REU Site: Surface and Thin Film Science and Engineering

REU 网站：表面与薄膜科学与工程

• 批准号: 1157007
• 负责人: J. Floro
• 金额: $ 30.91万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 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 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1157007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Surface; Thin; Film

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With support from the Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation, the proposed REU Site: Surface and Thin Film Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia, will strengthen the nation's science and engineering workforce through the professional, social, and cognitive development of the next generation of scientists and engineers. The opportunities for undergraduates to conduct hands-on research during their initial years at college will stimulate their interest in science and engineering and encourage them to consider advanced degrees and careers in these fields. Accordingly, one of the goals of the program is to recruit women, underrepresented minorities, and individuals with disabilities to participate in the summer research experience. The chosen technical focus on surface and thin film science and engineering represents a strength of the university. The topic is inherently multidisciplinary, hence students will be exposed to the full range of core disciplines that support the field. Many technologies hinge on controlling surface and thin film properties, including heterogeneous catalysis, nanoelectronics, solar cells, corrosion protection, and immunological responses at cell surfaces. Any class of materials, metals, ceramics or polymers (or hybrid composites of each) can be made in thin film form. There is similar diversity in processing: thin films can be deposited by vacuum processes such as evaporation or sputtering, by chemical vapor deposition, by surface reactions such as oxidation and nitridation, from solution, and from the melt. In concert with their faculty mentors, REU students will isolate discrete research problems that they can reasonably expect to address during the eight-week session. The students will then review the relevant literature, design experiments, analyze the data, draw conclusions, generate a written report, and present their work to a gathering of the cohort at the end of the session.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY:With support from the Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation, the REU Site: Surface and Thin Film Science and Engineering, at the University of Viriginia will bring 11 undergraduates to the University of Virginia (UVa) for an 8-week, actively mentored, summer research experience. The program is designed to promote the professional, social, and cognitive development of the REU students, encourage them to consider careers and graduate study in science and engineering, and help create a more diverse workforce and professoriate. The projects chosen for inclusion in this program reflect areas of strength for the University of Virginia and address substantive science and engineering research questions. Insights generated during the REU program will have implications for aircraft, corrosion, electronics, catalysis, and nanomaterials research. Surface and thin film science and engineering is inherently multidisciplinary, hence students will be exposed to the full range of core disciplines that support the field. Significant scientific progress requires collaboration, an aspect of the twenty-first research paradigm that is essential for students to experience, and by working in the labs at this REU site, students will have this opportunity.

技术摘要：在美国国家科学基金会材料研究部的支持下，拟议的 REU 站点：弗吉尼亚大学表面与薄膜科学与工程，将通过专业、社会和下一代科学家和工程师的认知发展。本科生在大学最初几年进行实践研究的机会将激发他们对科学和工程的兴趣，并鼓励他们考虑这些领域的高级学位和职业。因此，该计划的目标之一是招募女性、代表性不足的少数族裔和残疾人参加夏季研究体验。选择表面和薄膜科学与工程的技术重点代表了大学的实力。该主题本质上是多学科的，因此学生将接触到支持该领域的全方位核心学科。许多技术都依赖于控制表面和薄膜特性，包括多相催化、纳米电子学、太阳能电池、腐蚀防护和细胞表面的免疫反应。任何类别的材料、金属、陶瓷或聚合物（或每种材料的混合复合材料）都可以制成薄膜形式。加工过程也存在类似的多样性：薄膜可以通过真空工艺（例如蒸发或溅射）、化学气相沉积、表面反应（例如氧化和氮化）、溶液和熔体来沉积。 REU 学生将与导师合作，隔离他们可以合理预期在为期八周的课程中解决的离散研究问题。然后，学生将回顾相关文献、设计实验、分析数据、得出结论、生成书面报告，并在课程结束时向小组聚会展示他们的工作。 非技术摘要：在国家科学基金会材料研究部、弗吉尼亚大学 REU 站点：表面与薄膜科学与工程将带领 11 名本科生前往弗吉尼亚大学 (UVa) 进行为期 8 周、积极指导的暑期研究经验。该项目旨在促进 REU 学生的专业、社交和认知发展，鼓励他们考虑科学与工程领域的职业和研究生学习，并帮助打造更加多元化的劳动力队伍和教授队伍。选择纳入该计划的项目反映了弗吉尼亚大学的优势领域，并解决了实质性的科学和工程研究问题。 REU 项目期间产生的见解将对飞机、腐蚀、电子、催化和纳米材料研究产生影响。表面和薄膜科学与工程本质上是多学科的，因此学生将接触到支持该领域的全方位核心学科。重大的科学进步需要合作，这是第二十一个研究范式的一个方面，对于学生来说至关重要，通过在这个 REU 站点的实验室工作，学生将有这个机会。