REU Site: Interdisciplinary Renewable and Environmental Chemistry - IREC

REU 网站：跨学科可再生和环境化学 - IREC

• 批准号: 1460825
• 负责人: Alena Kubatova
• 金额: $ 27万
• 依托单位: University of North Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460825&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Interdisciplinary; Renewable; Environmental

Professor Alena Kubatova and colleagues are requesting funding for their REU Site at the University of North Dakota. This project, funded by the REU Sites Program in the Chemistry Division at the National Science Foundation, provides a 10-week summer research experience for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students from primarily undergraduate institutions using interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of chemistry, chemical engineering, and atmospheric sciences. The interdisciplinary design of the IREC research experience is intended to achieve a two-fold learning goal for all students involved: it highlights the chemistry principles underlying their work and demonstrates the relevance and significance of chemistry principles to other fields. The specific research projects are based on current expertise of faculty at UND and target development of renewable chemicals from lignin and lignocellulose, measurement and modeling of atmospheric processes, and the determination of contaminants in tribal wells. Research projects are pursued from the combined perspectives of organic, analytical and physical chemists, chemical engineers, atmospheric scientists, and geologists.A distinguishing feature of the IREC (Interdisciplinary Renewable and Environmental Chemistry) REU is that all students are jointly mentored by a team of interdisciplinary faculty mentors, providing students with unique exposure to scientific approaches from different disciplines. The IREC experience focuses on underrepresented minorities, targeting students from tribal community colleges, through initial research projects at the college, followed by a summer research experience for both Native American students and their faculty at UND. As a part of the project, students receive training in science communication, community outreach, and research ethics. Besides enhancing the presentation abilities of IREC participants, this training helps motivate both young students and IREC participants to pursue science and science-related careers.

Alena Kubatova教授及其同事正在向北达科他大学的REU网站提供资金。该项目由国家科学基金会化学部的REU站点计划资助，为主要学科研究项目的第二年和第三年的本科生提供了为期10周的夏季研究经验，该研究经验是在化学，化学工程和大气科学的交叉点上提供的。 IREC研究经验的跨学科设计旨在为所有相关学生实现两个学习目标：它突出了他们工作的基础化学原则，并证明了化学原则与其他领域的相关性和意义。具体的研究项目基于目前在UND和目标开发木质素和木质纤维素的可再生化学物质的专业知识，大气过程的测量和建模以及部落井中污染物的确定。从有机，分析和物理化学家，化学工程师，大气科学家和地质学家的角度来看，研究项目是从事的。欧洲署（IREC）的区别特征（跨学科的可再生和环境化学）REU是所有学生都由跨学科的教职员工共同指导，从而提供了跨学科的教师，从而提供了与科学的私有方法相同的方法。 IREC的经验专注于代表人数不足的少数群体，针对来自部落社区大学的学生，通过学院的初步研究项目，然后为美国原住民学生及其教职员工提供夏季研究经验。作为该项目的一部分，学生接受了科学传播，社区外展和研究道德方面的培训。除了增强IREC参与者的演讲能力外，此培训还有助于激励年轻学生和IREC参与者从事与科学和科学相关的职业。