of-excellence for undergraduate research" in the field of soft materials, while considerably strengthening the education and research experience of our future materials leaders. We anticipate that more than 50 undergraduate students will participate over the three years of the program. This REU Site is funded by the NSF Division of Materials Research.

技术摘要：该奖项支持宾夕法尼亚州立大学的软材料REU的更新。提出了一个以项目为中心的教育和研究计划，以补充能够跨越传统学术界限的新一代跨学科科学家和工程师的培训。这款在软材料中的REU将继续以知识，观点和团队合作经验来培训本科生，以激发他们成为博士学位。工程和科学的候选人。跨材料科学，化学工程，能源工程和化学的本科生将在组织围绕三个主题的研究领域进行培训：含离子的聚合物的离子传导，包括生物百形分子和自组装的生物结构的功能，以及聚合物混合物中的热力学和运输的生物材料。此REU的总体主题是新型软材料的研究和开发。具体目标是：1）在以项目为中心的协作研究环境中，为学生提供有关各种复杂分析，（NANO）制造和计算技术的动手经验。 2）生产一群未来的科学家和工程师的干部，他们有能力在传统学科上做出贡献，并欣赏与软材料相关的广泛科学和工程问题。 REU学生将参加一般活动，例如职业发展研讨会，几个社交活动和最终研讨会。 REU计划被设想为在软材料领域的“本科生研究中心”有核，同时大大增强了我们未来材料领导者的教育和研究经验。我们预计，该计划的三年中将参加50多名本科生。该REU站点由NSF材料研究部资助。Non-Technical摘要：宾夕法尼亚州立大学的软材料中的REU将为跨学科的跨学科科学家和工程师提供科学培训。将特别着重于从代表群体（例如妇女，西班牙裔和非裔美国人）和残疾人的范围内向个人提供宣传，并打算吸引他们从事科学/工程职业。 该计划将以知识，观点和团队合作经验培训本科生，以激发他们成为博士学位。工程和科学的候选人。研究是围绕聚合物，生物学大分子和自组装的生物结构进行的，这些生物结构可能在药品，农业和其他行业中使用。 此外，REU学生将参加一般活动，例如职业发展研讨会，几个社交活动和最终研讨会。最后，研究生（作为导师）和本科生将积极参与实验的设计和表现（包括虚拟实验），他们将受益于与国际同行的全球合作研究中的互动和沉浸，以补充他们在理论，仿真和/或实验中接受的强化培训。 REU计划被设想为在软材料领域的“本科生研究中心”有核，同时大大增强了我们未来材料领导者的教育和研究经验。我们预计该计划的三年将参加50多名本科生。该REU站点由NSF材料研究部资助。